The Independence of the Prosecutor
Controversy in the Creation of the International Criminal Court
This compelling investigation shows how an independent prosecutor, who can initiate investigations without states’ assent, became a key part of the International Criminal Court.
Heenan Blaikie
The Making and Unmaking of a Great Canadian Law Firm
What really happened at Heenan Blaikie? This is the ultimate account of what went on behind the scenes of the largest law firm dissolution in Canadian history.
Protecting Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage, New Edition
A Canadian Obligation
Against the backdrop of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Protecting Indigenous Knowledge and Heritage examines past and emerging issues in the recognition of Indigenous inherent human rights and knowledge within a Canadian legal context.
Ancillary Police Powers in Canada
A Critical Reassessment
Ancillary Police Powers in Canada investigates the scope of police powers under Canadian common law, and the implications for our rights, freedoms, and individual liberty.
Family and Justice in the Archives
Historical Perspectives on Intimacy and the Law
Canada and Colonialism
An Unfinished History
Canada and Colonialism presents the history Canadians must reckon with before decolonization is possible, from the nation’s establishment as a settler colony to the discriminatory legacies still at work in our institutions and culture.
Constraining the Court
Judicial Power and Policy Implementation in the Charter Era
Constraining the Court considers what happens when a statute involving a significant public policy issue is declared unconstitutional – and government disagrees.
Canada’s Surprising Constitution
Unexpected Interpretations of the Constitution Act, 1982
Canada’s Surprising Constitution asks why the Constitution Act, 1982, keeps generating unexpected interpretations and outcomes.
Suing for Silence
Sexual Violence and Defamation Law
Suing for Silence exposes the phenomenon of lawsuits whose purpose is to silence those who disclose sexual violence, revealing the gendered underpinnings of Canadian defamation law and its chilling effect on public discourse including formal reports of sexual violence.
Judging Sex Work
Bedford and the Attenuation of Rights
Judging Sex Work argues that a decision widely considered to be a victory for social justice weakened sex workers’ rights far more than it strengthened them.