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This selective list of primarily Canadian legal texts is a quick starting point for secondary source research. It is not comprehensive, and does not cover specialised areas of practice such as Family Law, Labour Law, Securities Law and Tax Law.

Aboriginal Law

Carswell, The Taxation and Financing of Aboriginal Businesses in Canada (looseleaf)

Imai, Annotated Indian Act

Macaulay, Aboriginal and Treaty Rights Practice (looseleaf)

Reiter, The Law of First Nations (1996)

Woodward, Native Law (looseleaf)

Administrative Law

Blake, Administrative Law in Canada (3rd ed., 2001)

Brown & Evans, Judicial Review of Administrative Action in Canada (looseleaf)

Dussault & Borgeat, Administrative Law: A Treatise (1985-1990)

Holland, Delegated Legislation in Canada (1989)

Jones & de Villars, Principles of Administrative Law (4th ed., 2004)

Keyes, Executive Legislation (1992)

Macaulay & Sprague, Practice and Procedure before Administrative Tribunals (looseleaf)

Mullan, Administrative Law (2001)

de Smith, Woolf & Jowell, Judicial Review of Administrative Action (6th ed., 2005)

Arbitration

Earle, Drafting Arbitration and ADR Clauses for Commercial Contracts: A Solicitor's Manual (looseleaf)

McEwen & Herbst, Commercial Arbitration in Canada: A Guide to Domestic and International Arbitrations (looseleaf)

Redfern, Law and Practice of International Commercial Arbitrations (2004)

Banking

Baxter, The Law of Banking (4th ed., 1992)

Crawford and Falconbridge, Banking and Bills of Exchange (8th ed., 1986)

Crawford, Payment, Clearing and Settlement in Canada (2002)

David & Pelly, Annotated Bank Act

Bankruptcy and Insolvency

Honsberger, Debt Restructuring Principles and Practice (looseleaf)

Houlden and Morawetz, Bankruptcy & Insolvency Law (3rd ed., looseleaf)

Houlden and Morawetz, Annotated Bankruptcy & Insolvency Act

Klimek, Insolvency and Environmental Liability (looseleaf)

Klotz, Bankruptcy, Insolvency and Family Law (looseleaf)

McLaren, Canadian Commercial Reorganization (looseleaf)

Company Law

CCH, B.C. Corporations Law Guide (looseleaf)

Continuing Legal Education Society of B.C., BC Company Law Practice Manual (looseleaf)

Cumberford, The Annotated British Columbia Business Corporations Act (looseleaf)

Fasken Martineau DuMoulin, Annotated British Columbia Business Corporations Act (looseleaf)

Gower, Principles of Modern Company Law (6th ed., 1997)

Gray, Annotated Canada Business Corporations Act (looseleaf)

Lindley & Banks on Partnership (17th ed., 2002)

Mangan et al, Annotated British Columbia Society Act (looseleaf)

Manzer, A Practical Guide to Canadian Partnership Law (looseleaf)

McCarthy Tetrault, Directors' and Officers' Duties and Liabilities in Canada (1997)

McGuinness, The Law and Practice of Canadian Business Corporations (1999)

Nathan & Voore, Corporate Meetings: Law and Practice (looseleaf)

Peterson, Shareholder Remedies in Canada (looseleaf)

Phillips, Personal Remedies for Corporate Injuries (1992)

Russell DuMoulin, Annotated British Columbia Company Act (looseleaf)

Sutherland, Fraser's Handbook on Canadian Company Law (8th ed., 1994)

Welling, Corporate Law in Canada (2nd ed., 1991)

Commercial Law

Benjamin's Sale of Goods (6th ed., 2002)

Bridge, The International Sale of Goods (1999)

Bridge, Sale of Goods (1988)

Estey, Legal Opinions in Commercial Transactions (2nd ed., 1997)

Fridman, Sale of Goods in Canada (5th ed., 2004)

Young & Fraser, Canadian Advertising and Marketing Law (looseleaf)

Conflict of Laws

Castel, Canadian Conflict of Laws (5th ed., looseleaf)

McLeod, The Conflict of Laws (1983)

Constitutional Law

Hogg, Constitutional Law of Canada (4th ed., looseleaf)

Laskin's Annotated Canadian Charter (looseleaf)

Roach, Constitutional Remedies in Canada (looseleaf)

Zinn & Brethour, The Law of Human Rights in Canada (looseleaf)

Construction Law

Continuing Legal Education Society of B.C., British Columbia Builders Liens Practice Manual (looseleaf)

Coulson, Guide to Builders' Liens in British Columbia (looseleaf)

Goldsmith, Canadian Building Contracts (4th ed., looseleaf)

Macklem, Construction, Builders' & Mechanics ' Liens in Canada (6th ed., looseleaf)

McLachlin, Wallace & Grant, The Canadian Law of Architecture and Engineering (2nd ed., 1994)

Wise, The Manual of Construction Law (looseleaf)

Contracts

Chitty on Contracts (29th ed., 2004)

Elderkin & Shin Doi, Behind and Beyond Boilerplate: Drafting Commercial Agreements (1998)

Fridman, The Law of Contract in Canada (4th ed., 1999)

King, Entertainment Law in Canada (looseleaf)

Pitch & Snyder, Damages for Breach of Contract (2nd ed., looseleaf)

Sharpe, Injunctions & Specific Performance (2nd ed., looseleaf)

Spencer Bower, Actionable Non-Disclosure (2nd ed., 1990)

Trebilcock, The Common Law of Restraint of Trade (1986)

Waddams, The Law of Contracts (4th ed., 1999)

Williams, Joint Obligations (1949)

Creditor-Debtor

Bennett on Receiverships (2nd ed., 1999)

Dunlop, Creditor-Debtor Law in Canada (2nd ed., 1995)

Lamer, Priority of Crown Claims in Insolvency (looseleaf)

McGuinness, The Law of Guarantee (2nd ed., 1996)

Palmer, The Law of Set-Off in Canada (1993)

Robinson, British Columbia Debtor-Creditor Law and Precedents (looseleaf)

Rowlatt, Principal & Surety (5th ed., 1999)

Sarna, Letters of Credit (3rd ed., looseleaf)

Scott and Reynolds, Surety Bonds (looseleaf)

Springman et al, Fraudulent Conveyances and Preferences (looseleaf)

Traub, Falconbridge on Mortgages (5th ed., looseleaf)

Tweedie, Debt Litigation (looseleaf)

Waldron, The Law of Interest in Canada (1992)

Criminal Law

Ewaschuk, Criminal Pleadings and Practice in Canada (2nd ed., looseleaf)

Ferguson & Bouck, Canadian Criminal Jury Instructions (looseleaf)

McLeod, The Canadian Charter of Rights: Prosecution and Defence of Criminal and Other Statutory Offences (looseleaf)

McWilliams, Canadian Criminal Evidence (3rd ed., looseleaf)

Nightingale, The Law of Fraud (looseleaf)

Salhany, Canadian Criminal Procedure (6th ed., looseleaf)

Swaigen, Regulatory Offences in Canada (1992)

Crown

Hogg, Liability of the Crown (3rd ed., 2000)

Lordon, Crown Law (1991)

Worthington, The Public Purchasing Law Handbook (2005)

Employment Law

Aust et al, Executive Employment Law (looseleaf)

England & Christie, Employment Law in Canada (3rd ed., looseleaf)

Harris, Wrongful Dismissal (looseleaf)

Equity & Trusts

Dean, Law of Trade Secrets and Personal Secrets (2nd ed., 2002)

Ellis, Fiduciary Duties in Canada (looseleaf)

Fridman, Restitution (1992)

Glover, Commercial Equity: Fiduciary Relationships (1995)

Goff & Jones, Restitution (6th ed., 2002)

Gurry, Breach of Confidence (1984)

Hanbury & Maudsley, Modern Equity (16th ed., 2001)

Lewin on Trusts (2005)

Maddaugh & McCamus, The Law of Restitution (looseleaf)

McDermott, Equitable Damages (1994)

Meagher & Gummow, Equity, Doctrines and Remedies (2nd ed., 1984)

Ng, Fiduciary Duties: obligations of loyalty and faithfulness (looseleaf)

Pun et al, Annotated British Columbia Law and Equity Act (looseleaf)

Sharpe, Injunctions & Specific Performance (2nd ed., looseleaf)

Snell's Equity (2004)

Spry, Equitable Remedies (6th ed., 2001)

Waters, Law of Trusts in Canada (3rd ed., 2005)

Youdan, ed., Equity, Fiduciaries and Trusts (1989)

Evidence

Beach, Annotated Canada Evidence Acts (1998)

Continuing Legal Education Society of B.C., Expert Evidence in British Columbia Civil Proceedings (2001)

Cudmore, Choate on Discovery (2nd ed., looseleaf)

Leonard, The New Wigmore (looseleaf)

Mewett, Witnesses (looseleaf)

Sopinka & Lederman, Law of Evidence in Canada (2nd ed., 1999)

Wigmore on Evidence

Insurance Law

Brown & Menezes, Insurance Law in Canada (looseleaf)

Gregory, Annotated Insurance (Motor Vehicle) Act (looseleaf)

Hayles, Disability Insurance (1998)

Hilliker, Insurance Bad Faith (2004)

Hilliker, Liability Insurance Law in Canada (3rd ed., 2001)

Krempulec, Property Damage Claims under Commercial Insurance Policies (looseleaf)

Norwood on Life Insurance Law in Canada (3rd ed., 2002)

Scott and Reynolds on Surety Bonds (looseleaf)

Snowden & Lichty, Annotated Commercial General Liability Policy (looseleaf)

Intellectual Property

Fox on Canadian Law of Copyright and Industrial Design (looseleaf)

Food on Canadian Law of Trade-marks and unfair competition (looseleaf)

Handa, Copyright Law in Canada (2002)

Hughes on Copyright and Industrial Design (looseleaf)

Hughes and Woodley on Patents (looseleaf)

Hughes on Trade-Marks (looseleaf)

Robic-Leger, Canadian Copyright Act Annotated (looseleaf)

Robic-Leger, Canadian Trade-Marks Act Annotated (looseleaf)

Wadlow, The Law of Passing Off: Unfair Competition by Misrepresentation (2003)

Landlord & Tenant

Dukelow, Annotated British Columbia Residential Tenancy Act (looseleaf)

Haber, Assignment, subletting and change of control in a commercial lease (2002)

Haber, The Commercial Lease: A Practical Guide (4th ed., 2004)

Haber, Tenant's Rights and Remedies in a Commercial Lease (1998)

Olson, A Commercial Tenancy Handbook (2004)

Williams & Rhodes, Canadian Law of Landlord & Tenant (6th ed., looseleaf)

Motor Vehicle

Gregory & Gregory, Annotated British Columbia Insurance (Motor Vehicle) Act (looseleaf)

Muir & Libby, Annotated British Columbia Motor Vehicle Act (looseleaf)

Segal, Manual of Motor Vehicle Law (looseleaf)

Municipal Law

Gregory & Gregory, Annotated British Columbia Local Government Act (looseleaf)

Hoehn, Municipalities and Canadian Law: defining the authority of local governments (1996)

Rogers, The Law of Canadian Municipal Corporations (2nd ed., looseleaf)

Rogers, The Canadian Law of Planning & Zoning (looseleaf)

Thomson Rogers on Municipal Liability (looseleaf)

Practice

Bouck et al, British Columbia Annual Practice

Branch, Class Actions in Canada (looseleaf)

Brinton, Civil Appeal Handbook (looseleaf)

Eizenga, Class Actions Law and Practice (looseleaf)

Fraser & Horn, The Conduct of Civil Litigation in British Columbia (looseleaf)

Kerans, Standards of Review Employed by Appellate Courts (1994)

Manes & Silver, Solicitor-Client Privilege in Canada (1993)

Manes & Silver, The Law of Confidential Communications in Canada (1996)

McLachlin & Taylor, British Columbia Practice (looseleaf)

Meagher, Parties to an Action (1988)

Mew, The Law of Limitations (2nd ed., 2004)

Muldoon, Law of Intervention (1989)

Lange, Res Judicata (2nd ed., 2005)

Orkin, The Law of Costs (2nd ed., looseleaf)

Seckel & MacInnis, B.C. Supreme Court Rules Annotated (2005)

Sgayias, Federal Court Practice

Sopinka, Conduct of an Appeal (2000)

Spencer Bower, Res Judicata (3rd ed., 1996)

Stevenson & Cote, Civil Procedure Encyclopedia (2003)

Wineberg, Annotated British Columbia Limitation Act (1995 - 1999)

Privacy and access to information

McIsaac et al, The Law of Privacy in Canada (looseleaf)

McNairn & Woodbury, Government Information: Access and Privacy (looseleaf)

Platt et al, Privacy Law in the Private Sector (looseleaf)

Professions

Casey, The Regulation of Professions in Canada (looseleaf)

Lundy et al, Barristers & Solicitors in Practice (looseleaf)

MacKenzie, Lawyers & Ethics (looseleaf)

Turriff, Annotated British Columbia Legal Profession Act (looseleaf)

Real Property

CCH, British Columbia Real Estate Law Guide (looseleaf)

Continuing Legal Education Society of British Columbia, Land Title Practice Manual (looseleaf)

Di Castri, Registration of Title to Land (looseleaf)

Di Castri, Law of Vendor & Purchaser (3rd ed., looseleaf)

Fairweather & Ramsay, Condominium Law & Practice in British Columbia (looseleaf)

McCarthy Tetrault's Annotated British Columbia Strata Property Act (looseleaf)

Perell, Remedies and the Sale of Land (2nd ed., 1998)

Preston & Newsome's Restrictive Covenants Affecting Freehold Land (9th ed., 1998)

Remedies

Cooper-Stephenson, Personal lnjury Damages in Canada (2nd ed., 1996)

Hoffman et al, The Emotional Consequences of Personal Injury (2nd ed., 2001)

Law Society of Upper Canada, Special Lectures 1995, Law of Remedies

McDermott, Equitable Damages (1994)

McGregor on Damages (17th ed., 2003)

Palmer, The Law of Set-Off in Canada (1993)

Perell and Engell, Remedies and the Sale of Land (2nd ed., 1998)

Pitch & Snyder, Damages for Breach of Contract (2nd ed., looseleaf)

Sarna, Declaratory Judgments (2nd ed., 1988)

Waddams, The Law of Damages (looseleaf)

Secured Transactions

Cuming, British Columbia Personal Property Security Act Handbook (4th ed., 1998)

McLaren, Secured Transactions in Personal Property in Canada (2nd ed., looseleaf)

Traub, Falconbridge on Mortgages (5th ed., looseleaf)

Statutes

Cote, The Interpretation of Legislation in Canada (3rd ed., 2000)

Driedger, The Construction of Statutes (2nd ed., 1983)

Holland, Delegated Legislation in Canada (1989)

Keyes, Executive Legislation (1992)

Salembier, Regulatory Law and Practice in Canada (2004)

Sullivan, Driedger on the Construction of Statutes (4th ed., 2002)

Technology

Geist, Internet Law in Canada (2nd ed., 2001)

Handa, Communications Law in Canada (looseleaf)

Sookman, Computer, Internet and Electronic Commerce Law (looseleaf)

Torts

Brown, The Law of Defamation in Canada (looseleaf)

Cheifetz, Apportionment of Fault in Tort (1981)

Cooper-Stephenson, Personal Injury Damages in Canada (2nd ed., 1996)

Feldthusen, Economic Negligence (4th ed., 2000)

Linden, Canadian Tort Law (7th ed., 2001)

Rainaldi ed., Remedies in Tort (looseleaf)

Spencer Bower, Actionable Non-Disclosure (2nd ed., 1990)

Spencer Bower, Actionable Misrepresentation (4th ed., 2000)

Waddams, Products Liability (4th ed., 2002)

Williams, Joint Torts and Contributory Negligence (1951)

Wills & Estates

Amighetti, The Law of Dependant's Relief in British Columbia (1991)

Continuing Legal Education Society of B.C., Probate and Estate Administration Practice Manual (looseleaf)

Feeney's Canadian Law of Wills (looseleaf)

Sokol, Mistakes in Wills in Canada (1995)

Widdifield on Executors and Trustees (6th ed., looseleaf)

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