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Demographics, Civil Law, or Something Else? Understanding the Lower Rate of Reported Legal Problems in Quebec

Author: Sarah A. Sutherland*
Journal: Lex Electronica
Publication date: January 2026
Volume 21, Number 1
Pages 1-20
Online: https://www.lex-electronica.org/s/3644

Abstract

Statistics Canada carried out The Canadian Legal Problems Survey in 2021 and released the public use . . . [more]

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The Law of Occupiers’ Liability

Authors: Alan Preyra and Emily Unrau
General Editors: Barbara Legate and Deborah Berlach
Foreword: The Honourable Darla A. Wilson of the Ontario Court of Appeal
Publisher:Emond Publishing
Publication Date:December 2025
ISBN: 978-1-77462-745-7
Page Count: 500
Regular Price: $139 (print), $125 E-book

Excerpt: “Chapter 7, Common Occurrences

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Constitutional Challengers: The Heroes, Villains, and Crusaders Behind Canada’s Biggest Cases

Author: Adam Dodek with Sean Cousins, Yasmeen Atassi, Sébastien Cyr, Asha Sahota, Marna Swart, Jamie Bell, Bionca Chu, and Dominique Charland
Publisher: Dundurn Press
Publication Date: January, 2026
Shipping dimensions: 9″ H x 6″ W x 1″ L
ISBN:9781459755222
288 pages, . . . [more]

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Challenging Exile Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution

Author: Eric M. Adams and Jordan Stanger-Ross
Publisher: UBC Press
Publication Date: July 1, 2025
ISBN: 978-1-990735-75-2 (pbk)
E-book and audiobook also available
Release date: Oct. 15, 2025
ISBN:9780774872843
328 pages, 6 x 9
71 b&w photos, 4 maps, 4 b&w illus.
Paperback | . . . [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 Right to Oblivion: Privacy and the Good Life. By Lowry Pressly. Cambridge, M.A.: Harvard University Press, 2024. ix, 228 p. Includes illustrations, notes, and index. ISBN 9780674260528 (hardcover) $47.00; ISBN 9780674298262 (eBook) $44.65.

Reviewed by Laura Reid
Student Learning & Engagement Librarian
University of Calgary

Many of us are . . . [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.

How to Use Digital Learning with Confidence and Creativity: A Practical Introduction. Edited by Gearóid Ó Súilleabháin, Donna Lanclos & Tom Farrelly. Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar, 2024. 362 p. Includes bibliographic references and index. ISBN 9781035311286 (hardcover) US$180.00; ISBN 9781035360543 (softcover) US$53.95; ISBN 9781035311293 (eBook) US$43.16.

Reviewed by Brianna Calomino . . . [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.

Emond’s Basics of Tort Law. By Alex Colangelo. Toronto: Emond, 2024. viii, 157 p. Includes table of cases, glossary, and index. ISBN 9781774626702 (softcover) $79.00; ISBN 9781774626719 (digital) $59.00.

Reviewed by Melanie Bueckert
Legal Research Counsel
Manitoba Court of Appeal

Emond’s Basics of Tort Law is a very short book—each . . . [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.

Criminal Psychology. By David Rowlands & David Canter. 3rd ed. London, U.K.: Routledge, 2025. x, 365 p. Includes illustrations, bibliographic references, and index. ISBN 9780367773755 (hardcover) $170.00; ISBN 9780367773731 (softcover) $56.99; ISBN 9781003171065 (eBook) $51.29.

Reviewed by Leslie Taylor
Research and Instruction Librarian
Lederman Law Library
Queen’s University

Criminal Psychology . . . [more]

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Acts of Darkness: Notorious Criminals, Their Defenders, Their Prosecutors, and Their Jailers

Author: John L. Hill
Foreword by: Salvatore Caramanna
Publisher: Durvile
Publication Date: July 1, 2025
True Cases Series, Book 13
ISBN: 978-1-990735-75-2 (pbk)
E-book and audiobook also available
6” x 9” | 288 Pages | B/W Photographs
$35 in Canada, . . . [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.

Wrongfully Convicted: Guilty Pleas, Imagined Crimes, and What Canada Must Do to Safeguard Justice. By Kent Roach. Toronto: Simon & Schuster, 2023. xxxvii, 359 p. Includes bibliographic references and index. ISBN 9781668023662 (hardcover) $34.99; ISBN 9781668023679 (softcover) $24.99; ISBN 9781668023686 (eBook) $24.99.

Reviewed by Leslie Taylor
Research and Instruction Librarian . . . [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.

Legal Guide to Emerging Technologies. By Imran Ahmad & Shreya Gupta. Toronto: LexisNexis, 2023. xiv, 113 p. Includes index. ISBN 9780433524748 (softcover) $130.00.

Reviewed by Katarina Daniels
Research Lawyer, Library Services Lead
Davies Ward Phillips & Vineberg LLP

Legal Guide to Emerging Technologies provides a clear and structured introduction to . . . [more]

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Rough & Messy Justice: A Train Heist, Murder & Misdeeds

Author: W. Keith Regular
Foreword by Hon. Peter W. L. Martin
Publisher: Durvile
Publication Date: May 1, 2025
True Cases Series, Book 12
ISBN: 978-1-990735-66-0 (pbk)
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6” x 9” | 288 Pages | B/W Photographs
Price: $35 . . . [more]