Courts
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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From HistoryFrom: The Death of a Butterfly |
Chapter 1 provides a history of the mental health court, and how the mental health court in Toronto came to be. This chapter also looks into the increase in the numbers of mentally ill people … | Richard D. Schneider | 38 | 2019 | $3.80 Add |
From Mostly Sovereign |
Chapter 1 considers the constitutional and statutory context within which criminal legislation is created and interpreted. It examines the boundaries placed on Parliament’s criminal … | Michael Plaxton | 44 | 2019 | $4.40 Add |
From NEW! Part 2: The Legislation and Its ObjectivesFrom: Guide to the Law and Practice of Anti-SLAPP Proceedings |
Part 2 includes chapters 7-10. Topics included in these chapters are legislative objectives and background to Anti-SLAPP proceedings, statutory interpretations, and judicial screening. | David Potts; Erin Stoik | 29 | 2022 | $2.90 Add |
From The Endless American DebateFrom: Supreme Court on Trial |
Outline of the debate over judicial activism in relation to the manner in which the United States Supreme Court has interpreted the Bill of Rights. | Kent Roach | 22 | 2016 | $2.20 Add |
From NEW! The Trials and Tribulations of the Federal Courts’ Jurisdiction |
The chapter discusses the basis for Federal Courts jurisdiction and especially the role and interpretation of the Federal Courts Act. Ir provides a brief overview of the constitutional basis for … | Craig Forcese | 30 | 2021 | $3.00 Add |
From A "Body of Precedent Written on the Wind?"Wiki Courts, "Link Rot," and Independent Judicial Research |
Examination of issues relating to judicial use of online information. | Karen Eltis | 40 | 2016 | $4.00 Add |
From Edmonton to VancouverFrom: Beverley McLachlin |
An overview of McLachlin’s university studies and her early career in law. Takes you through her time at the University of Alberta and the University of British Columbia. A brief overview … | Ian Greene; Peter McCormick | 24 | 2019 | $2.40 Add |
From Fitness to Stand TrialFrom: The Death of a Butterfly |
Chapter 2 discusses the significance of fitness to stand trial in legal proceedings. This is a routine practice in place to ensure that all accused are generally aware of their circumstances and … | Richard D. Schneider | 39 | 2019 | $3.90 Add |
From Judicial Activism before the CharterFrom: Supreme Court on Trial |
Discussion of pre-Charter cases where the striking down of laws infringing civil liberties was criticized as judicial activism. | Kent Roach | 19 | 2016 | $1.90 Add |
From NEW! Part 3: Preliminary ConsiderationsFrom: Guide to the Law and Practice of Anti-SLAPP Proceedings |
Part 3 includes chapters 11 and 12. Topics include jurisdiction as well as expression and platforms of publication. | David Potts; Erin Stoik | 10 | 2022 | $1.00 Add |
From Reading Criminal Offences |
Chapter 2 concerns the rules that govern statutory interpretation. In interpreting criminal offences, courts are bound by the legislative purposes underpinning and animating the relevant … | Michael Plaxton | 50 | 2019 | $5.00 Add |
From NEW! The Federal Court of AppealCaseload and Decision-Making |
This chapter describes the judicial highway in terms of the type and volume and flow of its traffic, with some attention to how this is evolving over time. Describing a court in terms of its … | Peter McCormick | 28 | 2021 | $2.80 Add |
From The Legitimacy of Judicial Review |
Analysis of the effect of the Charter on the power of judicial review. | Kent Roach; Robert J. Sharpe | 21 | 2017 | $2.10 Add |
From Common Law Expansions of Criminal Liability |
Chapter 3 considers the Supreme Court’s underdeveloped approach to section 8(3) of the Criminal Code, which preserves common law “justifications and excuses.” Although the … | Michael Plaxton | 43 | 2019 | $4.30 Add |
From Direct Enforcement against the Core CrimesInternational and Internationalized Criminal Courts |
Examination of the salient features of courts involved in international prosecutions, including prosecutions following World War II, United Nations ad hoc tribunals, the International Criminal … | Joseph Rikhof; Robert Currie | 60 | 2014 | $6.00 Add |
From Extended Territoriality versus ExtraterritorialityA Key Jurisdictional Distinction From: Law Beyond Borders |
Explanation of the difference between the principles of extraterritoriality and extended territoriality, and how the latter is exercised in Canadian criminal and civil proceedings. | Hugh M. Kindred; Robert J Currie; Steve Coughlan; Teresa Scassa | 37 | 2014 | $3.70 Add |