Landmark Cases in Canadian Law – serie
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22 produkter
No Legal Way Out
R V Ryan, Domestic Abuse, and the Defence of Duress
Av Nadia Verrelli, Lori Chambers
Inbunden, 2021
779 kr
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An RCMP sting caught Nicole Doucet (Ryan) trying to hire a hitman to kill her ex-husband. It was supposed to be an open-and-shut case. It wasn't.No Legal Way Out details the judicial process, media coverage, and legal implications of R v Ryan. Appealed up to the Supreme Court of Canada, Doucet's …
No Legal Way Out
R V Ryan, Domestic Abuse, and the Defence of Duress
Av Nadia Verrelli, Lori Chambers
Häftad, 2021
354 kr
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An RCMP sting caught Nicole Doucet (Ryan) trying to hire a hitman to kill her ex-husband. It was supposed to be an open-and-shut case. It wasn't.No Legal Way Out details the judicial process, media coverage, and legal implications of R v Ryan. Appealed up to the Supreme Court of Canada, Doucet's …
Flawed Precedent
The St. Catherine's Case and Aboriginal Title
Av Kent McNeil
Häftad, 2019
354 kr
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In 1888, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ruled in St. Catherine's Milling and Lumber Company v. The Queen, a case involving the Saulteaux people's land rights in Ontario. This precedent-setting case would define the legal contours of Aboriginal title in Canada for almost a hundred …
Privacy in Peril
Hunter V Southam and the Drift from Reasonable Search Protections
Av Richard Jochelson, David Ireland
Inbunden, 2019
869 kr
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In 1984, the Supreme Court of Canada, in Hunter v Southam, declared warrantless searches unreasonable under section 8 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Police would henceforth require authorization based on "reasonable and probable grounds." The decision promised to protect individuals from …
Privacy in Peril
Hunter V Southam and the Drift from Reasonable Search Protections
Av Richard Jochelson, David Ireland
Häftad, 2019
354 kr
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In 1984, the Supreme Court of Canada, in Hunter v Southam, declared warrantless searches unreasonable under section 8 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Police would henceforth require authorization based on "reasonable and probable grounds." The decision promised to protect individuals from …
Tenth Justice
Judicial Appointments, Marc Nadon, and the Supreme Court Act Reference
Av Carissima Mathen, Michael Plaxton
Inbunden, 2020
869 kr
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The process by which Supreme Court judges are appointed is traditionally a quiet affair, but this certainly wasn't the case when Prime Minister Stephen Harper selected Justice Marc Nadon for appointment to Canada's highest court. Here, for the first time, is the complete story of "the Nadon …
Tenth Justice
Judicial Appointments, Marc Nadon, and the Supreme Court Act Reference
Av Carissima Mathen, Michael Plaxton
Häftad, 2020
354 kr
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The process by which Supreme Court judges are appointed is traditionally a quiet affair, but this certainly wasn't the case when Prime Minister Stephen Harper selected Justice Marc Nadon for appointment to Canada's highest court. Here, for the first time, is the complete story of "the Nadon …
From Wardship to Rights
The Guerin Case and Aboriginal Law
Av Jim Reynolds
Inbunden, 2020
869 kr
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This book tells the story of a First Nation's single-minded quest for justice. In 1958, the federal government leased a third of the small Musqueam Reserve in Vancouver to an exclusive golf club at far below market value. When the band members discovered this in 1970, they initiated legal action. …
From Wardship to Rights
The Guerin Case and Aboriginal Law
Av Jim Reynolds
Häftad, 2020
354 kr
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This book tells the story of a First Nation's single-minded quest for justice. In 1958, the federal government leased a third of the small Musqueam Reserve in Vancouver to an exclusive golf club at far below market value. When the band members discovered this in 1970, they initiated legal action. …
Constitutional Pariah
Reference Re Senate Reform and the Future of Parliament
Inbunden, 2021
779 kr
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The Canadian Senate has long been considered an institutional pariah, viewed as an undemocratic, outmoded warehouse for patronage appointments and mired in spending and workload scandals. In 2014, the federal government was compelled to refer constitutional questions to the Supreme Court relating …
Constitutional Pariah
Reference Re Senate Reform and the Future of Parliament
Häftad, 2021
354 kr
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The Canadian Senate has long been considered an institutional pariah, viewed as an undemocratic, outmoded warehouse for patronage appointments and mired in spending and workload scandals. In 2014, the federal government was compelled to refer constitutional questions to the Supreme Court relating …
Debt and Federalism
Landmark Cases in Canadian Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law, 1894-1937
Av Thomas G.W. Telfer, Virginia Torrie
Inbunden, 2021
779 kr
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The legal meaning of bankruptcy and insolvency law has often remained elusive, even to practitioners and scholars in the field, despite having been enshrined in Canada's Constitution since Confederation. Federal jurisdiction in this area must be measured against provincial powers over property and …
Debt and Federalism
Landmark Cases in Canadian Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law, 1894-1937
Av Thomas G.W. Telfer, Virginia Torrie
Häftad, 2021
354 kr
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The legal meaning of bankruptcy and insolvency law has often remained elusive, even to practitioners and scholars in the field, despite having been enshrined in Canada's Constitution since Confederation. Federal jurisdiction in this area must be measured against provincial powers over property and …
Reckoning with Racism
Police, Judges, and the RDS Case
Inbunden, 2022
779 kr
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In 1997, complacency about the racial neutrality of a predominantly white judiciary was shattered as the Supreme Court of Canada considered a complaint of judicial racial bias for the first time. The judge in question was Corrine Sparks, the country's first Black female judge.Reckoning with Racism …
Reckoning with Racism
Police, Judges, and the RDS Case
Häftad, 2022
354 kr
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In 1997, complacency about the racial neutrality of a predominantly white judiciary was shattered as the Supreme Court of Canada considered a complaint of judicial racial bias for the first time. The judge in question was Corrine Sparks, the country's first Black female judge.Reckoning with Racism …
Culture of Justification
Vavilov and the Future of Administrative Law
Av Paul Daly
Inbunden, 2023
794 kr
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Canadian administrative law was bedevilled for many decades by uncertainty and confusion. In 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada sought to bring this chaos to an end in its landmark decision Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v Vavilov. In A Culture of Justification, Paul Daly explains …
Culture of Justification
Vavilov and the Future of Administrative Law
Av Paul Daly
Häftad, 2023
354 kr
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Canadian administrative law was bedevilled for many decades by uncertainty and confusion. In 2019, the Supreme Court of Canada sought to bring this chaos to an end in its landmark decision Canada (Minister of Citizenship and Immigration) v Vavilov. In A Culture of Justification, Paul Daly explains …
Judging Sex Work
Bedford and the Attenuation of Rights
Av Colton Fehr
Inbunden, 2024
779 kr
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In Bedford, the Supreme Court struck down prohibitions against communicating in public for the purpose of sex work, living on its avails, and working from a bawdy house. Its narrow constitutional reasoning nevertheless allowed Parliament to respond by adopting the "end demand" or "Nordic Model" of …
Judging Sex Work
Bedford and the Attenuation of Rights
Av Colton Fehr
Häftad, 2024
354 kr
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In Bedford, the Supreme Court struck down prohibitions against communicating in public for the purpose of sex work, living on its avails, and working from a bawdy house. Its narrow constitutional reasoning nevertheless allowed Parliament to respond by adopting the "end demand" or "Nordic Model" of …
Deciding on Death
And Medically Assisted Dying in Canada
Häftad, 2025
340 kr
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Should Canadians have the right to medical assistance in dying? If so, under what conditions? Deciding on Death delves into the legal and political aspects of these controversial questions. In the early 1990s, Sue Rodriguez unsuccessfully challenged the criminalization of assisted dying. The …
Fatal Confession
A Girl's Murder, a Man's Execution, and the Fitton Case
Häftad, 2025
408 kr
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When the body of thirteen-year-old Linda Lampkin was found, raped and strangled, on Toronto's industrial waterfront in 1956, locals feared a sex maniac was on the loose. Within a day, detectives announced the arrest of Robert Fitton. He was charged with murder, although Fitton claimed the sex was …
Flawed Precedent
The St. Catherine's Case and Aboriginal Title
Av Kent McNeil
Inbunden, 2019
869 kr
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In 1888, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council ruled in St. Catherine's Milling and Lumber Company v. The Queen, a case involving the Saulteaux people's land rights in Ontario. This precedent-setting case would define the legal contours of Aboriginal title in Canada for almost a hundred …
