Traditionally and through custom, nêhiyaw (Cree) laws are shared and passed down through the generations in the oral tradition, utilizing stories, songs, ceremonies, lands, waters, animals, land markings and other sacred rites...
Law materials
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Author:McAdam, SylviaSummary: - Author:Bigger, Philip J.Summary:
James Donovan was a larger-than-life figure who led a fascinatingly varied career, primarily as a negotiator on behalf of prisoners. In 1957 he became involved with defending the captured Russian spy Rudolf Abel, and then rapidly became...
- Author:Dummitt, Christopher, Sethna, ChristabelleSummary:
“There’s no place for the state in the bedrooms of the nation,” Pierre Elliott Trudeau told reporters. He was making the case for the most controversial of his proposed reforms to the Criminal Code, those concerning homosexuality, birth...
- Author:Villegas, Paloma E.Summary:
North of El Norteprovides an important counterpoint to the attention given to Mexican migration to the United States by examining a lesser-known migration route: that taken b by contemporary Mexican migrants to Canada. Paloma Villegas...
- 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:Public Legal Education Association of SaskatchewanSummary:
Please note: legislation affecting adults in retirement may vary significantly from province to province. If you are looking for this information for a province other than Saskatchewan, please ...
- Author:Borrows, Lindsay KeegitahSummary:
Otter's Journey employs the Anishinaabe tradition of storytelling to explore how Indigenous language revitalization can inform the emerging field of Indigenous legal revitalization. Indigenous languages and laws need bodies to live in....
- Author:Hatch, Scott, Hatch, Lisa ZimmerSummary:
Apply important legal concepts and skills you need to succeed Get educated, land a job, and start making money now! Want a new career as a paralegal but don't know where to start? Relax! Paralegal Career For Dummies is the practical,...
- Author:Charmasson, Henry J.A., Buchaca, JohnSummary:
Useful tips and step-by-step guidance from filing to issue to license, acquire and protect your share of this major business asset. Want to secure and exploit the intellectual property rights due you or your company? This easy-to-follow...
- Author:Johnson, Harold R.Summary:
An urgent, informed, intimate condemnation of the Canadian state and its failure to deliver justice to Indigenous people by national bestselling author and former Crown prosecutor Harold R. Johnson. The night of the decision in the...
- Author:Scott, Tracie LeaSummary:
In 1999 the Nisga’a First Nation in northwestern British Columbia signed a landmark agreement which not only settled their land claim but outlined significant powers that could be exercised by its government. The Nisga’a Final Agreement...
- Author:Harris, Robert H.Summary:
Prime Example tells the story of the State of New York Department of Health versus Warren M Levin, MD. In the late 1980s the Commissioner of Health of New York was a very brilliant and morbidly depressed individual who suddenly got the...
- Author:Ziff, Bruce H.Summary:
This book lays the foundation for property-related areas, including real estate conveyancing and land registration, landlord and tenant law, estate planning and succession, trusts, equity and restitution, Aboriginal rights, bailments,...
- Author:Herivel, Tara, Wright, PaulSummary:
In Prison Profiteers, co-editors Tara Herivel and Paul Wright "follow the money to an astonishing constellation of prison administrators and politicians working in collusion with private parties to maximize profits" (Publishers Weekly...
- Author:Ireland, David, Jochelson, RichardSummary:
In 1984, the Supreme Court of Canada, in Hunter v Southam, declared warrantless searches unreasonable under section 8 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Police would henceforth require authorization based on "reasonable and...
- Author:Bell, Catherine, Paterson, RobertSummary:
Indigenous peoples around the world are seeking greater control over tangible and intangible cultural heritage. In Canada, issues concerning repatriation and trade of material culture, heritage site protection, treatment of ancestral...
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Public Law: Cases, Materials, and Commentary was designed to meet the core needs of first-year public law and legislation courses across the Canada. Using carefully selected case excerpts, it demonstrates concepts, principles, and...
- Author:Morrison, Terrence J., JusticeSummary:
On July 6, 2011, Richard Oland, scion of the Moosehead brewing family, was murdered in his office. The brutal killing stunned the city of Saint John, and news of the crime reverberated across Canada. After a two-and-half-year police...
- Author:Mauer, MarcSummary:
In this revised edition of his seminal book on race, class, and the criminal justice system, Marc Mauer, executive director of one of the United States' leading criminal justice reform organizations, offers the most up-to-date look...
- Author:Behnke, Alison MarieSummary:
In the United States, racial profiling affects thousands of Americans every day. Both individuals and institutions-such as law enforcement agencies, government bodies, and schools-routinely use race or ethnicity as grounds for...
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