The pen is mightier! In a tumultuous year, Common Law researchers’ publications offer knowledge as an antidote to uncertainty

By Common Law

Communication, Faculty of Law

COVID-19
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While 2020 provided more than its fair share of disruptions, Common Law researchers repeatedly demonstrated a steadfast resilience, countering uncertain times with an exceptionally broad offering of knowledge and expertise. In 2020 alone, and in spite of COVID-19-related challenges, researchers from the Common Law Section published 17 books, covering a huge range of research topics.

From Vulnerable, a collection that tackled the COVID-19 crisis head-on, to Professor Aimée Craft’s engagement with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission ’s Calls to Action in Pathways of Reconciliation, researchers brought clarity and guidance to some of the most pressing issues facing Canadians.  Other contributions, like Professor Carissima Mathen’s The Tenth Justice and Professor Natasha Bakht’s In Your Face, delved into complex legal and political issues – years in the making – to offer detailed analysis of the stakes surrounding some of Canada’s most tangled legal conundrums.

Below is a list of the exceptional publications produced in 2020.  And it doesn’t stop there.  2021 will begin with an exciting new publication from editors Florian Martin-Bariteau and Teresa Scassa, entitled Artificial Intelligence and the Law in Canada, which, in addition to the contributions of Professors Martin-Bariteau and Scassa, will feature contributions from Common Law professors Marina Pavlović, Colleen Flood, Vivek Krishnamurthy, Jane Bailey, Amy Salyzyn, Wolfgang Alschner and Michael Geist, as well as contributions from Civil Law colleagues Jennifer Quaid and Céline Castets-Renard.  The book is now available for pre-order on LexisNexis.  Click here for more information.

Congratulations to all the authors and editors who published books in 2020!  At a time when knowledge seems more important than ever, your contributions offer guidance and reassurance.

Le secret ministériel : théorie et pratique Yan Campagnolo Presses de l'Université Laval January 2020

Le secret ministériel : théorie et pratique
Yan Campagnolo
Presses de l'Université Laval
January 2020

“Canada” in International Encyclopaedia of Environmental Law, 4th ed. Jamie Benidickson Kluwer International January 2020

“Canada” in International Encyclopaedia of Environmental Law, 4th ed.
Jamie Benidickson
Kluwer International
January 2020

Promoting and Managing International Investment: Towards an Integrated Policy Approach J. Anthony VanDuzer and Patrick Leblond (eds) Routledge February 2020

Promoting and Managing International Investment: Towards an Integrated Policy Approach
J. Anthony VanDuzer and Patrick Leblond (eds)
Routledge
February 2020

Is Two-Tier Health Care the Future? Colleen Flood and Bryan Thomas (eds) University of Ottawa Press April 2020

Is Two-Tier Health Care the Future?
Colleen Flood and Bryan Thomas (eds)
University of Ottawa Press
April 2020

The Tenth Justice: Judicial Appointments, Marc Nadon and the Supreme Court Act Reference Carissima Mathen and Michael Plaxton UBC Press June 2020
Le droit des assurances dans les provinces de common law, 2e édition Denis Boivin LexisNexis June 2020
Vulnerable: The Law, Policy and Ethics of COVID-19 Colleen M. Flood, Vanessa MacDonnell, Jane Philpott, Sophie Thériault and Sridhar Venkatapuram (eds) University of Ottawa Press July 2020

Vulnerable: The Law, Policy and Ethics of COVID-19
Colleen M. Flood, Vanessa MacDonnell, Jane Philpott, Sophie Thériault and Sridhar Venkatapuram (eds)
University of Ottawa Press
July 2020

Pathways of Reconciliation: Indigenous and Settler Approaches to Implementing the TRC’s Calls to Action Aimée Craft and Paulette Regan (eds) University of Manitoba Press August 2020

Pathways of Reconciliation: Indigenous and Settler Approaches to Implementing the TRC’s Calls to Action
Aimée Craft and Paulette Regan (eds)
University of Manitoba Press
August 2020

Financial Skills for Professionals Vern Krishna Irwin Law August 2020

Financial Skills for Professionals
Vern Krishna
Irwin Law
August 2020

Immigration and Refugee Law: Cases, Materials, and Commentary, 3rd edition Sharryn J. Aiken, Colin Grey, Catherine Dauvergne, Gerald Heckman, Jamie Liew and Constance MacIntosh Emond Publishing August 2020

Immigration and Refugee Law: Cases, Materials, and Commentary, 3rd edition
Sharryn J. Aiken, Colin Grey, Catherine Dauvergne, Gerald Heckman, Jamie Liew and Constance MacIntosh
Emond Publishing
August 2020

Quebec Contract Law, 3rd Edition Sébastien Grammond, Anne-Françoise Debruche and Yan Campagnolo Wilson & Lafleur October 2020
Quebec Contract Law, 3rd Edition Sébastien Grammond, Anne-Françoise Debruche and Yan Campagnolo Wilson & Lafleur October 2020

Quebec Contract Law, 3rd Edition
Sébastien Grammond, Anne-Françoise Debruche and Yan Campagnolo
Wilson & Lafleur
October 2020

In Your Face: Law, Justice and Niqab-Wearing Women in Canada Natasha Bakht Irwin Law October 2020
Creating Indigenous Property: Power, Rights and Relationships Angela Cameron, Sari Graben and Val Napoleon University of Toronto Press October 2020

Creating Indigenous Property: Power, Rights and Relationships
Angela Cameron, Sari Graben and Val Napoleon
University of Toronto Press
October 2020

Citizenship in a Connected Canada: A Research and Policy Agenda Elizabeth Dubois and Florian Martin-Bariteau (eds) University of Ottawa Press November 2020

Citizenship in a Connected Canada: A Research and Policy Agenda
Elizabeth Dubois and Florian Martin-Bariteau (eds)
University of Ottawa Press
November 2020

National Security Law, 2nd edition Craig Forcese and Leah West Irwin Law December 2020

National Security Law, 2nd edition
Craig Forcese and Leah West
Irwin Law
December 2020

Top Secret Canada: Understanding the Canadian Intelligence and National Security Community Stephanie Carvin, Thomas Juneau and Craig Forcese (eds) University of Toronto Press December 2020

Top Secret Canada: Understanding the Canadian Intelligence and National Security Community
Stephanie Carvin, Thomas Juneau and Craig Forcese (eds)
University of Toronto Press
December 2020

The Canadian Yearbook of International Law / Annuaire canadien de droit international, vol 57 John Currie (ed) Cambridge University Press December 2020

The Canadian Yearbook of International Law / Annuaire canadien de droit international, vol 57
John Currie (ed)
Cambridge University Press
December 2020