A Guide to Canada’s Impact Assessment Act, 2023 / Rod Northey
KN185.3.N67
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The new federal Impact Assessment Act (IAA) which came into force on August 28, 2019, represents a fundamental shift in federal environmental assessment in Canada. The move from environmental assessment to impact assessment has resulted in a need for guidance on how the new legislation differs from the old and the ramifications of those differences. That’s what A Guide to Canada’s Impact Assessment Act, 2023 Edition aims to provide.
Written by expert environmental lawyer, Rodney Northey, A Guide to Canada’s Impact Assessment Act, 2023 Edition offers valuable insight into the new Act as well as a detailed review of each of the processes that now govern impact assessment.
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Sentencing: Principles and Practice, 2nd ed / Danielle Robitaille
KM585.9.R63 2024
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Sentencing: Principles and Practice, 2nd Edition serves as a concise and practical treatment of all sentencing issues in the Canadian criminal justice system, incorporating both Crown and defence perspectives. Building on general principles, this text tackles both common and unusual sentencing issues and questions, and pragmatically discusses plea negotiations, procedure and advocacy, dangerous offenders, types of sentences, Charter considerations, appellate issues, and ancillary orders, as well as post-sentencing issues.
In the second edition, Criminal defence counsel Danielle Robitaille and assistant Crown attorney Erin Winocur are joined by co-author Maya Borooah, a defence lawyer specializing in criminal and regulatory litigation. Drawing on their combined expertise, the authors inject their perspectives and experiences as front-line advocates, providing readers with a constructive and balanced discussion of the topic. The experienced authors and contributors have written chapters dedicated to various areas of practice, creating a comprehensive reference that thoroughly explores an array of themes relating to sentencing.
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Issues in Criminal Trials and Summary Appeal Law, 3rd ed / Mois Karimjee
KM595.3.K37 2023
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Drawing on his more than 23 years of experience and expertise, author and Assistant Crown Attorney Moiz Karimjee explains the law on approximately 70 offence specific and particular issues in criminal trials and sentencing hearings and the basis for launching summary conviction and sentence appeals. The law is synthesized, when necessary, to assist counsel and judges in navigating a body of law that may often appear to be contradictory.
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Annual Review of Civil Litigation, 2023 / Darla Wilson
KA1.A562
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Regularly cited by appellate courts across Canada, including the Supreme Court of Canada, the Annual Review of Civil Litigation has been providing leading-edge coverage of the civil litigation issues of the day.
Each article in this edition is designed to help you understand how new developments in Canadian law will affect your practice.
Also included in this edition is a Consolidated Table of Contents, which provides a summary of all articles published in the Annual Review of Civil Litigation since its inception in 2001.
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Litigating competition law in Canada, 2nd ed / Nikiforos Iatrou
KN266.I38 2023
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The number of competition law cases adjudicated in Canadian courts and before the Competition Tribunal continues to grow, and that growth has prompted an increased need for guidance from experienced practitioners. While there are ample resources that offer summaries of substantive rulings, Litigating Competition Law in Canada, 2nd Edition brings together some of the Canada's most successful and knowledgeable competition lawyers to offer practical advice on how to most effectively bring or defend competition law cases.
The first of its kind, this comprehensive guide to litigating competition matters in Canada contains the information and practical guidance that private practitioners and in-house counsel need to understand when dealing with a contentious competition law case. Litigating Competition Law in Canada, 2nd Edition features contributions from Canada's leading competition litigators. They provide strategic insight into the procedural aspects of litigating a competition matter and offer examples of tactical steps counsel can take to advance their clients' positions.
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