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Actors and Roles in EU Disability Law

edited by Delia Ferri and Eva S. Krolla (Hart, 2025)

From the publisher:

This open access book looks at the development and consolidation of EU disability law as a distinct field of enquiry.

It provides novel approaches to studying EU disability law. In a departure from other books on the topic, it takes a contextual approach, both engaging with current debates and policies and providing rigorous legal analysis. In addition to looking at the 'how' of the field's development, it addresses the 'who' by charting the key stakeholders in the field. This is an insightful and innovative take on an increasingly significant field of EU law.

Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law, 3rd ed

Roderick J. Wood (Irwin Law, 2025)

From the publisher:

The scope of insolvency law is vast, impacting nearly every area of private law. Once insolvency proceedings are initiated, rights established in other legal fields can no longer be enforced through ordinary civil processes but must be addressed through specialized insolvency proceedings, often altering the nature of those rights. From the Canadian blood supply system and national airlines to the recovery of victims of mass torts, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Law illustrates how insolvency law influences the fate of individuals, businesses, and entire communities.

The Higgs Years: Leading and Dividing New Brunswick

edited by Gabriel Arsenault (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2025)

From the publisher:

The Higgs Years analyzes Higgs’s premiership, particularly in terms of his party’s electoral pledge fulfillment record. Contributors portray Higgs as both a unifier and a divider: he successfully reduced New Brunswick’s public debt, implemented ambitious governance reforms, and managed the province’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic in a bipartisan manner. Yet he also intensified ethnic and linguistic divisions, embraced an executive style of governance, and emphasized wedge issues, such as abortion restrictions and gender identity in schools. While Higgs largely avoided divisiveness in critical areas such as housing, health care, and the environment, he was nonetheless known to alternate between being a unifying and a polarizing leader.

Maritime Union in Politics and Law: The Constitutionality of Uniting Canadian Provinces

by Donald A. Desserud (Irwin UTP, 2025)

From the publisher:

The near win of the separatist forces in Quebec in 1995 resulted in a reference case which asked, basically, if and how the Canadian Constitution could deal with a province determined to separate. The Court’s ruling established a refined jurisprudence concerning how constitutions can deal with profound change. Maritime Union, a topic that dates back to Confederation, would also profoundly change the Constitution.

This book explores the arguments for and against Maritime provinces coming together and why this perennial debate has yet to be settled. Understanding why this is the case will help us better understand the nature of Canadian federalism; constitutional reform in Canada, particularly at the provincial level; and the concepts of regionalism and identity, words used far too loosely in studies of Canada.

 The Notwithstanding Clause in the Canadian Charter of Rights

by Caitlin Salvino (Irwin UTP, 2025)

From the publisher:

The Notwithstanding Clause in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms examines the notwithstanding clause at a pivotal moment in Canadian history, highlighting how it is increasingly used by governments to suspend constitutional rights. In response, individuals and advocacy groups have increasingly turned to the courts, challenging its application and seeking judicial intervention to limit its use under the Charter. With the Supreme Court of Canada poised to rule on the notwithstanding clause for the first time since 1988, this issue is set to remain a focal point of legal and political debate.

This book provides a comprehensive exploration of the clause's history, design, political uses, and the judicial and academic responses. It provides the foundational context of section 33, offering readers an in-depth understanding of this uniquely Canadian provision, which has sparked controversy for over four decades.

On the Law of Speaking Freely

by Adam Tomkins (Hart, 2025)

From the publisher:

Free speech cannot be taken for granted – it needs to be fought for. But its champions will be successful only if they understand what they are defending. For free speech is a deceptively simple principle.

How should it guide us on the bounds of what is acceptable to say? Should we be free to preach hatred, or to spread fear or fake news? Can media freedom be balanced against the right to privacy? How does free speech work online? Can the internet be made a safe space without compromising freedom of expression?

On the Law of Speaking Freely offers not just insights but answers to these and other such vital questions by roaming widely over the law of free speech, from English common law to the European Convention on Human Rights via the US First Amendment.

Sovereignty and Contestation: Practices of Pluralism in Canada and the European Union

by Keith Cherry (UTP, 2025)

From the publisher:

For centuries, western political thought has addressed the problem of pluralism primarily through the prism of state sovereignty. Sovereignty and Contestation explores how contemporary pluralism is shaped by concepts of state sovereignty and how particular practices of pluralism are challenging sovereignty in turn.

The book presents a unique comparison of Indigenous/Settler relations in Canada with Union/State relations in the European Union. By placing Indigenous peoples alongside European nations as equal agents in a transnational field of action, the book connects disparate literatures on sub-state and supra-state pluralism.

Sustaining Access to Justice: New Avenues for Costs and Funding

edited by Xandra Kramer et al (Hart, 2025)

From the publisher:

The book explores the dynamic landscape of legal costs and financing from 3 perspectives: regulatory frameworks in public and private funding; new trends and challenges in contemporary legal financing; and the transformative potential of alternative dispute resolution (ADR) and online dispute resolution (ODR) procedures to streamline civil justice processes and expand access to justice.

By addressing the intersectionality of legal, economic, political, market and social dynamics, the book helps readers gain a better understanding of the inherent complexity of costs, funding, and their implications for access to justice.

Other new titles:

• Bidding and Tendering: What Is the Law? by Paul Sandori (LexisNexis, 2025)
• Civil Frauds and Good Faith by Michael G. Tweedie and Gillian B. Dingle (LexisNexis, 2025)
• Fundamental Principles of Canadian Unjust Enrichment by Mitchell McInnes (LexisNexis, 2025)
• Human Rights: Between Idealism and Realism, 3rd ed, by Christian Tomuschat (Oxford, 2014)
• The Law of the Sea, 4th ed, by Robin Churchill, Vaughan Lowe, and Amy Sander (Manchester UP, 2022)
• MARPOL: Articles, Protocols, Annexes and Unified Interpretations of the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships, 1973, As Modified by the 1978 And 1997 Protocols, Incorporating All Amendments in Force on 1 November 2022, consolidated 7th ed, issued by International Maritime Organization (IMO, 2022)
• Private Rights and the Rule of Law edited by Gerard Kennedy, Kristopher Kinsinger, and Malcolm Lavoie (LexisNexis, 2025)
• Profits Over Protection: Big Business, Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, and the Law by Mark Erik Hecht (LexisNexis, 2025)
• Understanding Public Procurement by Allan S. Cutler (LexisNexis, 2025)