Books in the Law and Society series

Colonial Proximities traces the encounters between aboriginal peoples, mixed-race populations, Chinese migrants, and Europeans in late-nineteenth- and early-twentieth-century British Columbia.

The first comprehensive analysis of the Canadian reference power, Seeking the Court's Advice examines how policy makers use the courts strategically to achieve political ends.

Laying the groundwork for analyses of important aspects of corporate behavior, this book defines corporate crime and finds ways of locating corporate violations from various sources. Among the issues tackled are whether corporate crime is greater and the laws to control corporate crime and alternative approaches.

This fascinating account of Ontario's 1980s' censor wars shows that when art intersects with law, artists have the power to transform the law, and the law, in turn, can influence the concept of art.