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Disability Insurance Law in Canada (Third Edition) is a comprehensive and practical guide to the law of disability insurance in all of the common law provinces in Canada. The text provides a detailed and authoritative guide to all issues concerning disability insurance litigation in Canada with over 850 case citations. This book includes input from leading practitioners across Canada, both plaintiff and defence, and provides readers with a detailed overview of the fundamentals of the practice ensuring nonspecialists can take on cases with confidence.

This edition includes:

• A discussion of all leading cases on not only what constitutes total disability, but on related topics such as satisfying the onus of proof, the taxability of LTD settlements, punitive and aggravated damages, the operation of exclusionary clauses and policy offsets and the availability of jury trials in LTD actions.
• New chapters on Mediation Tips, LTD claims from a plaintiff counsel’s perspective authored by Matt Lalande of Lalande Personal Injury Lawyers, and a revamped chapter on evidence at LTD trials.
• Appendices containing summaries of virtually every decided case in the past 30 odd years on selected issues to help readers find the case situation closest to their own.
• Table of Concordance of the various Accident and Sickness Insurance sections of the provincial Insurance Acts.
   

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Litigation and Administrative Advocacy: The Art and Science of Persuasion is a collection of fourteen articles that cover every aspect of the trial and tribunal process - from examinations for discovery, opening statements, examination and cross-examination of witnesses, to closing statements and argument. This advocacy text is a building block of key and innovative advocacy tips and imparts to the reader the important science of storytelling, effective persuasion, and how to become a reliable narrator.

This resource will explore topics such as:

• What Makes a Persuasive and Compelling Story;
• Understanding How People Make Decisions;
• Key Advocacy Tools for Discovery;
• Using the Opening Statement to Persuade;
• Framework for Applying Psychological/Behavioural Insights into ADR Practices;
• Moral Redress: The Value of an Apology or an Explanation;
• Effective Direct Examination;
• Use and Admissibility of Expert Evidence;
• The Science of Impeachment;
• The Closing Address in the Context of a Trial or Administrative Hearing;
• The Use of Documentary Evidence in a Digital Time;
• Burdens of Proof and Moral Incrementalism; and
• Much more
   

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Diversity and Indigenous Peoples in Canada, 4th Edition provides a firm foundation for criminal justice students and law enforcement to understand cultural and identity issues within the Canadian context. Through examining the concepts of diversity, human rights, and Indigenous issues, students will learn to responsibly manoeuvre through Canada’s evolving social landscape—a necessary skill in law enforcement.

Contents:

Part I: Diversity Issues in Canada
Chapter 1: A Portrait of Canadian Diversity
Chapter 2: Human Rights and Freedoms
Chapter 3: Cultural Diversity
Chapter 4: Religious Diversity
Chapter 5: Family Violence, Mental Health Issues, and Developmental Disabilities
Chapter 6: Diversity Competency in the Criminal Justice System

Part 2: Indigenous Peoples in Canada
Chapter 7: Colonization and Treaties
Chapter 8: Current Issues over Land
Chapter 9: Indian and Inuit Residential Schools
Chapter 10: Current Socio-Economic Issues
Chapter 11: Indigenous Peoples and the Criminal Justice System

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Written by an experienced Provincial Court judge, A Guide to Conducting Sentencing Hearings in Canada is an indispensable resource for legal professionals involved in conducting sentencing hearings in Canada. Its practical and comprehensive format offers quick and reliable answers to all questions related to sentencing hearings, from the initial guilty plea to available sentencing options.

Topics Covered:

• Forum, Bans and Representation
• The Guilty Plea
• Sentence Hearing
• Correcting or Changing an Order
• Aggravating and Mitigating Factors and Collateral Consequences
• Gladue Considerations
• Types of Sentences
• Ancillary Orders
• Plus much more

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Law today is incomplete, inaccessible, unclear, underdeveloped, and often perplexing to those whom it affects. In The Legal Singularity, Abdi Aidid and Benjamin Alarie argue that the proliferation of artificial intelligence-enabled technology - and specifically the advent of legal prediction - is on the verge of radically reconfiguring the law, our institutions, and our society for the better.

Table of Contents

1. Introducing the Legal Singularity
2. The Nature of Legal Information
3. Computational Law
4. Complete Law
5. Defending the Legal Singularity from Its Critics
6. Implications for the Judiciary
7. Towards Universal Legal Literacy
8. Implications for Governments
9. Towards Ethical and Equitable Legal Prediction
10. Conclusion
 

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