First Nations 101: Tons of Stuff You Need to Know, 2nd ed / Lynda Gray
KM208.I5G739 2022
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Lynda Gray's (Ts'msyen Nation) accessible primer on Indigenous peoples’ past and present is geared towards both non-Indigenous and Indigenous readers. First Nations 101 provides an overview of the day-to-day lives of Indigenous people, traditional Indigenous communities, colonial interventions used in an attempt to assimilate Indigenous people into mainstream society, the impacts those interventions had on Indigenous families and communities, and how Indigenous people are working towards holistic health and wellness today.
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Exclusion and Refoulement: Criminality in International and Domestic Refugee Law / Joseph Rikhof
KM176.R55 2023
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After the Second World War, human rights law became entrenched in legal discourse as demonstrated by a proliferation of human rights treaties. While the right of asylum was recognized as a fundamental right in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, it has never been an absolute right but instead has been restricted in various ways — most significantly, that asylum should not be conferred on criminals and that refugees with a criminal background could be removed from the country of refuge.
Exclusion and Refoulement: Criminality in International and Domestic Refugee Law examines the legislative instruments at the international and domestic levels as well as the extensive jurisprudence emanating from these instruments, which has attempted to balance the right of asylum for an individual versus the state of refuge to restrict this right in situations of criminality.
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Wrongfully Convicted: Guilty Pleas, Imagined Crimes, and What Canada Must Do to Safeguard Justice / Kent Roach
KM597.R63 2023
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Canada’s legal system has a serious problem: a significant but unknown number of people have been convicted for crimes they didn’t commit. There are famous cases of wrongful convictions, such as David Milgaard and Donald Marshall Jr., where the system convicted the wrong person for murder. But there are lesser-known cases: people who feel they have no option but to plead guilty, and people convicted of crimes that were imagined by experts or the police that never, in fact, happened.
Wrongfully Convicted raises awareness about wrongful convictions at a time when DNA exonerations are less frequent and the memories of most famous wrongful convictions are fading. Roach makes a compelling case for change that governments have so far lacked the courage to make. They include better legislative regulation of police and forensic experts and the creation of a permanent and independent federal commission both to investigate wrongful convictions and their multiple causes.
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The Law of Trade Secrets and Confidential Information in Canada / Matt Malone
KN114.3.M35 2023
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Today, trade secrets and confidential commercial information pertain to some of the most important assets in the digital and knowledge economies. Trade secrets are information-based assets that are not widely known, derive value from not being widely known, and have been the subject of reasonable steps to maintain and continue their secrecy. Confidential information are information-based assets that are not available from other sources in the public domain or obtainable by observation, independent study, or reverse engineering; originate in circumstances giving rise to a reasonable expectation the information will not be disclosed; and, whether supplied by law or voluntarily, are communicated within a relationship that will be fostered for the public benefit by confidential communication. Although confidential information does not always have economic value, assets of economic value are the focus of this work.
In this timely overview of the law, The Law of Trade Secrets and Confidential Information in Canada examines the Canadian law on trade secrets and confidential information in all its relevant domestic contexts. This includes the unique approaches of both the common law and Quebec civil law, relevant procedural considerations, criminal and national security dimensions of the law, and access to information frameworks. Additionally, it provides brief commentary on the history, justification, and policy objectives of the law. The work also provides an overview of proposed reforms.
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Bennett's A to Z Guide to Small Business Bankruptcy and Insolvency, 2nd ed / Frank Bennett
KN310.B4661 2023
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Bennett’s A to Z Guide to Small Business Bankruptcy and Insolvency, 2nd Edition is a practical guide for lawyers, accountants, trustees, and lenders regarding the complete bankruptcy process. Written by bankruptcy and insolvency expert Frank Bennett, the second edition includes up-to-date key legislative changes since the first edition published over 20 years ago.
In one handy and indispensable bankruptcy primer, readers of this new edition will find straightforward information on:
- The major steps in the bankruptcy and proposal routes, including flowcharts, and providing an overview of the different stages
- The duties of a bankrupt and the roles of the trustee, registrar and creditors
- The distribution of a bankrupt’s property and exempt property
- The property that a bankrupt is allowed to keep
- The debts that survive bankruptcy
- The disadvantages of bankruptcy and how to help your client avoid it
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