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Image title covers. Corporate Governance and the New Technology, Taxation of Trusts and Estates, Law and Mental Health in Canada, Disability Injustice, Streaming and Copyright Law

Disability injustice: confronting criminalization in Canada / Kelly Fritsch

KM208.5.F75 2022

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Ableism is embedded in Canadian criminal justice institutions, policies, and practices, making incarceration and institutionalization dangerous – even deadly – for disabled people. Disability Injustice brings together highly original work by a range of scholars and activists to explore disability in the historical and contemporary Canadian criminal justice system.

The contributors confront challenging topics such as eugenics and crime control; the pathologizing of difference as deviance within criminal law systems; processes of criminalization based on discretionary, biased approaches to physical and mental health; and the role of disability justice activism in contesting longstanding discrimination and exclusion. Weaving together disability and sociolegal studies, criminology, and law, they examine disability in relation to various agencies and aspects of the criminal justice system. Policing and surveillance, sentencing and the courts, prisons and other carceral spaces, and alternatives to confinement are among the areas of focus.

On the shelves now at our Abbotsford, Kamloops, Kelowna, Nanaimo, New Westminster, Prince George, Vancouver and Victoria branches.

Law and Mental Health in Canada: Cases and Materials / Anita Szigeti 

KN157.2.S95 2022

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Law and Mental Health in Canada: Cases and Materials addresses important aspects of both individual and systemic advocacy on behalf of individuals with serious mental health issues. It surveys the field in all respects, addressing civil mental health legislation across Canada; the mental disorder provisions in the Criminal Code; other areas of criminal law where mental health is an issue; the representation of Indigenous clients with psychiatric histories; and Coroner’s Inquests into the deaths of persons in crisis at the hands of police and in institutional settings.

The book includes a special chapter on representing persons with serious mental health issues, as counsel or court-appointed amicus curiae, in all manner of legal proceedings. An anti-racist, anti-colonial and intersectional approach is also employed throughout. Trauma-informed and empathic representation is emphasized. This book also compiles every leading case and references to commentary that inform debate and thoughtful exploration of the key issues in this area of law. It offers an overview of the broad range of legal issues that arise in the real-life practice of mental health law.

On the shelves now at our Abbotsford, Kamloops and Prince George branches.

Corporate Governance and the New Technology / Alberto Salazar 

KN255.S25 2022

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In Corporate Governance and the New Technology, Alberto Salazar explores a new and evolving area of law which is quickly becoming a key element in the effective governance of corporations. The impact of artificial intelligence, blockchain technology, algorithms, and smart contracts on corporate governance is transforming corporate law and there is a high demand for understanding and regulating the transformations these impacts are likely to bring.

Written in a simple and straight-forward tone, Corporate Governance and the New Technology focuses on the duties of directors and officers associated with the use of the new technology. It provides a clear introductory overview of the conceptual framework governing that area of law while offering primary updated authorities such as legislation, court decisions, and rule proposals from several jurisdictions as well as some secondary authorities.

On the shelves now at our Vancouver branch.

Taxation of Trusts and Estates: A Practitioner's Guide 2023 / Grace Chow 

KM337.35.F762

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This essential publication provides comprehensive, in-depth commentary on trust and estate planning concepts.

Taxation of Trusts and Estates: A Practitioner's Guide 2023 is an essential handbook and research source for lawyers, accountants, trust administrators, and trust officers. Professionally compiled by an experienced multidisciplinary team, this publication provides comprehensive in-depth commentary on trust and estate planning concepts, and an explanation and discussion of the use of various types of trusts.

Preparing the T3 Trust Income Tax and Information Returns and Schedules with accuracy and certainty is no small task. To help you accomplish this quickly and correctly, this comprehensive guide offers clear, practical solutions and commentary for each step of the Return.

2023 edition on the shelves now at our Prince George, Vancouver and Victoria branches.

Streaming and Copyright Law: An end-user perspective / Lasantha Ariyarathna

KN112.A75 2023

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This book examines the challenges posed to Australian copyright law by streaming, from the end-user perspective. It compares the Australian position with the European Union and United States to draw lessons from them, regarding how they have dealt with streaming and copyright. By critically examining the technological functionality of streaming and the failure of copyright enforcement against the masses, it argues for strengthening end-user rights.

On the shelves now at our Vancouver branch.

 

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