True Cases Box Set, Volume 2
Four books by lawyers and judges about criminal law, Indigenous law, and passion for reform
- Publisher
- Durvile Publications
- Initial publish date
- Oct 2024
- Category
- General, Indigenous Peoples, Lawyers & Judges
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781990735578
- Publish Date
- Oct 2024
- List Price
- $100.00
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Description
In this series, Criminal Lawyers, Judges, Law Enforcement Officers and Reporters write about cases that still keep them up at night. There are four books in the series. The four books are focused on criminal law, Indigenous law, and passion for reform.
Book 1, Ross MacKay: The Saga of a Brilliant Criminal Lawyer By Jack Batten. As well as countless articles for such magazines as Maclean’s, Rolling Stone and Toronto Life, Jack Batten has written more than forty books, many of which portray lawyers and judges in professional action in and out of courtrooms in every region of Canada.
Book 2, Benched: Passion for Law Reform. By Hon. Nancy Morrison. Nancy Morrison has practiced law and adjudicated in Ontario, Saskatchewan, BC, Yukon, and NWT. As a judge, she she served nine years on the British Columbia Provincial Criminal Court, and 15 years on the Supreme Court of British Columbia.
Book 3, Pine Box Parole: Terry Fitzsimmons and the Quest to End Solitary Confinement & Other True Cases.
By John L. Hill. John Hill is a lawyer who defends criminals and penitentiary inmates. He lectures internationally on prison law topics at conferences of the International Association of Psychiatry and the Law.
Book 4, Indigenous Justice: True Cases by Judges, Lawyers, and Law Enforcement Officers. Edited by Lorene Shyba PhD and Raymond Yakeleya. Lorene Shyba PhD is publisher and editor at Durvile & UpRoute and series editor of the True Cases series. Raymond Yakeleya is a Dene First Nations author, activist, and filmmaker, and is co-editor of Durvile’s Indigenous Spirit series.
About the authors
Jack Batten practised law in Toronto for four years before turning to a life of writing. He has written for all the major Canadian magazines and is the author of thirty-three books including four crime novels. Five of his nonfiction books dealt with real-life Canadian lawyers, judges, and court cases; a biography of John Robinette was among these books. Batten's books have also dealt with sports, Canadian history, and biography. He has reviewed jazz for The Globe and Mail, movies for CBC radio, and still writes a column on crime fiction for the Toronto Star. His biography of Tom Longboat won the $10,000 Norma Fleck Award for best children's nonfiction in 2002, and the book is being made into a feature film. His most recent book is The Annex: The Story of a Toronto Neighbourhood, published in 2004.
John Hill was formerly the China Watch editor for Jane’s Intelligence Review, and has reported widely on security matters for a range of Jane’s publications. He is Writing Centre Coordinator at Vancouver Island University.
Lorene Shyba PhD is publisher at Durvile & UpRoute Books and series editor of the Durvile True Cases series.
Raymond Yakeleya is an award-winning Dene television producer, director and writer. Originally from Tulita in the Northwest Territories, he now calls Edmonton, Alberta home. Raymond is author of the Dene children’s book The Tree by the Woodpile and editor of We Remember the Coming of the White Man and Indigenous Justice. He wrote an extensive foreword in Nahganne: Northern Tales of the Sasquatch. Says Raymond, “Indigenous Peoples need to have a voice in mainstream media in order to tell our stories, our way. With the passing of many of our Elders, the telling of these stories has become more important.”
Raymond Yakeleya's profile page
A lawyer, arbitrator, and judge, as well as a political activist and feminist, Nancy Morrison practiced law and adjudicated in Ontario, Saskatchewan, British Columbia, Yukon, and Northwest Territories. As a judge, she served for nine years on the British Columbia Provincial Court and 15 years on the Supreme Court of British Columbia. Raised in Yorkton, Saskatchewan, she now lives in Vancouver, BC. Her memoir Benched: Passion for Law Reform was published in 2018 in the Durvile Reflections series.
