Media & the Law

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About Canada: Media

Canada enjoys a long-held reputation for producing high-quality media, from National Film Board documentaries to the CBC to children’s programming. But in recent years, funding cuts, … 176 View
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Fundamental Law for Journalists

Journalists will come across many arcane and sometimes obtuse legal concepts in the course of their work. Law is not an intuitive thing. It has developed over a millennium, and its basic rules … 232 View
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Guthrie’s Guide to Better Legal Writing, 2nd Edition

Lawyers like to think they are good writers. Their non-lawyer readers are more likely to describe their writing as turgid, pedantic, Latin-filled, jargon-ridden, misspelt, ungrammatical, and … 299 View
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The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case

The Group of Seven & Tom Thomson Forgeries

In May 2016, Jon S. Dellandrea came into possession of a box of the last effects of an obscure artist, William Firth MacGregor. The contents of the box chronicled a major, and long forgotten, … 192 View
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A Crisis of Quality

From: About Canada: Media

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Cast of Characters & Introduction

From: The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case

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Introduction by the author and a list people involved throughout the book. 15 $1.50 Add
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Get Writing!

Introduction, So What Should I Write About, Get to the Point, Word Choice, Email and Other Correspondence, What Should it Look Like, Navigating Social Media, And Finally, The Importance of Editing and Proofreading

From: Guthrie's Guide to Better Legal Writing, 2nd Edition

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Advice for Associate and Students, Some Guidance for the Reluctant Legal Blogger, Think of Your Reader, Keep Your Cultural References Current and Universal, Plagiarism, Catchy Headlines and … 73 $7.30 Add
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Introduction

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Chapter 1 : The Box

Part One: An Art History Mystery

From: The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case

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The author details the start of his research by finding a box with papers, notebooks, poems, and essay once belonging to one of the main subjects and artists of the book, William Firth MacGregor. 14 $1.40 Add
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Forms, Styles and Genres

From: About Canada: Media

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The Basics: The Origins of Law

From: Fundamental Law for Journalists

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Chapter One provides a brief overview for understanding where the law comes from and breaks down the sources of these laws. Topics discussed include Indigenous law and government, the Indian Act, … 13 $1.30 Add
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Words Used and Abused

Introduction, Misuse, Words that Don't (or May Not) Mean What Your Think They Do, MIscellaneous Things That Annoy Me, Terms for Lawyers, French

From: Guthrie's Guide to Better Legal Writing, 2nd Edition

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Gruesome Twosomes, That and Which, Waffle, Awful Lawerisms aka Legalese, However, Said Same Such, Shall Will Should Would May Might Must, And/Or, And, Or, Only, the Lonely, Who and Whom, All Well … 93 $9.30 Add
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Chapter 2: A National Mystery, 1962

Part One: An Art History Mystery

From: The Great Canadian Art Fraud Case

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In 1962 the Canadian art market is flooded with forgeries of Group of Seven paintings available at auction causing concern from police, art critics and the public. 14 $1.40 Add
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Grammar and Punctuation

Common Grammar Issues, This That or the Other Thing?

From: Guthrie's Guide to Better Legal Writing, 2nd Edition

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Avoid the Adverb, Apostrophe Catastrophes, Take a Pass on the Passive, Get Your Pronouns Right, Split Infinitives: or, Star Trek, You Have a Lot to Answer For, Comma Conundrums, Comma Problems, … 69 $6.90 Add
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Making the Sausage: How Policies Become Laws

From: Fundamental Law for Journalists

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Chapter Two focuses on the process of policies becoming law. Topics addressed include the legislative process, the types of bills (Public and Private Bills), the timing of Bills, the … 12 $1.20 Add
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The Big Issues

From: About Canada: Media

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