Neil Guthrie’s Guthrie’s Guide to Better Legal Writing 2/e has been featured in Canada’s online legal magazine, Slaw.ca! Click here to read the excerpt and click here to learn more about the forthcoming book.
“Listening to the voices of these women might shift discussions” – Natasha Bakht spoke with Open Book about her book, In Your Face, as part of their True Story nonfiction series. Check out the full interview here!
Craig Forcese and Leah West’s National Security Law 2/e has been featured in Canada’s online legal magazine, Slaw.ca! Click here to read the excerpt and click here to learn more about the book.
David Cole and Julian Roberts’s Sentencing in Canada has been featured in Canada’s online legal magazine, Slaw.ca! Click here to read the excerpt and click here to learn more about the book.
Irwin Law is pleased to announce that Anatomy of an Election by Gregory Tardi and In Your Face by Natasha Bakht have been featured on The Hill Times’ 100 Best Books in 2020 list! Check out the full list below.
In Your Face: Law, Justice, and Niqab-Wearing Women by Natasha Bakht was excerpted in the Toronto Star on Sunday, November 15. Check it out here!
Natasha Bakht spoke with Robyn Bresnahan on CBC Radio’s Ottawa Morning today about her new book In Your Face! Listen here.
Karen Eltis, author of Courts, Litigants, and the Digital Age 2/e, talks about the pressing need to modernize our courts system, the risks that come with it, and the precautions we should be taking. Click here to listen to the full interview.
Wela Quan’s Bankruptcy Law Picture Book has been featured in Canada’s online legal magazine, Slaw.ca! Click here to read the excerpt and click here to learn more about the book.
Richard D. Schneider (author of Death of a Butterfly and many more) recently sat down with CBC’s Laura Lynch to discuss what he learned during his years serving at the mental health court in Toronto’s Old City Hall. Listen to the interview now (around the 57:00 mark).
The Death of a Butterfly has been featured in the Toronto Star! Read the excerpt here.
Congratulations to Irwin Law authors Steve Coughlan and Mitch Frazer who have been named to Canadian Lawyer‘s Top 25 Most Influential Lawyers list! Steve Coughlan (Criminal Procedure 3/e, Detention and Arrest 2/e, The Anatomy of Criminal Procedure) spearheaded the efforts of the entire criminal law academic community in advising the Department of Justice on changes that led to the passage of Bill …
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Omar Khadr’s case has commanded the July news headlines, and our Irwin Law authors have weighed in on the outcome. For your reading pleasure, we’ve listed some clippings featuring their commentary below: CBC.ca: What 3 legal minds say about the Omar Khadr settlement – featuring commentary from Lorne Sossin From Craig Forcese’s National Security Law Blog: A Once & Final Parsing of …
Congratulations to Craig Forcese and Kent Roach, who have been named as two of the Top 25 Most Influential Changemakers of 2016 by Canadian Lawyer magazine! Here is what the magazine has to say about them: “This duo more than anyone helped educate the Canadian public on the pitfalls and issues of the previous federal Conservative government’s proposed anti-terrorism laws. …
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We’re delighted that Cameron Hutchison, author of Digital Copyright Law, is the newest contributor to Slaw.ca! Read his first article, “5 Questions About Digital Copyright Law,” here. Hutchison answers the following questions: 1. What is a digital lock? 2. How broadly will the bittorent infringement enabler provision be applied? 3. Will the “Youtube exception” provide adequate protection for non-commercial creators …
Almost one year after the publication of False Security: The Radicalization of Canadian Anti-terrorism, authors Craig Forcese and Kent Roach are weighing in on the government’s proposed security review panel. They warn that review “is not a substitute for fixing bad and overbroad security laws.” Read what they have to say in The Lawyers Weekly.
The Panama Papers, and international tax evasion, continue to make news headlines around the world. In a recent investigation between the CBC and Toronto Star, author David Kerzner has pointed out the weaknesses of Canada’s tax information exchange agreements (TIEAs), stating that “Ninety per cent of tax havens in the world lack these critical records. It’s too easy to take …
Courts, Litigants, and the Digital Age author Karen Eltis has contributed a commentary to today’s Globe and Mail Report on Business about privacy in the digital era. Read “What Canadian case law can teach U.S. courts about digital privacy” here.
Michael Enright’s essay, “Should animals have rights similar to human rights?”, was broadcast on The Sunday Edition yesterday (May 31). Enright draws upon Canadian Perspectives on Animals and the Law, noting that “animals are sentient and self-aware and they can suffer pain. Just like the rest of us.” Listen to the essay now.
Courts, Litigants and the Digital Age: Law, Ethics and Practice author Karen Eltis appeared on Legal Feeds last month to speak about the dangers of vanishing digital evidence online. Read more here.
At the Toronto International Book Fair last month, authors Craig Forcese and Nicole LaViolette met with Matthew Pioro, editor of Canadian Cycling Magazine, to discuss Every Cyclist’s Guide to Canadian Law. Watch the video — and commiserate on the “jerkiness” of bike theft — here.
Lesli Bisgould, author of Animals and the Law, gave a very cogent TEDx Talk at the University of Toronto this spring. The talk is now available for streaming here.
David Potts, author of the newly released Cyberlibel: Information Warfare in the 21st Century? has a feature article in today’s edition of The National Post. To read more click here.
Ed Ratushny, author of The Conduct of Public Inquiries published by Irwin Law in October, appeared on the March 17th edition of TVO’s The Agenda with Steve Paikin. Ratushny appleared along with Ontario Associate Chief Justice Dennis O’Connor, Justice Stephen Goudge of the Ontario Court of Appeal, Paul Cavalluzzo, lead commission counsel on the Walkerton and Arar inquiries, and Linda …