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The Basics: The Origins of Law
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The Basics: The Origins of Law

From: Fundamental Law for Journalists

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, … 13 $1.30 Add
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The Civil Law System
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The Civil Law System

From: Fundamental Law for Journalists

Chapter Six explores the Civil Law System. Topics addressed include Common Law, contracts, negligence and accidents, intentional torts, free expression and defamation, anti-SLAPP Law, and time … 67 $6.70 Add
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The Court System
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The Court System

From: Fundamental Law for Journalists

Chapter three explores the court system and how it operates in Canada. Topics discussed include Judges, Lawyers, Court Staff, Juries, the Courts (The Supreme Court of Canada, Federal Courts, … 18 $1.80 Add
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The Criminal Law System
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The Criminal Law System

From: Fundamental Law for Journalists

Chapter Five explains the Criminal Law System. Topics discussed include concepts in Criminal Law (Voluntariness, Causation, Strict Liability, Subjective, and Objective Mens Rea), murder, intent, … 48 $4.80 Add
The Imperilled Ocean

The Imperilled Ocean

Human Stories From a Changing Sea

An exploration of the earth’s last wild frontier, filled with high-stakes stories of people and places facing an uncertain future. On a life raft in the Mediterranean, a teenager from Ghana … 238 View
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The Justice System and the Media
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The Justice System and the Media

From: Fundamental Law for Journalists

Chapter Seven examines the Justice System and the Media. Topics discussed include breaches of Injunction and contempt, publication bans and other restrictions, what to do if you are arrested, the … 18 $1.80 Add
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The Parking Lot
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The Parking Lot

From: The Trauma Beat

In this chapter, Cherry reflects on the concept of moral injury,the lack of emotional training and support for crime reporters, and how her life has been impacted by years of exposure to violence … 16 $1.60 Add
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The Scoop on Sensational Stories
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The Scoop on Sensational Stories

From: The Trauma Beat

In this chapter, Cherry discusses the sensationalizing of "uncommon stories", how the boundary-less reporting of these a-typical events traumatically impacts the surviving family … 12 $1.20 Add
The Trauma Beat
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The Trauma Beat

A Case for Re-Thinking the Business of Bad News

A groundbreaking and thorough examination of the trauma caused by the media covering crimes, both to victims and journalists, from a respected journalist and victim advocate In The Trauma Beat, … 332 View
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Theories in Motion
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Theories in Motion

Mapping the Roots and Routes of a Rebel Generation

From: Thinking While Black

In this chapter the author introduced the work of Paul Gilroy, a British scholar of global African American Studies and Armond White, an American music and film critic. 18 $1.80 Add
Thinking While Black
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Thinking While Black

Translating the Politics and Popular Culture of a Rebel Generation

This uniquely interdisciplinary study of Black cultural critics Armond White and Paul Gilroy spans continents and decades of rebellion and revolution. Drawing on an eclectic mix of archival … 222 View
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Three: Crossing the Mediterranean

Three: Crossing the Mediterranean

From: The Imperilled Ocean

In readings from this book Journalist Lauren Trethewey explores stories about the many ways in which people around the world interact with the ocean. In this chapter Trethewey provides the … 28 $2.80 Add
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Two: Sailing the South Pacific

Two: Sailing the South Pacific

From: The Imperilled Ocean

In readings from this book Journalist Lauren Trethewey explores stories about the many ways in which people around the world interact with the ocean. In this chapter Trethewey interviews Fiona … 24 $2.40 Add
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Victims People
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Victims People

From: The Trauma Beat

In this chapter, Cherry examines how the public and accidental nature of traffic fatalities impact the tone and intensity of the media coverage that surrounds it. Cherry includes the comments of … 13 $1.30 Add
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When the News Trucks Go Away
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When the News Trucks Go Away

From: The Trauma Beat

In this chapter, Cherry discusses the fatal Humboldt Broncos car crash that occurred in 2018. She includes excerpts of her interview with Laurie, whose son was among the passengers that did not … 8 $0.80 Add
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Where is the "Labout Beat Reporter"?
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Where is the “Labout Beat Reporter”?

The Regina Refinery Lockout and the Many Crises of Journalism

From: Unjust Transition

Chapter Seven describes the need for a new approach to labour journalism, and transitioned during the 2019-2020 lockout from traditional “labour beat” reporting to independent media … ; ; 23 $2.30 Add