New Product – American Law Institute Library

by | Apr 1, 2019 | Caselaw, Commentary, Legal Research, United States

Effective April 1, 2019, the library is adding an additional resource to our HeinOnline collection. In addition to the Canada Core Library, we have added the American Law Institute Library.


The American Law Institute is the leading independent organization in the United States producing scholarly work to clarify, modernize, and otherwise improve the law.

The American Law Institute

Instructions on how to access this additional database are included behind the Members’ Portal under “Library Resources”.

Contents Update – Estates, Trusts & Pensions Journal

by | Mar 28, 2019 | Commentary, Journals, Wills and Estates

Volume 38, No. 2 of the Estates, Trusts & Pensions Journal has arrived in the library.

Contents

From the Legislatures

  • The Regulation of Ontario Retirement Homes: A Primer for Elder Law Advocates in Ontario by John Risk and Heather Hogan
  • The Increasing Exposure of Retirement Savings to Derivative Instruments by Scott McEvoy

Articles

  • Rights of Surviving Spouses on Death in Canada by Marni M.K. Whitaker
  • Conjugal Succession Rights in British Columbia and the Yukon by Amy Francis
  • Comparing Common Law and Marriage Succession Rights in Alberta by Nancy L. Golding
  • Spousal Succession Rights Upon Death in Saskatchewan by Kimberly D. Visram
  • Entitlements of a Surviving Spouse in Manitoba by Gwen Muirhead
  • Rights of Married and Common Law Spouses in Ontario on Death by E. Llana Nakonechny and Zahra Taseer

If you are a member of the Law Society of Manitoba and would like to receive a copy of any of these articles, please contact us at library@lawsociety.mb.ca.

Contents Update – Estates Trusts & Pensions Journal

by | Mar 18, 2019 | Commentary, Journals, Wills and Estates

Volume 38 No.1 of the Estates Trusts & Pensions Journal has arrived in the library

Contents

From the Legislature

  • SDA Section 3 Survival Kit: an Invisible Plane, a Golden Lasso, and a Bat Phone by Wendy Griesdorf

Article

  • Resolving Grave Disputes by Jason Ward

If you are a member of the Law Society of Manitoba and would like to receive a copy of any of these articles, please contact us at library@lawsociety.mb.ca

Contents Update – Canadian Native Law Reporter

by | Feb 25, 2019 | Caselaw, Commentary, Indigenous Law, New Books

2018 – Volume 2 of the Canadian Native Law Reporter has arrived in the library.

Table of Contents

Criminological Highlights

by | Dec 5, 2018 | Commentary, Criminal Law, Journals, Legal Research

In Episode 82 of The Docket, a legal podcast broadcast by Michael Spratt and Emilie Taman, the hosts summarized the latest issue of Criminological Highlights, itself a summary of research on criminal justice policy. 

Criminological Highlights is designed to provide an accessible look at some of the more interesting, high quality, criminological research that is currently being published. Its focus is on research that is policy-relevant.

Table of Contents from the most current issue:

  • What kinds of police activities suppress voter turnout?
  • How are people affected by police shootings of unarmed civilians?
  • Are politicians right when they suggest that higher rates of pretrial detention would reduce crime?
  • Who benefits from high concentrations of immigrants in a neighbourhood?
  • When punishments are decreased in a jurisdiction and crime goes up, is it possible to determine whether one caused the other?
  • How good are people at evaluating forensic science evidence in court?
  • Should restorative justice conferences be used with youths charged with crimes?
  • Does it matter where accused people sit in court during their trials?

While the highlights are free, there may be a fee to access full text of the articles referenced. Contact us if you need further information. 

And if you like legal podcasts, subscribe to The Docket. I find it very informative and entertaining. 



Manitoba eLaws – New Edition – Business Law No. 83

by | Oct 9, 2018 | Commentary, Corporate and Commercial Law, Law Society Publications, Legal Research

The October 2018 edition of the Business Law Update has been published. Selected contents include:

  • Application of Common Interest Privilege in Commercial Transactions Restored: FCA
  • Private Disputes Not Enforceable Via the Oppression Remedy: MBCA
  • Exclusion Clause a Bar to Negligent Misrepresentation Claim: MBCA
  • Legislative Updates, including several regarding the upcoming legalization of marijuana
  • and more.