Mighty Judgment: How the Supreme Court of Canada Runs Your Life

What do the following names have in common: Abella, Binnie, Charron, Cromwell, Deschamps, Fish, LeBel, McLachlin, Rothstein? These are the nine justices currently sitting on the Supreme Court of Canada. Despite their influence over life ... Read More »

July 26, 2011 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Our Way Out: Principles for a Post-Apocalyptic World

By Marq de Villiers

As the author of 10 books, including the 1999 Governor General’s Literary Award winner Water: The Fate of Our Most Precious Resource, Marq de Villiers has earned the right to be bold, and, whether you ... Read More »

July 26, 2011 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Is Eating People Wrong? Great Legal Cases and How They Shaped the World

By Allan C. Hutchinson

In his new book, Allan C. Hutchinson, a professor at York University’s Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, examines eight milestone legal cases from Canadian, British, American, and Australian history to support his contention that ... Read More »

May 11, 2011 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Our Way to Fight: Peace-Work Under Siege in Israel-Palestine

By Michael Riordon

Few conflicts in the world today provoke such a visceral reaction as that between Israel and Palestine. While bookshelves are well stocked with political and historical analyses of the region and its seemingly intractable difficulties, ... Read More »

May 11, 2011 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Consumer Republic: Using Brands to Get What You Want, Make Corporations Behave, and Maybe Even Save the World

By Bruce Philp

In the wake of Naomi Klein’s 1999 bestseller No Logo, many pundits and experts have stepped up to take sides in the war on consumerism. Industry supporters have lined up to trumpet the benefits of ... Read More »

May 11, 2011 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Tip and Trade: How Two Lawyers Made Millions from Insider Trading

By Mark Coakley

It is a bad sign when an author writes, as Mark Coakley does a little more than halfway through Tip and Trade, that his subject matter is “not the most action-packed to write about.” If ... Read More »

April 6, 2011 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Invisible Chains: Canada’s Underground World of Human Trafficking

By Benjamin Perrin

Consider the following miserable assortment of facts: on Amazon you can buy a book entitled The Pimp Game: Instructional Guide by Mickey Royal; enterprising hip-hop stars market energy drinks called “Pimp Juice” and host television ... Read More »

April 6, 2011 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

The Right Balance: Canada’s Conservative Tradition

By Hugh Segal

The new book by Hugh Segal, Conservative senator and longtime party operative (including a stint as Prime Minister Brian Mulroney’s chief of staff), is among the most engaging of the books attempting to situate and ... Read More »

March 28, 2011 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Robert Latimer: A Story of Justice and Mercy

By Gary Bauslaugh

Saskatchewan wheat farmer Robert Latimer, the man at the centre of Canada’s most contentious euthanasia trial, is given an extremely sympathetic treatment in this new study. A passionate advocate for more permissive end-of-life legislation, author ... Read More »

January 25, 2011 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

Exporting Democracy: The Risks and Rewards of Pursuing a Good Idea

By Bob Rae

The role of federalism in building and sustaining democracy, and the necessity for democratic nations to guide autocratic and strife-ridden nations to homegrown versions of federalism, may seem like esoteric topics for a non-academic book. ... Read More »

January 25, 2011 | Filed under: Politics & Current Affairs

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