Books

This collection comprises descriptions of and references to books written or co-authored by members of the Osgoode faculty. Access to the full digital text is provided if available and licensed for access by the public. In many cases, the digital text will be accessible only by members of the York University community.

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A History of Law in Canada, Volume Two: Law for the New Dominion 1867–1914

Jim Phillips, Philip Girard, and R. Blake Brown

This is the second of three volumes in an important collection that recounts the sweeping history of law in Canada. The period covered in this volume witnessed both continuity and change in the relationships among law, society, Indigenous peoples, and ...
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State Trials V: World War, Cold War, and Challenges to Sovereignty, 1939-1990

Barry Wright, Susan Binnie, and Eric Tucker

"The fifth and final volume of the Canadian State Trials series examines political trials and national security measures during the period of1939to1990. Essays by historians and legal scholars shed light on experiences during the Second World War and its immediate ...
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Dangerous Opportunities : The Future of Financial Institutions, Housing Policy, and Governance

Stephanie Ben-Ishai

The 2017 Home Capital saga represents the shortcomings of a financial system challenged by distinct, siloed regulatory frameworks that fail to communicate with each other. Home Capital is a publicly traded company that acts as a lender through the Home ...
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Democracy and Constitutions: Putting Citizens First

Allan C. Hutchinson

As things stand, a commitment to weak democracy and strong constitutionalism ensures that a range of elite groups, actors, and institutions – political, economic, intellectual, and legal – hold considerable sway over constitutional matters, leaving less room for the participation ...
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Like Confessing a Murder: Darwin, Religion and the Oxford

Allan C. Hutchinson

At the end of June 1860, the great and good of Britain's intellectual establishment gathered in Oxford for the annual jamboree of the Association for the Advancement of Science. Only six months after the publication of Charles Darwin's On the ...
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Civil Litigation Process: Cases and Materials, 9th Edition

Janet Walker, Erik S. Knutsen, Gerard J. Kennedy, and Catherine Piché

Now in its ninth edition, Civil Litigation Process: Cases and Materials remains the leading casebook on civil procedure in Canada. This edition continues its track record of providing a thorough overview of civil litigation, helping law students, law clerks, and ...
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Decolonizing Law: Indigenous, Third World and Settler Perspectives

Sujith Xavier, Beverley Jacobs, Valerie Waboose, Jeffery Hewitt, and Amar Bhatia

This book brings together Indigenous, Third World and Settler perspectives on the theory and practice of decolonizing law. Colonialism, imperialism, and settler colonialism continue to affect the lives of racialized communities and Indigenous Peoples around the world. Law, in its ...
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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
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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A History of Law in Canada, Volume One: Beginnings to 1866

Philip Girard, Jim Phillips, and R. Blake Brown

This book is the first of two volumes devoted to the history of law in Canada. This volume begins at a time just prior to European contact and continues to the 1860s, while volume two will start with Confederation and ...
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