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Here are some of the books we've recently added to our collection.

Artificial Democracy: The Impact of Big Data on Politics, Policy, and Polity

edited by Cecilia Biancalana and Eric Montigny (UBC Press, 2025)

From the publisher:

Artificial Democracy explores the ways in which data collection, analytics, and application are changing political practices, government policies, and democratic polities themselves. With an international roster of multidisciplinary contributors, this highly topical collection takes a comprehensive approach to big data's effect on democracy through such topics as elections, political party interactions, government policies, and the ways we conceptualize the relationship between individuals and government.

Canadian University Law: Essentials For Legal and Higher Education Professionals

Sayeh Hassan and Anna S.P. Wong (LexisNexis, 2025)

From the publisher:

Issues related to academic freedom, university autonomy and freedom of expression on campus have been at the forefront of academia. This groundbreaking new publication offers analysis within the realms of administrative law, private obligations, and constitutional rights with respect to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Indictment: The Criminal Justice System on Trial

Benjamin Perrin (Aevo UTP, 2023)

From the publisher:

Based on first-hand interviews with survivors, people who have committed offences, and others on the frontlines, Indictment puts the Canadian criminal justice system on trial and proposes a bold new vision of transformative justice. 　

#MeToo. Black Lives Matter. Decriminalize Drugs. No More Stolen Sisters. Stop Stranger Attacks.

Do we need more cops or to defund the police? Harm reduction or treatment? Tougher sentences or prison abolition? The debate about Canada's criminal justice system has rarely been so polarized—or so in need of fresh ideas.

Indictment brings the heartrending and captivating stories of survivors and people who have committed offences to the forefront to help us understand why the criminal justice system is facing such an existential crisis.

Migrant Work by Another Name: Differential Inclusion and Precarity in Canada's International Mobility Program

Leah F. Vosko (UTP, 2025)

From the publisher:

Migrant Work by Another Name explores the complexities of Canada's evolving international migration and employment policy landscape. It critically examines the shift towards "mobility" programs under the recently inaugurated International Mobility Program (IMP). This shift occurs alongside the contraction of certain streams within Canada's long-standing Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP). The book investigates the implications of policy changes, influenced at once by public outcry over migrant worker exploitation and persistent demands for labour in the face of qualitative labour shortages in high-income countries like Canada. Grounded in a decolonial feminist political economy approach, Leah F. Vosko employs a mixed methods analysis to contrast the narrative of "mobility" with the persistent realities of precarity among transnational workers.

The RAVEN Essays: Indigenous Environmental Justice, Education, and Self-Determination

John Borrows, Dawn Hoogeveen, Max Ritts, and Sue Smitten (UTP, 2025)

From the publisher:

Named after the Respecting Aboriginal Values and Environmental Needs (RAVEN) nonprofit organization, The RAVEN Essays is an anthology that celebrates a decade of prize-winning student essays. Since 2012, RAVEN has awarded an annual essay prize to honour students who champion the vital importance of Indigenous rights and self-determination, both in Canada and globally. The essays featured in this collection highlight exceptional student work while reflecting on the evolving relationship between Indigenous politics and academia. From issues like fishing rights and the Trans Mountain Pipeline to challenges of sexism and conservation policy, these essays capture a transformative period in Indigenous struggles, offering insights that resonate far beyond the Canadian settler state.

Other new titles:

• Copyright Legislation and Commentary, 2025 Edition by Roger T. Hughes (LexisNexis, 2025)
• Environment in the Courtroom II edited by Alastair R. Lucas and Allan Ingelson (University of Calgary Press, 2023)
• Fundamental Principles of Canadian Unjust Enrichment by Mitchell McInnes (LexisNexis, 2025)
• Governance of Publicly Listed Corporations by Thierry Dorval (LexisNexis, 2025)
• Law in a Changing World edited by Jutta Brunnée, Brenda Cossman, Andrew Green, and Benjamin Alarie (UTP, 2025)
• Private Rights and the Rule of Law edited by Gerard Kennedy, Kristopher Kinsinger, and Malcolm Lavoie (LexisNexis, 2025)