Kelsey was a bubbly ray of sunshine. It is impossible to comprehend how anyone could harm a child, much less have something happen when so many were watching so closely. The lesson from Kelsey's death is not only a cry to stop child...
Law materials
-
Author:Key, Craig, Box, IrvenSummary: - Author:Boyer, J. PatrickSummary:
This richly detailed biography illustrates how a determined Canadian seeking justice created an enduring legacy. Through vigorous battles, Jim McRuer's passion for justice was translated into laws that daily touch and protect the lives...
- Author:Irving, Howard H.Summary:
For three decades Dr. Howard H. Irving has championed the use of divorce mediation outside the adversarial court system to save couples and their children from the bitter legacy of legal wrangling and winner-takes-all custody battles....
- Author:Allen, BarbaraSummary:
June 7, 2005, a sandstorm obscured what light lingered in Iraq’s nighttime sky as Staff Sergeant Alberto Martinez tied a claymore mine to a window grate. On the other side of the window Lt Louis Allen, a husband and father of four young...
- Wear clean underwear! : a fast, fun, friendly and essential guide to legal planning for busy parentsAuthor:Neely, Alexis MartinSummary:
Now that you are a parent, wearing clean underwear when you leave home simply isn't enough. You've planned birthday parties, playdates and education, but have you adequately planned for what would happen if you were in an accident? What...
- Author:Gibby, DarinSummary:
America loves innovation and the can-do spirit that made this country what it is—a world leader in self-government, industry and technology, and pop culture. Everything about America has at one point or another been an experiment and a...
- Author:Starita, JoeSummary:
In 1877, Ponca Indians were forcibly relocated from Nebraska to Oklahoma. "I Am a Man" chronicles what happened when Standing Bear began a six-hundred-mile walk to return the body of his son to their traditional burial ground...
- Author:Nelund, AmandaSummary:
Women are the fastest growing group of incarcerated people in Canada. A Better Justice?offers a carefully reasoned analysis of alternative, community-based justice programs. Using Winnipeg as a test case, Amanda Nelund reveals the...
- Author:Government of CanadaSummary:
This consolidation contains the text of the Constitution Act, 1867 (formerly the British North America Act, 1867), together with amendments made to it since its en- actment, and the text of the Constitution Act, 1982, as amended since...
- Author:Boissery, BeverleySummary:
In 1839 fifty-eight men left Montreal for the penal colony of New South Wales. They were ordinary people who had been caught up in the political whirlwind of the 1838 rebellion. Even though they were all civilians, they had been tried...
- Author:Gaucher, MeganSummary:
What is family? Citing national security and societal welfare, the Harper government adopted a strict definition of family to limit access to citizenship for certain immigrants. Megan Gaucher analyzes the government’s assessment of...
- Author:Smith, Gordon W., Lackenbauer, P. Whitney, Smith, Tom and NellSummary:
Gordon W. Smith, PhD, dedicated much of his life to researching Canada’s sovereignty in the Arctic. A historian by training, his 1952 dissertation from Columbia University on “The Historical and Legal Background of Canada’s Arctic...
- Author:Hirsch, Moshe, Kotwal, Ashok, Ramaswami, BharatSummary:
Over the last twenty years, India has enacted legislation to turn development goals such as food security, primary education, and employment into legal rights for its citizens. But enacting laws is different from implementing them. A...
- Author:Martin, AlysonSummary:
In November 2012, voters in Colorado and Washington passed landmark measures to legalize the production and sale of cannabis for social use-a first not only in the United States but also the world. Medical cannabis is now legal in...
- Author:Drucker, ErnestSummary:
When Dr. John Snow first traced an outbreak of cholera to a water pump in the Soho district of London in 1854, the field of epidemiology was born. Ernest Drucker's A Plague of Prisons takes the same concepts and tools of public...
- Author:Summary:
"This book is a collection of essays in which various authors examine the extent to which children's rights have been incorporated into their respective areas of Canadian policy and law. The authors deduce, from what is...
- Author:Isaac, ThomasSummary:
Thomas Isaac looks at the broad picture of trends that are developing in the law and the background, highlighting aspects of Canadian law that impact Aboriginal peoples and their relationship with the wider Canadian society. While...
- Author:Reynolds, JimSummary:
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission urged a better understanding of Aboriginal law for all Canadians. This book responds to that call, outlining significant legal developments in straightforward, non-technical language. Jim Reynolds...
- Author:Public Legal Education Association of SaskatchewanSummary:
Please note: legislation affecting care for older adults may vary significantly from province to province. If you are looking for this information for a province other than Saskatchewan, please contact...
- Author:Province of British ColumbiaSummary:
"A standard is a set of rules or guidelines. The Service Delivery Standard provides guidance on how to remove barriers for people with disabilities accessing goods or services from an organization. The goal is that events, activities,...
Pages
