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Widdifield on Executors and Trustees – Carmen S. Thériault
Release #7 – September 2024
What’s New?
Amendments and updates to the commentary in Chapter 1 (Funeral); Chapter 2 (Assets); Chapter 4 (Expenses and Legal Costs); Chapter 5 (Bequests and Beneficiaries); Chapter 11 (Executor’s Compensation); Chapter 14 (Passing Accounts); Chapter 15 (Resignation, Removal and Appointment of Trustees); and Words and Phrases.
The Regulation of Professions in Canada – James T. Casey
Release #7 – September 2024
What’s New?
Updates to case histories for cases in the appendices to chapters 13 and 17. it also updates Words and Phrases, Selected Legal Literature and Issues in Focus.
Lawyers & Ethics: Professional Responsibility and Discipline – Gavin MacKenzie
Release #3 – September 2024
What’s New?
Updates to case histories for case law and commentary in Chapters 3 (Confidentiality), 5 (Conflicts of Interest in Litigation), 23 (Admission to the Bar), 25 (Rules of Professional Conduct) and 26 (Discipline Proceedings).
Remedies in Tort – Lewis N. Klar, et al
Release #8 – August 2024
What’s New?
Updates to Chapter 2 (Assault and Battery), Chapter 4 (Conversion and Detinue), Chapter 15 (Malicious Prosecution), Chapter 16 (Negligence)(General)), Chapter 18 (Professional Negligence), Chapter 19 (Negligence (Special)), Chapter 20 (Nuisance), Chapter 21 (Occupiers’ Liability), Chapter 27 (Developing Torts), Chapter 28 (Public Authorities), Chapter 29 (Liability), Chapter 31 (Other Remedies) and Chapter 32 (Parties).
Regulation of Professions in Canada – James T. Casey
Release #6 – August 2024
What’s New?
Updates to case digests, the Words and Phrases table, the Selected Legal Literature tab and the Legal Memos tab.
Orkin on The Law of Costs – Mark M. Orkin
Release #5 – August 2024
What’s New?
Updates to Chapter 2 – Party-and-Party Costs.
New additions to our contracts collection this month include an updated edition of a popular title as well as a new text on construction contracts. After reading through these texts you may wish to take a break from contract interpretations and construction with this article on HeinOnline from the New York University Law Review that has a collection of poems based on notable Contract Law cases, including ones like this about the famous Carlill v. Carbolic Smoke Ball Co. case
Fair notice is normally due
Douglass G. Boshkoff, “Selected Poems on the Law of Contracts” (1991) 66:5 NYU L Rev 1533.
When the bargained-for action is through.
With the marvelous ball,
There’s no notice at all,
‘Til its purchaser catches the flu.
For even more literary legal lyrics you can visit openparliament’s Haiku page which has a random generator created from Hansard records that follow the traditional 5/7/5 syllables pattern of a haiku.
Law of Contracts — 8th Edition, by Stephen Waddams
The Law of Contracts is an essential element of Canadian contract law and is frequently cited by Canadian courts at all levels. With seven previous editions spanning over 40 years, Stephen Waddams’ The Law of Contracts has earned an esteemed place in Canadian jurisprudence. The Supreme Court of Canada and lower courts consider it as an authority and regularly turn to it for its sound analysis of the principles underlying the law.
This book contains an appraisal of relevant Supreme Court of Canada cases decided since the last edition, including recent cases on intention, interpretation, good faith, and unconscionability.
The Canadian Construction Contracts Guidebook, by Elliot Smith
The Canadian Construction Contracts Guidebook is a must-have for any person who is involved in a construction project in Canada, whether they be owners, contractors, consultants, subcontractors, material suppliers, lawyers, or insurance and surety advisor. It addresses issues from the perspective of how best to establish the contractual arrangement, as opposed to addressing contract administration issues or trying to resolve a dispute after it has arisen on a construction project.
The book also provides helpful context and a guide to understanding many of the issues faced in negotiating a construction contract. It provides practical suggestions and alternatives to addressing contract issues as well as sample clauses in respect of the issues that frequently arise in the negotiation of a construction contract.
For more resources check out the rest of our collection with these authoratative texts.
The Law of Contracts — 2nd ed., John McCamus
This month’s new additions include updated editions to some of our digital books, as well as new journal issues and articles.
Criminal Law 8th ed. by Kent Roach
“The eighth edition of Criminal Law has been thoroughly updated to include new developments. It includes a detailed discussion of R v Brown striking down restrictions on the extreme intoxication defence and the likely parliamentary reply, and Parliament’s reply in Bill C-28. It also examines changes in jury selection upheld in R v Chouhan; important decisions on fault, such as R v Zora, R v Javanmardi, R v Chung, and R v Goforth; and assesses R v Cowan on parties. The discussion of sexual assault has been updated to take into account R v Barton and the possible implications of R v Morrison. The Supreme Court’s first decision under the amended self-defence provisions in R v Khill is reviewed. This new edition also has been revised to include important decisions from the Ontario and Nova Scotia Courts of Appeal on sentencing Black offenders, as well as the Supreme Court’s striking down of mandatory minimum fine surcharges and stacking of twenty-five-year periods of parole ineligibility.” -publisher
International Law, Doctrine, Practice, and Theory 3rd ed. By Craig Forcese
“The book includes introductory materials on the nature, history, and theory of international law from an international relations, as well as a legal, perspective. Carefully selected and edited primary materials — including treaties, UN documents, and cases — take readers to the very sources of the rules and principles that comprise modern international law. Extensive and critical commentary on, and analysis of, these primary materials guide the reader to an understanding of the rules, their strengths and weaknesses, and their place in the international legal system. Descriptions of contemporary real-world situations provide concrete context to the discussion.
Remarkable for both its depth and breadth, International Law: Doctrine, Practice, and Theory sets the standard for the study of international law in Canada. It also constitutes an invaluable reference collection for practitioners, judges, and scholars working in this ever-increasingly important area of modern law.” – publisher
Indigenous People and the Criminal Justice System, 2nd ed. by Jonathan Rudin
“The second edition contains a new chapter devoted to Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) and the experiences of FASD-affected individuals in the Canadian Criminal Justice system. It also includes a practical review of the 2019 Final Reports by the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) and the Public Inquiry Commission on relations between Indigenous Peoples and certain public services in Québec: listening, reconciliation and progress. This bestseller also features expanded coverage of overrepresentation, sentencing, plea bargains, Gladue principles, and Charter challenges.” – publisher
New articles from the following journals are now available for Law Society members upon request. For a pdf copy of these or other legal journal articles email us at library@lawsociety.mb.ca. Click on the journal title to see full article titles.