New Books – Summer 2024

Here’s a selection of new and noteworthy additions to our print collection acquired over the summer: 

Artificial Intelligence Law / Edward J. Swan
1st Floor, Stacks; KF 390.5 .C6 S93 2024

This book reviews those legal concepts, throughout the world, that currently govern the application of AI, and comments on modifications or extensions of the rule of law that are being proposed as necessary to serve and protect humanity in relation to the expanding applications of AI. The author shows how AI systems are implicated in numerous existing legal regimes, including the following:

• relevant provisions under international law and EU law;
• numerous national provisions in the legal fields of health and safety, intellectual property, competition, privacy and data protection.

Decoding Canadian legal research, writing, and conventions : a guide for internationally trained lawyers / Kellinde Wrightson
2nd Floor, Reference Office; KF 240 W75 2024

Resource for internationally trained lawyers seeking to work in Canada. It bridges common gaps in legal research and writing knowledge arising from foreign legal education and legal systems.

Part 1 of the text introduces readers to the Canadian legal market, with a focus on the National Committee on Accreditation (NCA) and the NCA system and licensing processes. Part 2 then explores legal research and writing, highlighting skills such as writing a memorandum of law, answering problem-based law exam questions, and writing skills unique to legal workplaces in Canada. Finally, Part 3 provides in-depth information on drafting effective cover letters and resumes, interviewing with Canadian employers, and preparing for the articling system.

This resource was written specifically for internationally trained lawyers and is a companion text to The Comprehensive Guide to Legal Research, Writing & Analysis, 4th Edition.

Pre-emptive commercial remedies / Michael G. Tweedie
2nd Floor, Practice Collection; KF 9014 T84 2024

Pre-emptive Commercial Remedies is a guide aimed at legal professionals who need to know about commercial injunctions such as Mareva, Anton Piller and Norwich orders. It takes the reader from the definition of an injunction to the sentencing that follows the breach or non-respect of an order. It covers national content from all Canadian provinces as well as international decisions from the United Kingdom, Australia and Hong Kong.

This new publication furnishes a detailed guide to the equitable and statutory interlocutory (and interim) anti-fraud remedies available to a plaintiff seeking to recover damages or specific performance by final judgment. There is also a discussion of Wagg orders involving the disclosure of Crown briefs in the civil context and, more generally, privacy and confidentiality issues arising out of coerced disclosure.

The law of objections in Canada : a handbook / Claude Marseille, ed., Joe McArthur, ed.
2nd Floor, Practice Collection; KF 8935 .ZA2 L39 2024

The new 2nd Edition has been thoroughly updated to reflect legislative and jurisprudential developments since the previous edition published in 2019.

Based on Claude Marseille’s well-known French publication, LegisPratique – Les objections à la preuve en droit civil, and with chapters written by a collection of expert contributing authors, The Law of Objections in Canada: A Handbook, 2nd Edition fills a gap in the marketplace by focusing exclusively on the 50 possible objections that lawyers can make in a trial under the common law.

Assignment, subletting and change of control in a commercial lease : a practical guide / Harvey M. Haber, ed., Robert D. Malen, ed
2nd Floor, Practice Collection; KF 593 .C6 A88 2023

Written from both the landlord’s and tenant’s perspectives, this guide provides an inside look at how effective negotiations can be assured on either side of the commercial leasing venture. With its mix of case law, sample forms, expert commentary and practical guidance, this is a definitive work on a complex subject.

Topics include:

• The landlord’s assignment, including the transfer of a landlord’s rights, obligations and remedies
• The remedies when a landlord unreasonably withholds consent to a transfer
• The lease as security, including the competing interests of the landlord and the tenant’s secured lender
• The impact of the use clause on an assignment, subletting or change of control
• Amalgamations as an assignment of the lease
• Lease assignments and insolvency
• Subletting tricks and traps
• Commentary on a landlord’s form of sublease
• The rights and obligations of the parties after an assignment of the lease

*Descriptions taken or summarized from: publisher websites, table of contents and book prefaces.