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"This handbook presents youth protection law in Quebec. Practitioners, workers from the DYP, and anyone wishing to broaden their knowledge on the various legal aspects of this area of practice will greatly benefit from this helpful guide. It is a translation of the highly successful French publication, Droit de la protection de la jeunesse, 3e édition, written by the same author."-- Provided by publisher.

« Le droit électoral concerne le vote mais aussi, plus largement, l’ensemble des règles qui régissent le choix de représentants des citoyens au sein d’institutions politiques. Plus fondamentalement, le droit électoral touche la qualité de la démocratie. Lorsqu’il faillit à sa mission, par exemple en matière de financement ou d’intégrité du résultat du vote, c’est tout l’édifice démocratique qui est fragilisé. Malgré son importance, le sujet n’a jusqu’à maintenant fait l’objet d’aucun ouvrage de référence au Québec. Le livre Droit électoral québécois -- Repères et enjeux contemporains vise à répondre à ce besoin, principalement dans le langage du droit, mais aussi en puisant aux autres disciplines qui peuvent en enrichir l’étude, dont la science politique et l’histoire. Pierre Vallée propose ici une synthèse et un regard nouveau sur l’histoire du droit électoral québécois, sur ses acteurs ainsi que sur ses principes et thèmes fondamentaux, dont la représentation électorale, l’administration des scrutins, le financement et les dépenses politiques, les mécanismes de contrôle, les dispositions pénales, la protection des renseignements personnels des électeurs de même que les campagnes numériques. Bien qu’il ait beaucoup en commun avec les autres démocraties représentatives, la singularité du régime électoral québécois est mise en relief, ainsi que les débats qui l’animent, dans ce panorama qui intéressera à la fois les juristes et les chercheurs d’autres disciplines ayant les élections pour objet d’étude. »-- Quatrième de couverture

"This essential resource for litigators and judges addresses a central question: when is it too late to file a suit?"-- Provided by publisher.

"'Understanding Property Law' is a comprehensive and authoritative treatise designed for law students who are taking the standard first-year course on property. It (1) explains the basic principles of property law in the United States and (2) discusses the policy concerns and historical currents that shape this law. The goal of the book is simple: to help students understand property law. It is suitable for use with any casebook. This book provides complete coverage of all standard topics covered in the basic property course, including landlord-tenant law, adverse possession, rights in personal property, intellectual property, estates and future interests, cotenancies, marital property, sales transactions, mortgages, easements, covenants, servitudes, nuisances, eminent domain, zoning, takings, and other land use issues. In addition, the book analyzes cutting-edge issues in modern property law, such as rights in human body parts, current takings issues, judicial reactions to the Restatement (Third) of Property: servitudes, rights and duties of homeowners associations, and rights in personal names and likenesses. Its clear writing and detailed organization help students understand both basic concepts and controversial issues. Thousands of law students across the nation have succeeded in their property classes by using this book."-- Provided by publisher

The Canadian Registry of Wrongful Convictions www.wrongfulconviction.ca  .like similar registries in the United States and the United Kingdom, was designed to facilitate research on patterns and trends in wrongful convictions.  As of its launch in February 2023, 15 of 83 remedied wrongful convictions or 17% were the result of guilty pleas by the accused. This is a similar percentage as found in a UK registry and lower than the 27% of guilty plea wrongful convictions found in the US registry. Forty percent of the guilty plea wrongful convictions were entered by women. Most of these involved  the flawed expert testimony of Charles Smith about the cause of baby deaths and the majority of all remedied guilty plea wrongful convictions were for imagined crimes that did not happen.  Almost half (7 of 15) of Canada’s false guilty pleas were taken from racialized people including three Indigenous men, one Black and Indigenous man, another Black man and a Brown man who had recently immigrated from India. Two of the fifteen false guilty pleas were taken from accused persons who had diagnosed mental health and cognitive challenges. With the exclusion of one false guilty plea to a mandatory sentence of life imprisonment and ineligibility for parole for 10 years, the average sentence in the remaining 14 cases was 10 months with evidence of “lop-sided” pleas especially in the cases involving Charles Smith and 2 of the 14 received sentences of time already served.

"With a focus on the 1980 Hague Convention, this cutting-edge Research Handbook provides a holistic overview of the law on international child abduction from prevention, through voluntary agreements and Convention proceedings, to post-return and aftercare issues. Analysing the repercussions of abduction from the perspectives of both abducted children and the therapeutic professionals engaged in their cases, chapters assess the contributions of the many professionals and key agencies involved in the field. Identifying the 1980 Hague Convention as the principal global instrument for dealing with child abduction, the Research Handbook traces its role, history, development and impact, alongside the mechanisms required for its effective use. Evaluating current trends, areas of concern in legal practice and various regional initiatives, it considers alternatives to high-conflict court proceedings in international child abduction cases. The Convention's strengths, successes, weaknesses and gaps are discussed, and the Research Handbook concludes by addressing the need to tackle the challenges in its future operation. Interdisciplinary and accessible in approach, the contributions from renowned subject specialists will prove useful to students and scholars of human rights and family law, international law and the intersections between law and gender studies, politics and sociology. Its combination of research, policy and practice will be of use to legal practitioners working in family law alongside NGOs and central authorities working in the field"--

"This book will be the second edition of our essential guide to when and how Charter remedies are available in criminal law. The book begins with "threshold matters," pertaining to when and how Charter remedies are available (e.g., which court, the standard of proof, procedural rules). The rest of the chapters focus on Charter remedies for particular outcomes in cases, ranging from excluding evidence, achieving a stay of proceedings, getting a sentence reduction, getting costs against the crown, making an application for habeas corpus review (unlawful detention), and legislative invalidity."-- Provided by publisher.