Constitutional Recognition
Cover image: Clinton Nain, Crowned Target, 2006, acrylic and bitumen on canvas, 152 x 122 cm When Australians today debate how to achieve a just postcolonial relationship with the First…
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Native Title from Mabo to Akiba: A Vehicle for Change and Empowerment?
Cover image taken at Mangkuna (Corkbark) on Karajarri country in the Kimberley, Western Australia – November 2014. Photography by Edward Tran. © Copyright Kimberley Land Council. This edited collection brings…
Social Security and Family Assistance Law
This 3rd edition comprehensively annotates the social security and family assistance law of Australia, as amended to 5 March 2013. It is the 12th volume in a book series which…
The Law of Property
The law of property is the most commonly encountered area of law because we rely on it every day. Within a legal context, the word property refers to the rights…
Expert Evidence in Criminal Law and Maritime Law share book award
Alan D. Gold, author of Expert Evidence in Criminal Law, and Edgar Gold, Aldo Chircop and Hugh Kindred, authors of Maritime Law, are this year’s winners of the Walter Owen…
Tax Avoidance in Canada after Canada Trustco and Mathew
In October 2005, the Supreme Court of Canada released its much-anticipated decisions in The Queen v. Canada Trustco Mortgage Co. and Mathew v. The Queen—the first cases in which the…
Resolving Conflicts of Laws
Resolving Conflicts of Laws was cited 6 times by the High Court in Momcilovic v The Queen (2011) 2451 CLR 1; [2011] HCA 34. It has also been cited in…
Canadian Competition Law and Policy
Competition law is centered on the idea that competitive markets can efficiently and effectively deliver the goods, services, and economic growth that society desires. It seeks to promote the proper…
Indigenous Human Rights
“The language and concept of rights is one that Indigenous people turn to more and more. We all hold these rights by virtue of being human even if we have…
Australia and the Birth of the International Bill of Human Rights
Australia and the Birth of the International Bill of Human Rights provides the first in depth examination of Australia’s first reactions to ‘international human rights’ during the negotiations for the…
Irwin Law to Launch New E-Book Platform
Irwin Law databases, including the Essentials of Canadian Law texts and the Special Lectures of the Law Society of Upper Canada (from 2000 on), will no longer be available on…
Legal Research and Writing, 4/e
This book seeks to explain the practical skills needed for print and online legal research and writing. It provides a current and comprehensive look at the topic, consolidating information on…
The Law of Bailment
The Law of Bailment explores all aspects of a bailment transaction, from the perspective of both the bailee and the bailor. It attempts to simplify the rules of bailment and…
Ong on Tracing
Ong on Tracing, by Professor Denis SK Ong, is the first scholarly monograph published in Australia to analyse and explain the complex principles relating to the tracing of ownership of…
The Promise of Law Reform
The Promise of Law Reform the most comprehensive examination of the institutions and processes of law reform published in the common law world and provides a rich source of information,…
Legal and Equitable Property Rights
This book provides a precise understanding of legal and equitable property. John Tarrant sets out a unifying theory of legal and equitable property rights and shows how property rights fit…
International Trade Law and the WTO
This book is dedicated to the memory of Professor Azizur Rahman Chowdhury. The book discusses some notable debates in the arena of international trade law and globalisation. It looks at…
Balancing Competing Human Rights Claims in a Diverse Society
Published in Cooperation with the Ontario Human Rights Commission As societies around the world embrace diversity, certain challenges and tensions have become visible that were not fully anticipated. In particular…
14 Arguments in Favour of Human Rights Institutions
Today, many human rights commissions are threatened or are no longer in existence. This book argues in support of our human rights institutions, including the new Canadian Museum for Human…
A History of Criminal Law in New South Wales – Volume 1
New South Wales is that rare political creation, a state founded for and upon the criminal law. The history of its criminal law from settlement to Federation is uniquely fascinating….