Collection Spotlight – June 2022

We are adding new material to our collection all of the time. If there is something that you would like to see that you can't find, let us know by phone or email. 

The following new titles and editions are on the shelf and available to borrow now.

Notable new titles

The Art of the Corporate Deal – 2021

Barry Lipson

The Art of the Corporate Deal takes the layperson and experienced deal maker alike through the process of buying or selling a business from start to finish.

Find it on the shelf at: KN262.L56 2021

Taxation at Death: A Practitioners Guide – 2021

Grace Chow and Michael Cadesky

Taxation at Death is an invaluable resource for practitioners, be they accountants, lawyers, trust officers, insurance professionals or other financial advisors, who are dealing with issues relating to Canadian estate planning, taxation at death including tax return filings, and post-mortem estate planning.

Find it on the shelf at: KM337.3.C56 2021

The Law of Independent Legal Advice – 2021

Ted Tjaden

Updated with hundreds of new decisions regarding the law of independent legal advice, including a review of all relevant Canadian case law and the factors that courts consider when deciding when particular transactions warrant independent legal advice

Find it on the shelf at: KL82.2.T52 2021

 

Animals as Legal Beings – 2021

Maneesha Deckha

Maneesha Deckha critically examines how Canadian law and, by extension, other legal orders around the world, participate in the social construction of the human-animal divide and the abject rendering of animals as property. Through a rigorous but cogent analysis, Deckha calls for replacing the exploitative property classification for animals with a new transformative legal status or subjectivity called "beingness."

Find it on the shelf at: KN84.3.D43 2021