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La francophonie canadienne

By (author) Michael Derek Behiels
Translated by François Gauthier
Categories: Family law
Series: Amérique française

La francophonie canadienne est un compte rendu exhaustif de la lutte pour le droit à l’éducation dans la langue de la minorité. Il décrit comment les minorités francophones ont obtenu, en s’appuyant ...

Money Laundering and Proceeds of Crime

A concise and practical guide to domestic laws dealing with proceeds of crime and money laundering. It includes discussion of the recent amendments to the Criminal Code and new anti-terrorism legislation. ...

Maritime Law

Authors Edgar Gold, Aldo Chircop, and Hugh Kindred have written the first general treatment of Canadian maritime law to be published since 1916. This comprehensive text covers the whole of modern shipping ...

Commissions of Inquiry

Commissions of inquiry have had a significant role in the development of public policy in Canada. Historically, Canadian governments have relied on these bodies to consider broad matters of national importance, ...

War Crimes and the Culture of Peace

In 1996, Louise Arbour was appointed by the Security Council of the United Nations as Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda. Reflecting on these ...

The Supreme Court on Trial

By (author) Kent Roach
Categories: Legal systems: judicial powers

The Supreme Court of Canada has been accused of allowing criminals to go free; of permitting tobacco companies to advertise; of being too sympathetic to Aboriginal people; and of usurping democracy on ...

Justice in Paradise

A jurisprudential adventure story, Justice in Paradise recounts how a commitment to Native rights and an extraordinary passion for the rule of law have determined the course of Clark’s life. From a ...

Getting Away With Murder

Since Cain killed Abel, the crime of murder has fascinated humans. So, too, do murder trials. They enable us to be voyeurs, peering from a safe distance into the dark recesses of the human capacity for ...