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Entangled Domains: Empire, Law and Religion in Northern Nigeria
Rabiat Akande
Set in Colonial Northern Nigeria, this book confronts a paradox: the state insisted on its separation from religion even as it governed its multireligious population through what remained of the precolonial caliphate. Entangled Domains grapple with this history to offer ...
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Oxford Handbook of International Law and Development
Ruth Buchanan, Luis Eslava, and Sundhya Pahuja
Since the mid-twentieth century, 'international law' and 'international development' have become two of the most prominent secular languages through which aspirations about a better world are articulated.. They have shaped the both the treatment and self-understanding of the 'developing' world, ...
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The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: A Commentary
Barnali Choudhury
This comprehensive Commentary provides an in-depth analysis of each of the 31 UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, as well as the 10 Principles for Responsible Contracts. It engages in both a legal and contextual examination of the ...
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The Future of Remote Work
Nicola Countouris, Valerio De Stefano, Agnieszka Piasna, and Silvia Rainone
Debates on the future of work have taken a more fundamental turn in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Early in 2020, when large sections of the workforce were prevented from coming to their usual places of work, remote work ...
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From Morality to Law and Back Again: A Liber Amicorum for John Gardner
Michelle Madden Dempsey and François Tanguay-Renaud
John Gardner was one of the most prolific, widely read, and influential scholars working in philosophy of law. This book celebrates, explores, and develops themes of his work during his sixteen years as Professor of Jurisprudence at University of Oxford. ...
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Hart, Fuller, and Everything After: The Politics of Legal Theory
Allan C. Hutchinson
More has been said about the Hart-Fuller debate than can be considered healthy or productive even within the precious world of jurisprudential scholarship – too much philosophising about how law has revelled in its own abstractness and narrowness. But the ...
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Part-Time for All: A Care Manifesto
Jennifer Nedelsky and Tom Malleson
Part-Time for All offers solutions to four pressing problems: inequality for care-givers; family stress from demands of work and care; chronic time scarcity; and policy makers who are ignorant of care and care-givers with little access to policy making—the care/policy ...
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Your Boss Is an Algorithm: Artificial Intelligence, Platform Work and Labour
Antonio Aloisi and Valerio De Stefano
What effect do robots, algorithms, and online platforms have on the world of work? Using case studies and examples from across the EU, the UK, and the US, this book provides a compass to navigate this technological transformation as well ...
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The Justice Crisis: The Cost and Value of Accessing Law
Trevor C. W. Farrow and Lesley Jacobs
Despite wide recognition that access to justice is one of the most basic rights of democratic citizenship, unfulfilled legal needs are at a tipping point in many parts of the Canadian justice system and around the world. High legal fees, ...
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The Law of Restitution
John D. McCamus
Part one. Introduction. Historical background -- A Canadian law of restitution -- General principles -- Part two. Remedies. Common law remedies -- Equitable remedies -- Tracing at law -- Tracing in equity -- Subrogation -- Contribution and indemnity -- Part ...
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The Law of Evidence, 8/e
David Paciocco, Palma Paciocco, and Lee Stuesser
The Law of Evidence, by David M Paciocco, Palma Paciocco, and Lee Stuesser, is Canada’s leading text in evidentiary law in both criminal and civil cases. For more than two decades, it has been relied upon by judges, practitioners, and ...
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Connecting the Dots: The Life of an Academic Lawyer
Harry Arthurs
Harry W. Arthurs is a name held in high esteem by labour lawyers and academics throughout the world. Although many are familiar with Arthurs's contributions and accomplishments, few are acquainted with the man himself, or how he came to be ...
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Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law in Canada
Stephanie Ben-Ishai and Thomas G. W. Telfer
Authored by leading experts from across the country, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law in Canada: Cases, Materials, and Problems reimagines the traditional casebook. It includes an instructor’s manual and is offered in conjunction with an illustrated guide featuring helpful visual aids ...
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Charities Legislation & Commentary, 2019 ed.
Terrance S. Carter, Maria Elena Hoffstein, and Adam Parachin
In Canada, there is no single statute that sets out all of the legislative requirements applicable to charities. Rather, the relevant statutory provisions are found in multiple federal and provincial statutes. In addition, extensive legislative changes each year make it ...
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Renewing Relationships: Indigenous Peoples and Canada
Karen Drake and Brenda L. Gunn
This edited collection features essays by Indigenous legal academics from across Canada about renewing relationships between Indigenous peoples and Canada. Some Indigenous nations might embrace principles of reconciliation as reflecting a renewed relationship, while others reject the concept of reconciliation ...
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The Law of Restitution, 2019 Student Edition
Peter D. Maddaugh and John D. McCamus
This student edition of the looseleaf service entitled The Law of Restitution, by Peter D. Maddaugh, Q.C. and John D. McCamus, has been created specifically for your course. The sections included in this student edition are reproduced from the June ...
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The Comprehensive Guide to Legal Research, Writing and Analysis, 3rd Edition
Moira McCarney, Ruth Kuras, Annette Demers, and Shelley Kierstead
The third edition of The Comprehensive Guide to Legal Research, Writing & Analysis focuses on helping readers develop the competencies required by the Federation of Law Societies of Canada. This is achieved through in-depth coverage of provincial, territorial, and federal ...
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Flawed Precedent: The St. Catherine’s Case and Aboriginal Title
Kent McNeil
In 1888, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in London 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 ...
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Families and the Law: Cases and Commentary, Third Edition
Mary Jane Mossman, Natasha Bakht, Vanessa Gruben, and Karen Pearlston
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Kindred's International Law: Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied in Canada, 9th Edition
Phillip M. Saunders, Robert J. Currie, Payam Akhavan, Jutta Brunnée, Gib van Ert, Ted L. McDorman, Frédéric Mégret, Ikechi Mgbeoji, Karin Mickelson, Linda C. Reif, and Christopher Waters
Kindred’s International Law Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied in Canada, 9th Edition emphasizes the experience and practice of international law from a Canadian perspective both domestically and in foreign relations. A publication of long-standing quality and distinguished reputation, this text ...
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The Class Politics of Law: Essays Inspired by Harry Glasbeek
Eric Tucker and Judy Fudge
For nearly fifty years, Professor Harry Glasbeek has been at the forefront of legal scholars and public intellectuals challenging assumptions and understandings about the injustices embedded in the economic, social, political and legal orders of Western capitalist democracies. His writings ...
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Business Organizations: Cases, Problems, and Case Studies, 4th Edition
Cynthia Williams and D. Gordon Smith
Reflecting ongoing changes in the structure and regulation of modern business practice, Business Organizations: Cases, Problems, and Case Studies, Fourth Edition offers a unique combination of doctrine, problems, and case studies. Recent, high-interest cases are balanced against classic teaching chestnuts. ...
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Contracts: Cases and Commentaries, 10th ed.
Stephanie Ben-Ishai and David R. Percy
Contracts: Cases and Commentaries, Tenth Edition continues to be the teaching tool of choice among Canadian contracts professors. This book allows students to learn the law of contracts by first gaining a familiarity with the substantive law. Substantive law includes ...
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Evidence: Principles and Problems, 12th ed.
Ronald Joseph Delisle, Don Stuart, David M. Tanovich, and Lisa Dufraimont
This is the twelfth edition of Evidence: Principles and Problems. Combining text and excerpts from leading cases with commentary and thought-provoking problem scenarios, the work continues to be a comprehensive resource on the law of evidence for both students and ...
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Canadian Income Tax Law, 6th ed.
David G. Duff, Benjamin Alarie, Geoffrey Loomer, and Lisa Philipps
Now in its sixth edition, this work provides an overview of the foundations of tax law and the critical cases which have shaped each component of the tax regime, uniquely combining the best features of both a textbook and casebook. ...
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