2012

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What We Talk About When We Talk About War

 An Amazon.ca Editor’s Pick for 2012 and a Globe and Mail Top 100 Book of 2012 Shortlisted, Governor General’s Award for Non-Fiction, Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing, and … 376 View

What’s Next for Canada?

Securities Regulation After the Reference

 For many years lawyers, policy makers, scholars, and investors have debated the merits of, and the necessity for, a national securities regulator in Canada. Most have agreed that the status quo … 339 View

Why Good Lawyers Matter

 Lawyers occupy a unique place in society. They are loved by some, distrusted or hated by others. More often than not, our perception of lawyers is shaped by the way the profession is portrayed in … ; ; 229 View

Within the Barbed Wire Fence

A Japanese Man's Account of his Internment in Canada

 Takeo Nakano immigrated to Canada from Japan in 1920, later marrying and starting a family in his adopted homeland. Takeo’s passion was poetry, and he cultivated the exquisite form known as … ; 144 View

Youth Criminal Justice Law, 3/e

 The focus of this book is the Youth Criminal Justice Act, which came into force in 2003, and the amendments to the Act which came into force in October 2012. The 2012 amendments can in turn best … ; 825 View
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Brave New World

From: Our Lives: Canada after 1945

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 1945-1963. Looks at this period in terms of economic expansion and the emergence of a weak welfare states, notes the conflicting pressures in government policy making between public demand for … 41 $4.10 Add
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BriannaSusannaAlana

From: Mad Hope

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 BriannaSusannaAlana: Three sisters go about their day, 3rd person perspective, focusing on one sister in each section named after her. A murder tangentially enters their lives. My Friend Taisie: … 82 $8.20 Add
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Editors’ Introduction

From: Balancing Competing Human Rights Claims in a Diverse Society

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 Introduction to the balancing or reconciling of competing human rights claims in diverse societies. ; ; 6 $0.60 Add
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Foreward & Introduction

From: Cultural Industries.ca

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 Looks at the term mass media and how it does not fit in a Canadian Context, defines cultural industry for the purpose of this book, emphasis on methodology, the changing landscape of cultural … ; ; 8 $0.80 Add
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Foreword

The Lawyer: A Material Witness

From: Why Good Lawyers Matter

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 Introduction to articles regarding the public perception, social status, and advocacy role of lawyers. 5 $0.50 Add
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Foreword / Introduction: Essential Yet Disposable

From: Essential Work Disposable Workers

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 This section includes the foreword and introduction of this book. In the introduction, Mostafa Heneway describes the political landscape that facilitates the exploitation of migrant workers and … 14 $1.40 Add
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Foreword and Acknowledgments

From: Cruel Arithmetic

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 Introduces the Polygamy Reference case, and is written by Andrew Coyne. 8 $0.80 Add
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FOREWORD to New Edition and Preface of original edition

From: Within the Barbed Wire Fence

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 Discusses that the best way to guard human rights today is to arm ourselves with the knowledge of how easily they were taken in the past. Outlines racial injustice. Also discusses the history of … 12 $1.20 Add
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Introduction

From: Bill Gates, Pay Your Fair Share of Taxes...Like We Do!

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 Introduces the reason behind this book and outlines the tax breaks given to the super wealthy and how they can nevigate around the tax regime to their benefit 8 $0.80 Add
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Introduction

From: Visionaries, Crusaders, and Firebrands

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 Positions the NDP party at the time of the books publication soon after Jack Layton’s death. Outlines a bit about how Layton got the NDP in the position it was after the 2011 election. 7 $0.70 Add