Media & the Law
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Title & Subtitle | Abstract | Contributors | Pages | Year | Purchase |
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![]() About Canada: Media |
Canada enjoys a long-held reputation for producing high-quality media, from National Film Board documentaries to the CBC to children’s programming. But in recent years, funding cuts, … | Peter Steven | 176 | 2011 | View |
![]() NEW! Fundamental Law for Journalists |
Journalists will come across many arcane and sometimes obtuse legal concepts in the course of their work. Law is not an intuitive thing. It has developed over a millennium, and its basic rules … | Mark Bourrie | 232 | 2023 | View |
![]() NEW! Guthrie’s Guide to Better Legal Writing, 2nd Edition |
Lawyers like to think they are good writers. Their non-lawyer readers are more likely to describe their writing as turgid, pedantic, Latin-filled, jargon-ridden, misspelt, ungrammatical, and … | Neil Guthrie | 299 | 2021 | View |
![]() NEW! The Great Canadian Art Fraud CaseThe Group of Seven & Tom Thomson Forgeries |
In May 2016, Jon S. Dellandrea came into possession of a box of the last effects of an obscure artist, William Firth MacGregor. The contents of the box chronicled a major, and long forgotten, … | John S. Dellandrea | 192 | 2022 | View |
From ![]() A Crisis of QualityFrom: About Canada: Media |
- | Peter Steven | 11 | 2011 | $1.10 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Cast of Characters & Introduction |
Introduction by the author and a list people involved throughout the book. | John S. Dellandrea | 15 | 2022 | $1.50 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Get Writing!Introduction, So What Should I Write About, Get to the Point, Word Choice, Email and Other Correspondence, What Should it Look Like, Navigating Social Media, And Finally, The Importance of Editing and Proofreading |
Advice for Associate and Students, Some Guidance for the Reluctant Legal Blogger, Think of Your Reader, Keep Your Cultural References Current and Universal, Plagiarism, Catchy Headlines and … | Neil Guthrie | 73 | 2021 | $7.30 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Introduction |
- | Mark Bourrie | 5 | 2023 | $0.50 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Chapter 1 : The BoxPart One: An Art History Mystery |
The author details the start of his research by finding a box with papers, notebooks, poems, and essay once belonging to one of the main subjects and artists of the book, William Firth MacGregor. | John S. Dellandrea | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add |
From ![]() Forms, Styles and GenresFrom: About Canada: Media |
- | Peter Steven | 43 | 2011 | $4.30 Add |
From ![]() NEW! The Basics: The Origins of Law |
Chapter One provides a brief overview for understanding where the law comes from and breaks down the sources of these laws. Topics discussed include Indigenous law and government, the Indian Act, … | Mark Bourrie | 13 | 2023 | $1.30 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Words Used and AbusedIntroduction, Misuse, Words that Don't (or May Not) Mean What Your Think They Do, MIscellaneous Things That Annoy Me, Terms for Lawyers, French |
Gruesome Twosomes, That and Which, Waffle, Awful Lawerisms aka Legalese, However, Said Same Such, Shall Will Should Would May Might Must, And/Or, And, Or, Only, the Lonely, Who and Whom, All Well … | Neil Guthrie | 93 | 2021 | $9.30 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Chapter 2: A National Mystery, 1962Part One: An Art History Mystery |
In 1962 the Canadian art market is flooded with forgeries of Group of Seven paintings available at auction causing concern from police, art critics and the public. | John S. Dellandrea | 14 | 2022 | $1.40 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Grammar and PunctuationCommon Grammar Issues, This That or the Other Thing? |
Avoid the Adverb, Apostrophe Catastrophes, Take a Pass on the Passive, Get Your Pronouns Right, Split Infinitives: or, Star Trek, You Have a Lot to Answer For, Comma Conundrums, Comma Problems, … | Neil Guthrie | 69 | 2021 | $6.90 Add |
From ![]() NEW! Making the Sausage: How Policies Become Laws |
Chapter Two focuses on the process of policies becoming law. Topics addressed include the legislative process, the types of bills (Public and Private Bills), the timing of Bills, the … | Mark Bourrie | 12 | 2023 | $1.20 Add |
From ![]() The Big IssuesFrom: About Canada: Media |
- | Peter Steven | 35 | 2011 | $3.50 Add |