Recent issues of the Canadian Jounal of Law and Society.

Here are the table of contents for two recent issues of the Canadian Journal of Law and Society. The first issue focuses on issues of access to government information. "Accessing data and information from government sources has become increasingly difficult for many sociolegal and criminological researchers in many parts of the world. An important special collection of articles examines both the challenges facing researchers and some of the strategies, such as freedom-of-information requests, that are being explored to surmount these challenges."

The link to the table of contents is here:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/canadian_journal_of_law_and_society/toc/jls.26.3.html

The second issue discusses Truth and Reconciliation Commissions.
"Since the world-renowned South African 'Truth and Reconciliation Commission', many countries have used special commissions to deal with the fallout of civil conflicts and collective injustices. Canada has set up a 'Truth and Reconciliation Commission' for aboriginal Canadians who were forced into residential schools in the recent past. But unlike the South Africa model, this commission is part of the settlement of a collective lawsuit. A set of papers critically examines some features of this process and draws comparisons to other commissions in Canada and in other countries. The articles are complemented by a reflective comment on the loss and recovery of one's native tongue by an aboriginal artist."

The table of contents is here:
http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/canadian_journal_of_law_and_society/toc/jls.27.1.html

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