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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Contracts: Cases and Commentaries, Ninth Edition

Stephanie Ben-Ishai and David R. Percy

Extensively revised and updated since its previous publication in 2004, Contracts: Cases and Commentaries, 9th Edition continues to be the teaching tool of choice among Canadian contracts professors. This book allows students to learn the law of contracts by firstly ...
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Law in Transition: Human Rights, Development and Transitional Justice

Ruth Margaret Buchanan and Peer Zumbansen

Law has become the vehicle by which countries in the 'developing world', including post-conflict states or states undergoing constitutional transformation, must steer the course of social and economic, legal and political change. Legal mechanisms, in particular, the instruments as well ...
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Recognition Versus Self-Determination: Dilemmas of Emancipatory Politics

Avigail Eisenberg, Jeremy Webber, Glen Coulthard, and Andrée Boisselle

The political concept of recognition has introduced new ways of thinking about the relationship between minorities and justice in plural societies. But is a politics informed by recognition valuable to minorities today? Contributors to this volume examine the successes and ...
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Civil Justice, Privatization, and Democracy

Trevor C. W. Farrow

Privatization is occurring throughout the public justice system, including courts, tribunals, and state-sanctioned private dispute resolution regimes. Driven by a widespread ethos of efficiency-based civil justice reform, privatization claims to decrease costs, increase speed, and improve access to the tools ...
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Language and Cultural Rights

Leslie Green

Part of a series examining philosophical, political, and legal concepts of rights and systems of rights articulation, interpretation, protection, and enforcement, this volume is dedicated to issues arising from the intersection of language and cultural rights.
Cambridge Handbook of Institutional Investment and Fiduciary Duty

James P. Hawley, Andreas G. F. Hoepner, Keith L. Johnson, Joakim Sandberg, and Edward J. Waitzer

The Cambridge Handbook of Institutional Investment and Fiduciary Duty is a comprehensive reference work exploring recent changes and future trends in the principles that govern institutional investors and fiduciaries. A wide range of contributors offer new perspectives on dynamics that ...
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Masters, Servants, and Magistrates in Britain and the Empire, 1562-1955

Douglas Hay and Paul Craven

Master and servant acts, the cornerstone of English employment law for more than four hundred years, gave largely unsupervised, inferior magistrates wide discretion over employment relations, including the power to whip, fine, and imprison men, women, and children for breach ...
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International Law, Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied in Canada

Hugh M. Kindred; Philip M. Saunders; Robert J, Currie; Jutta Brunnée; Ted L. McDorman; Ikechi Mgbeoji; Karin Mickelson; René Provost; Linda C. Reif; and Christopher S. Waters

International Law Chiefly as Interpreted and Applied in Canada, 8th 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 seminal text ...
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International Taxation in Canada: Principles and Practices, Third Edition

Jinyan Li, Arthur Cockfield, and J. Scott Wilkie

The first comprehensive book on Canadian international tax law, International Taxation in Canada – Principles and Practices was originally published in 2006. Now in its third edition, it has become the leading book on this topic in Canada and is ...
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F. O. Akinrele for the Accused/Appellant: An Authorized Biography

Ikechi Mgbeoji
Property Law: Cases and Commentary, 3rd Edition

Mary Jane Mossman and Philip Girard

Property Law: Cases and Commentary, 3rd Edition, explores traditional and contemporary issues surrounding the law of property in Canada. It addresses concepts such as possession, property interests in land and chattels, gifts, and family property. Authoritative commentary paired with carefully ...
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Class Actions in Canada : Cases, Notes, and Materials

Janet Walker and Garry D. Watson

Class actions, also known as mass torts, have become a vital, developing area of civil law. They offer redress in cases where the costs of litigation might overwhelm the damages to be recovered, particularly in jurisdictions where punitive damages are ...
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Transnational Organized Crime

Margaret Beare

This selection of influential articles traces our evolving understanding of transnational organized crime - paradigm shifts - from the 'alien conspiracy' focused research to the more nuanced focused scholarship on 'markets' and 'networks', culminating in a focus on 'enablers' of ...
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Unthinkable Thoughts: Academic Freedom and the One-State Model for Israel and Palestine

Susan G. Drummond

In June 2009, an international conference on models of statehood for Israel and Palestine was held at Toronto’s York University. The conference itself was uneventful; however, the lead-up roiled Canadian academia and society, provoking a controversy that raised major issues ...
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The Courts and Beyond: The Architecture of Justice in Transition

Trevor C. W. Farrow and Patrick Molinari

Collection of papers presented at the 2012 CIAJ annual conference held in Calgary, for judges, practitioners, academics and other professionals. The papers included in this collection each provide a useful perspective on various aspects of the renovation project that is ...
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Administrative Law in Context, 2nd Edition

Colleen M. Flood and Lorne Sossin

The second edition of the best-selling casebook Administrative Law in Context uses the same unique two-part format as the previous edition — a hardbound text supported by a website where both students and instructors can find full-text cases for each ...
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Principles of Canadian Income Tax Law [8th Edition]

Peter W. Hogg, Joanne E. Magee, and Jinyan Li

Principles of Canadian Income Tax Law is an introduction to the Canadian income tax law using clear, concise and non-technical language. It has been cited and quoted with approval in a number of tax cases decided by the Supreme Court ...
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Legal Research Handbook, 6th Edition

Douglass T. MacEllven, Neil A. Campbell, and John N. Davis

This highly respected practical handbook for Canadian legal researchers has now been thoroughly revised and updated since the previous edition published in 2003. The many dramatic developments in legal research over the past decade are reflected in this new edition, ...
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The Comprehensive Guide to Legal Research, Writing & Analysis

Moira McCarney, Ruth Kuras, Annette Demers, and Shelley M. Kierstead

The Comprehensive Guide to Legal Research, Writing & Analysis focuses on developing the required competencies emphasized by the Federation of Law Societies in legal research, writing, and analysis and using those skills in both law school and professional environments. The ...
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Constitutional Law, 4th Edition

Patrick J. Monahan and Byron Shaw

The fourth edition of Constitutional Law represents a significant update of the third edition, published in 2006. During this period, the Supreme Court of Canada has continued to develop the jurisprudence in all areas of constitutional law, particularly the Canadian ...
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Copyright: Cases and Commentary on the Canadian and International Law, Second Edition

Barry B. Sookman, Steven Mason, and Carys Craig

Copyright law grants exclusive rights for limited terms to the authors of musical, literary, dramatic and artistic works. With the shift towards an information economy and the rapid development of digital technologies, copyright is fast becoming one of the most ...
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Rethinking Workplace Regulation: Beyond the Standard Contract of Employment

Katherine V. W. Stone and Harry W. Arthurs

During the middle third of the 20th century, workers in most industrialized countries secured a substantial measure of job security, whether through legislation, contract or social practice. This “standard employment contract,” as it was known, became the foundation of an ...
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Criminal Procedure in Canada : Student Edition

James Stribopoulos

This long-awaited guide explains the rules of criminal procedure in a clear, concise manner - ideal for prosecutors, defence lawyers, law students and judges. Rather than organizing the subject around particular statutory or constitutional provisions, the authors have chosen a ...
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Sovereign Choices and Sovereign Constraints: Judicial Restraint in Investment Treaty Arbitration

Gus Van Harten

Provides an innovative analysis to show why international arbitration should be restrained by the same mediating factors limiting domestic judicial review Establishes an in-depth empirical assessment of publicly-available awards to investigate the complex reality of how arbitrators have exercised their ...
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Encyclopedia of Transnational Crime and Justice

Margaret E. Beare

Transnational crimes involve border crossings as an integral part of the criminal activity. They also include crimes that take place in one country with consequences that significantly affect other countries. Examples include human trafficking, smuggling (arms, drugs, currency), sex slavery, ...
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