32 Legal Studies
Business Law, Ethics, and Sustainability
Andrew J Hosmanek, Brendan Smith, and Michael J Dayton
2023
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Business Law, Ethics, and Sustainability is a textbook for undergraduate law courses. It covers business law topics such as contracts, business organizations, employment law, and torts, as well as a general survey of American law. Additional topics include Constitutional law, civil rights, environmental law, criminal law, and litigation.
Formats: Online, PDF
Civil Rights and Liberties
Rorie Spill Solberg, Kimberly Clairmont, Petar Jeknic, Sarah R. Mason, and Alexandria Metzdorf
2023
Licence: CC BY
This volume focuses on the constitutional doctrine and law in the areas of civil rights and liberties. It contains excerpts of landmark cases covering the first amendment, second amendment, fourteenth amendment and the right to privacy. The excerpts include the constitutional issues in these cases that are related to civil rights and liberties with other questions of law and dicta omitted.
Formats: Online, PDF, eBook
Constitutional Law for Students: Part 1 and Constitutional Law for Students: Part 2
Eshed Cohen, Scott Roberts, Abigail Stander, Geoffrey Allsop, Emily Cooper, Bongi Maseko (University of Cape Town)
2020
Licence: CC BY-SA
For students by students, to help navigate the complex world of Constitutional Law in South Africa. Constitutional Law is one of the most challenging courses in the LLB programme. This book aims to clarify concepts and increase understanding around the various aspects of Constitutional Law. Each chapter has a workbook to help prepare students. This book has been published open access to ensure that every law student and the public has access to it. This book has been designed to be as inclusive as possible with the addition of an audiobook format.
Formats: PDF, EPUB, HTML, Audio
eAccess to Justice
Karim Benyekhlef, Jane Bailey, Jacquelyn Burkell, and Fabien Gélinas
2016
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Will digitization projects affect fundamental justice principles? Part I examines claims that technology will improve justice system efficiency with an emphasis on the complicated relationship between privacy and transparency. Part II examines the implementation of technologies in the justice system and the associated challenges and emphasizes that these technologies should be implemented with care to ensure the best possible outcome for access to a fair and effective justice system. The chapters in Part III adopt the standpoints of sociology, political theory and legal theory and provide a unique and valuable framework for thinking with the required sophistication about legal change (Description from University of Ottawa Press). This resource is an open access publication.
Formats: PDF
Suggested for: LGST 377
Fundamentals of Business Law
Melissa Randall and Community College of Denver Students
2020
Licence: CC BY
This book is an introductory survey of the legal topics required in undergraduate business law classes.
Formats: Online
Suggested for: LGST 369
Law and the “Sharing Economy” – Regulating Online Market Platforms
Derek McKee, Finn Makela, and Teresa Scassa
2018
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
The rapid expansion of sharing economy platforms has generated enormous controversy. Law and the “Sharing Economy” closely examines the challenges that arise from this phenomenon with regard to labour, market, technology and regulation through a legal and interdisciplinary lens. The controversy stems partially from the economic impact—most acutely in certain sectors such as Uber vs taxi drivers and Airbnb vs hotels—and partially from other related consequences such as a trend toward precarious work or an impact on real estate speculation. While governments in some jurisdictions have attempted to rein in the platforms, technology has enabled such companies to bypass conventional regulatory categories, generating accusations of “unfair competition” as well as debates about the merits of existing regulatory regimes (Description from University of Ottawa Press). This resource is an open access publication.
Formats: PDF
Law, Privacy and Surveillance in Canada in the Post-Snowden Era
Michael Geist
2015
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
Years of surveillance-related leaks from US whistleblower Edward Snowden have fuelled an international debate over privacy, spying, and Internet surveillance. Much of the focus has centered on the role of the US National Security Agency, yet there is an important Canadian side to the story. The Communications Security Establishment, the Canadian counterpart to the NSA, has played an active role in surveillance activities both at home and abroad, raising a host of challenging legal and policy questions. With contributions by leading experts in the field, Law, Privacy and Surveillance in Canada in the Post-Snowden Era is the right book at the right time: From the effectiveness of accountability and oversight programs to the legal issues raised by metadata collection to the privacy challenges surrounding new technologies, this book explores current issues torn from the headlines with a uniquely Canadian perspective (Description from University of Ottawa Press). This resource is an open access publication.
Formats: PDF
Suggested for: LGST 377
Tort Law: Cases and Commentaries, 2nd Edition
Samuel Beswick
2023
Licence: CC BY-SA
The law of obligations concerns the legal rights and duties owed between people. Three primary categories make up the common law of obligations: tort, contract, and unjust enrichment. This coursebook provides an introduction to tort law: the law that recognises and responds to civil wrongdoing. The material is arranged in two parts. Part I comprises §§1–11 and addresses intentional and dignitary torts and the overarching theories and goals of tort law. Part II comprises §§12–25 and addresses no-fault compensation schemes, negligence, nuisance, strict liability, and tort law’s place within our broader legal systems. This coursebook was compiled and edited by Assistant Professor Samuel Beswick of the University of British Columbia Peter A. Allard School of Law. Maddison Zapach (J.D. expected 2023) provided research assistance on the first edition (published July 2021). We gratefully acknowledge the influence on our approach to this subject of Professor Joost Blom QC of the Allard School of Law, Professor John C.P. Goldberg of Harvard Law School, and Associate Professor Rosemary Tobin of the University of Auckland Faculty of Law. The support of Open UBC and the UBC Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund is also gratefully acknowledged (Description from resource).
Formats: Online
Suggested for: LGST 230
Trademark Law – 2022 Edition
Michael Grynberg
2022
Licence: CC BY
Welcome to trademark law. This introductory chapter has three purposes. First, it outlines some basics of trademark law at a very high level of generality. Second, it outlines some traditional arguments for the protection of trademark rights. Finally, it introduces some issues that complicate the development and application of trademark law.
Formats: PDF
Trademark Law: An Open-Source Casebook
Barton Beebe
2023
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
An open textbook on American Trademark Law that is in use at law schools across the United States.
Formats: PDF, Word
Vulnerable: The Law, Policy and Ethics of COVID-19
Colleen Flood, Vanessa MacDonnell, Jane Philpott, Sophie Thériault, and Sridhar Venkatapuram
2020
Licence: CC BY-NC-SA
This essay collection was published early during the covid-19 pandemic and confronts the vulnerabilities that have been revealed by the pandemic and its consequences. It examines vulnerabilities for people who have been harmed or will be harmed by the virus directly and those harmed by measures taken to slow its relentless march; vulnerabilities exposed in our institutions, governance, and legal structures; and vulnerabilities in other countries and at the global level where persistent injustices affect us all. COVID-19 has forced us to not only reflect on how we govern and how we set policy priorities, but also to ensure that pandemic preparedness, precautions, and recovery include all individuals, not just some (Description from University of Ottawa Press). This resource is an open access publication.
Formats: PDF