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Advancing Aboriginal Claims

Visions/Strategies/Directions

Edited by Kerry Wilkins
UBC Press, Purich Publishing

Policy, philosophy, strategy, and legal arguments are combined to build innovative strategies to advance Aboriginal claims.

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The Heiress vs the Establishment

Mrs. Campbell's Campaign for Legal Justice

UBC Press

A rare first-person account of Canada’s early twentieth century legal system, this books retells the Mrs. Campbell fourteen-year-battle with the Ontario legal establishment to claim her mother’s estate.

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The Canadian Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 41, 2003

Edited by D.M. McRae
UBC Press

The Yearbook contains articles of lasting significance in the field of international legal studies.

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Humanitarianism, Identity, and Nation

Migration Laws in Canada and Australia

UBC Press

Catherine Dauvergne examines the relationship between migration laws and national identities and highlights the role of humanitarianism in this linkage.

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What Is a Crime?

Defining Criminal Conduct in Contemporary Society

UBC Press

What Is A Crime? examines how we define criminal conduct in contemporary society, and how we respond to it once it has been identified.

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Tournament of Appeals

Granting Judicial Review in Canada

UBC Press

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.

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Gay Male Pornography

An Issue of Sex Discrimination

UBC Press

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.

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Insiders and Outsiders

Alan Cairns and the Reshaping of Canadian Citizenship

UBC Press

Insiders and Outsiders celebrates the work of Alan Cairns, one of the most influential Canadian social scientists of the contemporary period.

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Holding the Line

Borders in a Global World

UBC Press

This volume contains contributions from twenty-four scholars concerning the significance and implications of the world’s borderlands in economic, political, and socio-cultural contexts.

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The Courts and the Colonies

The Litigation of Hutterite Church Disputes

UBC Press

A detailed account of the litigation between various Hutterite factions and colonies in Manitoba and the US that led to a major division in the 1990s.

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Common Sense on Weapons of Mass Destruction

UBC Press

Ambassador Thomas Graham Jr. presents accessible, up-to-date facts on nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism, chemical and biological weapons, and small arms, and missile defense and WMDs in outer space.

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International Environmental Law and Asian Values

Legal Norms and Cultural Influences

UBC Press

A comprehensive assessment of relevant Asian policies and their applications in key areas in light of international environmental norms and practices.

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“Real” Indians and Others

Mixed-Blood Urban Native Peoples and Indigenous Nationhood

UBC Press

A pioneering look at how mixed-blood urban Native people understand their identities and struggle to survive in a world that often fails to recognize them.

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Limiting Arbitrary Power

The Vagueness Doctrine in Canadian Constitutional Law

UBC Press

The first full-length study of the void-for-vagueness doctrine and its implications in Canadian constitutional law.

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Intercultural Dispute Resolution in Aboriginal Contexts

UBC Press

The essays collected here provide a balanced view of alternative dispute resolution, exploring its opportunities and effectiveness alongside its challenges and limits.

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Compulsory Compassion

A Critique of Restorative Justice

UBC Press

A multi-faceted consideration and critique of the compelling and emotionally seductive rhetoric of restorative justice.

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Feminist Activism in the Supreme Court

Legal Mobilization and the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund

UBC Press

A cogent analysis of legal mobilization as a strategy for social and activist movements.

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New Perspectives on the Public-Private Divide

UBC Press

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.

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Gender and Change in Hong Kong

Globalization, Postcolonialism, and Chinese Patriarchy

UBC Press

This sophisticated collection of essays provides an innovative analysis of gender relations at the nexus of globalization, Chinese patriarchy, and post-colonialism in Hong Kong.

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The Canadian Yearbook of International Law, Vol. 40, 2002

Edited by D.M. McRae
UBC Press

The Yearbook contains articles of lasting significance in the field of international legal studies.

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