What Is a Crime?
Defining Criminal Conduct in Contemporary Society
What Is A Crime? examines how we define criminal conduct in contemporary society, and how we respond to it once it has been identified.
Tournament of Appeals
Granting Judicial Review in Canada
Drawing from systematically collected information on the process, applications, and lawyers that has never before been used in studies of Canada’s Supreme Court, this book offers both a qualitatively and quantitatively-based explanation of how Canada’s justices grant judicial review.
Gay Male Pornography
An Issue of Sex Discrimination
Using the 2000 Little Sisters v Customs Canada case as a springboard, Kendall argues that gay male pornography violates the legal right to sex equality, and that there is little to be gained from sexualized conformity.
Compulsory Compassion
A Critique of Restorative Justice
A multi-faceted consideration and critique of the compelling and emotionally seductive rhetoric of restorative justice.
New Perspectives on the Public-Private Divide
Part of a series designed to explore the role of law in structuring human relationships, this collection of essays re-evaluates the public-private divide to examine how it affects the legal forms that shape our personal relationships.
People and Place
Historical Influences on Legal Culture
Tough on Kids
Rethinking Approaches to Youth Justice
In this compelling, thought-provoking and sometimes heartbreaking book, the authors use the stories of their young clients to illustrate the very real costs of the current system, analyzing theories behind youth justice, and how these are reflected in Canadian legislation both past and present.
An Overview of Aboriginal and Treaty Rights and Compensation for Their Breach
Mainville provides clear and practical principles for addressing the breach of Aboriginal and treaty rights and determining appropriate compensation.