Several times each month, we are pleased to republish a recent book review from the Canadian Law Library Review (CLLR). CLLR is the official journal of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL/ACBD), and its reviews cover both practice-oriented and academic publications related to the law.

What Roe v Wade Should Have Said: The Nation’s Top Legal Experts Rewrite America’s Most Controversial Decision. Edited by Jack M Balkin. Revised edition. New York, NY: New York University Press, 2023. xiv, 344 p. Includes bibliographical references, table of cases, and index. ISBN 9781479824489 (hardcover) US$89.00; ISBN 9781479823109 (softcover) . . . [more]

Several times each month, we are pleased to republish a recent book review from the Canadian Law Library Review (CLLR). CLLR is the official journal of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL/ACBD), and its reviews cover both practice-oriented and academic publications related to the law.

Out of Darkness: Rumana Monzur’s Journey through Betrayal, Tyranny and Abuse. By Denise Chong. Toronto: Penguin Random House Canada, 2024. 298 p. Includes photographs and author’s note. ISBN 9780735274150 (softcover) $24.95; ISBN 9780735274174 (eBook) $13.99.

Reviewed by Kyla McCallum
Student Librarian
University of British Columbia

In 2011, Rumana Monzur, a . . . [more]

Several times each month, we are pleased to republish a recent book review from the Canadian Law Library Review (CLLR). CLLR is the official journal of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL/ACBD), and its reviews cover both practice-oriented and academic publications related to the law.

Organizational Structures of Academic Law Libraries: Past, Present, and Future, Volume 1. Edited by Elizabeth G Adelman & Jessica de Perio Wittman. Getzville, New York: William S Hein, 2023. xxii, 250 p. Includes illustrations. AALL Publication Series No 87. ISBN 9780837742724 (softcover) US$110.00.

Reviewed by Alexia Loumankis
Reference and Research . . . [more]

Several times each month, we are pleased to republish a recent book review from the Canadian Law Library Review (CLLR). CLLR is the official journal of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL/ACBD), and its reviews cover both practice-oriented and academic publications related to the law.

The Legal Singularity: How Artificial Intelligence Can Make Law Radically Better. By Abdi Aidid & Benjamin Alarie. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2023. 226 p. Includes bibliographic references, figures, and index. ISBN 9781487529413 (hardcover) $44.95; ISBN 9781487529437 (ePUB) $44.95; ISBN 9781487529420 (PDF) $44.95.

Reviewed by Allison Harrison
Head of Acquisitions . . . [more]

Several times each month, we are pleased to republish a recent book review from the Canadian Law Library Review (CLLR). CLLR is the official journal of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL/ACBD), and its reviews cover both practice-oriented and academic publications related to the law.

For the Encouragement of Learning: The Origins of Canadian Copyright Law. By Myra Tawfik. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2023. 408 p. Includes bibliographic references and index. ISBN 9781487545246 (hardcover) $90.00; ISBN 9781487545253 (ePUB) $90.00; ISBN 9781487545260 (PDF) $90.00.

Reviewed by Katarina Daniels
Research Lawyer, Library Services Lead
Davies Ward . . . [more]

Several times each month, we are pleased to republish a recent book review from the Canadian Law Library Review (CLLR). CLLR is the official journal of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL/ACBD), and its reviews cover both practice-oriented and academic publications related to the law.

Unwritten Constitutionalism. By Maxime St-Hilaire, Ryan Alford & Kristopher Kinsinger, eds. Toronto: LexisNexis, 2023. xxxvi, 255 p. Includes tables of cases and index. ISBN 9780433528203 (softcover) $125.00.

Reviewed by Melanie Bueckert
Legal Research Counsel

The papers in Unwritten Constitutionalism originated from The Unwritten Principle of Constitutionalism in Canadian Jurisprudence, the . . . [more]

Several times each month, we are pleased to republish a recent book review from the Canadian Law Library Review (CLLR). CLLR is the official journal of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL/ACBD), and its reviews cover both practice-oriented and academic publications related to the law.

The Trouble with Big Data: How Datafication Displaces Cultural Practices. By Jennifer Emond, Nicola Horsley, Jörg Lehmann & Mike Priddy. London: Bloomsbury Academic, 2022. Includes index. ISBN 9781350239623 (hardcover) $143.95; ISBN 9781350239654 (eBook) Open Access.

Reviewed by Brianna Storms
Information Resources Librarian
Queen’s University

The authors of the open-access book . . . [more]

Several times each month, we are pleased to republish a recent book review from the Canadian Law Library Review (CLLR). CLLR is the official journal of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL/ACBD), and its reviews cover both practice-oriented and academic publications related to the law.

Standards for the Control of Algorithmic Bias: The Canadian Administrative Context. By Natalie Heisler & Maura R Grossman. Boca Raton, FL: CRC Press, 2024. 108 p. Includes bibliographic references and index. ISBN 9781032550220 (hardcover) $64.95; ISBN 9781003428602 (eBook) $24.95.

Reviewed by Marnie Bailey
Manager, Knowledge Services
Fasken Martineau DuMoulin LLP . . . [more]

Several times each month, we are pleased to republish a recent book review from the Canadian Law Library Review (CLLR). CLLR is the official journal of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL/ACBD), and its reviews cover both practice-oriented and academic publications related to the law.

Public Health Crisis Management and Criminal Liability of Governments: A Comparative Study of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Edited by Michael Bohlander, Gerhard Kemp & Mark Webster. New York: Bloomsbury, 2023. xii, 368 p. Includes preface, list of contributors, abbreviations, and index. ISBN 9781509946310 (hardcover) $180.95; ISBN 9781509946327 (ePUB) $162.85; ISBN 9781509946334 . . . [more]

Family Dispute Resolution: Process and Practice, just published by Oxford University Press, is THE book that family dispute resolution (FDR) practitioners and educators have been waiting for.

Edited by Peter Salem and Kelly Browe Olson, this book delivers the goods like no other— all 600+ pages of it.[1] It is an essential guide for experienced practitioners in particular—lawyers or mental health professionals with dispute resolution training or experience. The book will remind them why they were drawn to this work in the first place and rejuvenate their practices in unexpected ways.

Though heavily US-focused, there are three strong . . . [more]

Several times each month, we are pleased to republish a recent book review from the Canadian Law Library Review (CLLR). CLLR is the official journal of the Canadian Association of Law Libraries (CALL/ACBD), and its reviews cover both practice-oriented and academic publications related to the law.

Big Data. Edited by Benoit Leclerc & Jesse Cale. Abingdon: Routledge, 2020. 148 p. Includes illustrations, bibliographic references, and index. Criminology at the Edge series. ISBN 9781138492783 (hardcover) $136.00; ISBN 9781032336992 (softcover) $42.36; ISBN 9781351029704 (eBook) $42.36.

Reviewed by Matthew Renaud
Law Librarian,
E.K. Williams Law Library, University of Manitoba . . . [more]

This book list was curated to offer those on the cusp of law school a summer reading list packed with important insights, presented in a manner that would not put them to sleep. It turned out to have something for everyone. Whether you prefer e-books or the old fashion flipping of pages, here are five must-reads for the summer months…

Bob Joseph, 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act: Helping Canadians Make Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples a Reality (Canada: Raincoast Books, 2018) ISBN: 9780995266520

Why read it this summer?

Because, as Misha Munim puts it, “this book . . . [more]