In his memoir, Evans reveals insights into the practice and the characters of the Criminal Bar, with special tributes to the no-nonsense judges of the early days.

A Painful Duty: Forty Years at the Criminal Bar

Biographies & Memoirs

Evans, C.D.

Professionals & Academics

Durvile

5000 Dead Ducks is the foundational fiction for the 2019 title Ducks Redux: Fueling Flames in Oil Land. 5000 Dead Ducks is about Mavis Wong, an enviro-science graduate who finds herself teamed up with a group of unscrupulous lawyers scheming a takeover of the Oilsands. In the course of dodging the international public outcry that ensues, cold-blooded executives, zealous environmentalists, evil separatists, functional and dysfunctional lovers and megalomaniacal criminal lawyers scheme, screw, and march their way into a bizarre revolution.

5000 Dead Ducks: Lust and Revolution in the Oilsands

Literature & Fiction

Shyba, Lorene

Humor & Satire

Tough Crimes is a collection of thoughtful and insightful stories by twenty of Canada’s most prominent criminal lawyers. In the book, they write about cases that had surprising turns, or that presented personal or ethical challenges. We’ve all heard the media’s take on notorious criminals, but when have we had a chance to hear directly from the lawyers who defended or prosecuted them? We’ve all lamented the fate of a person who we think was wrongfully accused, but who better to explain what happened than his or her counsel who was there for the client every step of the way. In Tough Crimes, Edward Greenspan writes on a miscarriage of justice; Richard Wolson and Marilyn Sandford on the wrongfully convicted; Earl Levy on the Toronto Shoeshine Boy murder; Peter Martin on a study of evil; John Rosen on defending Paul Bernardo; Fred Ferguson on child abuse; William Smart on a “Mr. Big” sting; Richard Peck on Air India; Noel O’Brien on corpora delicti; Joel Pink on the Antigonish Beech Hill murders; Brian Beresh and Patrick Fagan on reasonable doubt; Mark Brayford on Robert Latimer; Marie Henein on the wrongfully charged; C.D. Evans on weighing moralities; William Trudell on the Walkerton water treatment disaster; forensic psychologist Thomas Dalby on the Taber school shootings; John Vertes on aboriginal justice; and Hersh Wolch on a young prosecutor’s trial by fire.

Tough Crimes: True Cases by Top Canadian Criminal Lawyers (True Cases Series)

PECK, Richard

Martin, Peter

Fagan, Patrick

Ferguson, Fred

Smart, William

Henein, Marie

Rosen, John

Greenspan, Edward L.

Wolson, Richard

Sandford, Marilyn

Levy, Earl

O'Brien, Noel

Pink, Joel

Beresh, Brian

Brayford, Mark

Evans, Christopher D.

Trudell, William

Vertes, John

Dalby, Thomas

Wolch, Hersh

True Crime

SHRUNK is a collection of true cases by eminent Canadian and international forensic psychologists and psychiatrists facing the tough topic of mental illness in the criminal justice system.

Shrunk: Crime and Disorders of the Mind (True Cases Series)

Politics & Social Sciences

Porter, Stephen

Schneider, Richard

Cooper, Barry

White, Jack

Dawson, David

Olivier, Louise

Nesca, Marc

Dalby, J. Thomas

Dutton, Donald

Christianson, Sven

Baillie, Patrick

Watts, Joel

Waldman, Jeffrey

Ellerby, Lawrence

Social Sciences

Women in Criminal Justice is Book Four in the Durvile True Cases Series and in it, Canadian women judges and criminal lawyers tell of cases that they have found particularly challenging. Some were disquieting/perplexing or had surprising turns, many are high-profile, and many continue to have interesting social or personal effect. Unique to this book, are distinctly women’s perspectives, and many chapters deal with sexual assault, Indigenous, child protection and motherhood, mental health, LGBTQ+, immigration, terrorism, and other vitally pertinent issues of the decade. Royalties go to Indigenous youth writing and filmmaking workshops through the NWT Literacy Council.

Women in Criminal Justice: True Cases By and About Canadian Women and the Law

Lang, Susan

Kyle, Susan

Dunn, Catherine

Hudson, Karen

Morrison, Nancy

Briscoe, Jennifer

Maisonneuve, Lise

Coté, Danielle

Jaffe, Iona

Pate, Kim

Fagan, Kaysi

Hatch, Deborah

Jackman, Barbara

Joncas, Lucie

Presser, Jill

Sullivan, Rosellen

Trehearne, Jennifer

Edited by William Trudell and Lorene Shyba, More Tough Crimes is the third book in the Durvile True Cases series. Like other books in the series More Tough Crimes provides a unique window into the world of Canadian criminal justice. These stories are ‘tough crimes’ because of the emotional demands put on the judges and lawyers involved. Many cases in the book are recent, but some from the past were so disturbing that even decades later, they resonate in the public consciousness.

More Tough Crimes: True Cases by Canadian Judges and Criminal Lawyers (True Cases Series)

Bright, David

Gold, Alan

Healy, Patrick

Greenspan, Brian

Bayne, Donald

Davies, Breese

DiLuca, Joseph

Duckett, Mona

Finnestad, Faith

Lockyer, James

Martland, Brock

Ogle, James

Rudin, Jonathan

Wyant, Raymond

Trudel, William

Rice, Clayton

In Eyepiece, brilliant cinematographer and filmmaker Vic Sarin lays out the landscape of his life. The book starts with his formative years in India and carries on with stories about early days at CBC, working with top Canadian performers and personalities, and his recent feature films and documentaries. To Vic, the entertainment business is a window to magic. Touching people with his art and celebrating the human side comes through in every chapter, just as is comes through in every one of his films.

Eyepiece: Adventures in Canadian Film and Television (Reflections)

Sarin, Vic

Reference

Benched: Passion for Law Reform (Reflections)

Florence Kinrade: Lizzie Borden of the North (True Cases Series)

JONES, Frank

Legal History

Ross Mackay, The Saga of a Brilliant Criminal Lawyer: And his big losses and bigger wins in court and in life (True Cases Series)

Batten, Jack

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