Media & the Law

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
About Canada: Media Fernwood Publishing	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! Canada Vs California How Ottawa took on Netflix and the streaming giants James Lorimer and Company	Canada vs California provides a road map of the tense battle between Canadian content and California’s billion dollar businesses that threaten to drown it out. Howard Law’s Canada vs. …	Howard Law	232	2024	View
NEW! Fundamental Law for Journalists Irwin Law Inc.	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 Irwin Law Inc.	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 Case The Group of Seven & Tom Thomson Forgeries Goose Lane Editions	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 Quality From: About Canada: Media View Fernwood Publishing		Peter Steven	11	2011	$1.10 Add
From NEW! Cast of Characters & Introduction From: The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case View Goose Lane Editions	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 From: Guthrie's Guide to Better Legal Writing, 2nd Edition View Irwin Law Inc.	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 From: Canada Vs California View James Lorimer and Company	This chapter introduces the concept of this book and why a book covering the political showdown of Bill C-11 is relevant and important. This chapter lays the ground work of the Bill’s …	Howard Law	8	2024	$0.80 Add
From NEW! Introduction From: Fundamental Law for Journalists View Irwin Law Inc.		Mark Bourrie	5	2023	$0.50 Add
From NEW! Chapter 1 : The Box Part One: An Art History Mystery From: The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case View Goose Lane Editions	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 NEW! Chapter 1: Before the Online Streaming Act: How Canada "Regulates” Its Broadcasting System From: Canada Vs California View James Lorimer and Company	In this Chapter author Howard Law provides a primer on how Canada has regulated its broadcasting system for the last several decades as well as the three amendments to this act over this period …	Howard Law	19	2024	$1.90 Add
From Forms, Styles and Genres From: About Canada: Media View Fernwood Publishing		Peter Steven	43	2011	$4.30 Add
From NEW! The Basics: The Origins of Law From: Fundamental Law for Journalists View Irwin Law Inc.	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 Abused Introduction, Misuse, Words that Don't (or May Not) Mean What Your Think They Do, MIscellaneous Things That Annoy Me, Terms for Lawyers, French From: Guthrie's Guide to Better Legal Writing, 2nd Edition View Irwin Law Inc.	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: “No Netflix Tax!” (1999–2019) From: Canada Vs California View James Lorimer and Company	Chapter two shows the beginning of Canada’s thoughts on regulating internet broadcasting. Conservatives were notably against any idea of a "Netflix tax" or tax on internet based …	Howard Law	19	2024	$1.90 Add