Entertainment and profit constitute the driving force behind popular representations of women in correctional facilities. But the creative influence of film and television also generates legal meaning. The women-in-prison (WIP) genre...
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Author:Bouclin, SuzanneSummary: - Author:Wojna, LisaSummary:
Lisa Wojna is a Western Canadian writer, journalist and photographer in the community newspaper industry and has authored or coauthored more than 20 books.
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If you can imagine it, somewhere there's probably a law against it. Laugh out loud over some of Canada's strangest laws -- but not too loudly, or you might get a ticket: * Until 2002 in BC, you couldn't stand up while having a drink in...
- Author:Vachon, GilbertSummary:
Ce livre raconte l'histoire d'une mère bienveillante qui, une fois placée en CHSLD, est décédée à la suite de négligence dont elle a été victime, mais aussi d'un fils aimant qui, en plus de l'avoir soutenu jusqu...
- Author:Brousseau-Pouliot, VincentSummary:
• Le congé de Pâques est-il appelé à disparaître ? • Peut-on faire de la prison pour une vidéo haineuse sur les réseaux sociaux ? • Un employeur peut-il forcer un employé à prendre sa retraite à cause de son âge ? • Chaque station de...
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Author:Baum, Daniel J.Summary:Daniel Baum's guides to Canadian law have become essential legal guides for topics ranging from young offenders to first responders. Whether for law professionals of citizens who need to understand their legal rights, the books of the...
- Author:Proto, Neil ThomasSummary:
The Rights of My People reviews Liliuokalani's decades-long campaign for the dignity and sovereignty of Hawaii, particularly in the wake of the 1893 coup d'état, and the outright annexation in 1898.
The author gives the first...
- Author:Linder, Douglas O.Summary:
No understanding of the past is complete without an understanding of the legal battles and struggles that have done so much to shape it. Inside a survey of world history's greatest trials are the key insights to critical issues we still...
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Author:Valverde, Mariana, Springer, JaneSummary:"[The Groundwork Guides] are excellent books, mandatory for school libraries and the increasing body of young people prepared to take ownership of the situations and problems previous generations have left them." -- Globe and Mail Most...
- Author:Starblanket, TamaraSummary:
Originally approved as a master of laws thesis bya respected Canadian university, this booktackles one of the most compelling issues of ourtime—the crime of genocide—and whether in factit can be said to have occurred in relation to...
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Author:Summary:Readings by writers including: St. Thomas Aquinas, H.L.A. Hart, Ronald Dworkin, Gerald Dworkin, Oliver Wendell Holmes, John Stuart Mill, Catharine A. MacKinnon, Patrick Devlin, Patricia Smith and Jerome Frank.
- Author:Cahill, BarrySummary:
Formed in 1825, the Nova Scotia Barristers' Society is the second-oldest law society in common-law Canada, after the Law Society of Ontario. Yet despite its founders' ambitions, it did not become the regulator of the legal...
- Author:Walcott, RinaldoSummary:
From plantation rebellion to prison labour's super-exploitation, Walcott examines the relationship between policing and property.That a man can lose his life for passing a fake $20 bill when we know our economies are flush with...
- Author:Lieberman, DebraSummary:
In Objection, psychologists Debra Lieberman and Carlton Patrick examine disgust and its impact on the legal system to show why the things that we find stomach-turning so often become the things that we render unlawful.
- Author:Chambers, Lori, Verrelli, NadiaSummary:
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. She was acquitted on the basis of duress in a context of abuse. But her ordeal did...
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Author:Harris, FrannSummary:When a child-abuse scandal is uncovered at an unlicenced daycare in small-town Saskatchewan, it polarizes the community. Frann Harris, a rookie court reporter assigned to the trial the longest in Saskatchewan history starts to wonder if...
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Author:Golding, Martin P.Summary:In a book that is a blend of text and readings, Martin P. Golding explores legal reasoning from a variety of angles—including that of judicial psychology. The primary focus, however, is on the ‘logic’ of judicial decision making. How do...
- Author:Dennis, Andrew, Foote, Peter, Perkins, RichardSummary:
The laws of Medieval Iceland provide detailed and fascinating insight into the society that produced the Icelandic sagas. Known collectively as Gragas (Greygoose), this great legal code offers a wealth of information about early...
- Laws of early Iceland : Grágás, the Codex Regius of Grágás, with material from other manuscriptsAuthor:Summary:
The laws of Medieval Iceland provide detailed and fascinating insight into the society that produced the Icelandic sagas. Known collectively as Grágás (Greygoose), this great legal code offers a wealth of information about early...
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This text is a collection of readings, with front and back matter written by Brian Burtch and Nick Larsen. The readings cover a range of topics that illustrate a Canadian perspective on law making and legal conflicts. It is divided into...
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