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Jeannie’s Demise

By (author) Ian Radforth
Categories: Social and cultural history

August 1, 1875, Toronto: The body of a young woman is discovered in a pine box, half-buried in a ditch along Bloor Street. So begins Jeannie’s Demise, a real-life Victorian melodrama that played out ...

Megantic

In this fascinating piece of investigative journalism, written like a thriller, journalist and social activist Anne-Marie Saint-Cerny reveals the inner workings of the 2013 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster ...

Canada's Legal Pasts

Canada’s Legal Pasts explores new topics in Canada’s fascinating legal history and presents practical approaches to historical scholarship on the workings of law and legality. Drawing on real-world ...

Canadian Immigration and Refugee Law

By (author) Chantal Desloges & Cathryn Sawicki
Categories: Law

Designed to keep practitioners up to date with ever-changing immigration laws, this all-in-one guide explains key principles and processes using a detailed and practical approach. Procedures, practices, ...

LGBTQ2+ Law

By (author) Joanna Radbord
Categories: Law

Issues related to sexual orientation and gender identity impact almost all areas of legal practice. Members of the LGBTQ2+ community face unique hurdles, especially in areas of family, immigration, estates, ...

The Death of a Butterfly

By (author) Richard D. Schneider
Categories: Mental health law

The Death of a Butterfly explores the mental health court and its relationship with the mentally disordered accused from the perspective of Ontario Court Justice Richard D. Schneider. How do the courts ...

Florence Kinrade

By (author) Frank Jones
Categories: Legal history
Series: True Cases Series

This is a thrilling 1909 true crime story! Florence Kinrade, dutiful daughter of a wealthy, upper-crust Canadian family, lives a secret double life as a vaudeville showgirl in Virginia, USA. Then sister ...

Canada’s Official Languages

Canada’s official languages legislation fundamentally altered the composition and operational considerations of federal institutions. With legislative change, Canada’s public service has achieved ...

Surrogacy in Canada

This book brings together a range of critical perspectives on the governance of surrogacy in Canada. The chapters offer insight into how to address the challenges of regulating surrogacy (in Canada and ...

Benched

By (author) Nancy Morrison
Foreword by Stevie Cameron
Categories: Sentencing and punishment
Series: Reflections

Fifty years in a law profession she loves, twenty-four of which were spent as judge, Nancy Morrison has stories to tell. Being a former judge, Nancy could not have written this book during the 24 years ...