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Halsbury's Laws of Canada – Police, Security and Emergencies (2022 Reissue) / Public Utilities (2022 Reissue)

The Police, Security and Emergencies title provides a narrative of the law that applies to law enforcement and private security services in Canada while the Public Utilities volume discusses the legal aspects of the regulation of public utilities.
by Jennifer Freund (Author) , Sheila Nemet-Brown (Author)
Publisher: LexisNexis Canada
Publication Language: English
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$335.00
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Hardcover | 960 pages

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Published: January 28, 2022
ISBN/ISSN: 9780433516316
Publisher: LexisNexis Canada

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POLICE, SECURITY & EMERGENCIES
Jennifer Freund, B.Sc., BA, MFS, LL.B.

The role and powers of law enforcement and national security services are of increasing relevance in a world defined by growing concern over crime and terrorism. In addition, environmental uncertainty and the emergence of new and virulent diseases have brought the spectre of civil emergency to the forefront of government planning. This title provides a thorough narrative of the law that applies to law enforcement and private security services in Canada. It also explains the legal framework that governs national security oversight and the Canadian Security Intelligence Service. Finally, it sets out the law that empowers government to declare a civil emergency and act accordingly. Topics covered include:

  • The constitutional and legislative framework
  • Provincial, regional and municipal police services
  • Police powers, duties, independence and discretion
  • Civil liability of police
  • Private police and security
  • Role and powers of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service
  • Other agencies and laws involved with national security
  • Emergency preparedness
  • Federal and provincial emergency management
  • COVID-19 pandemic response

PUBLIC UTILITIES
Sheila Nemet-Brown, B.A. (Hons.), LL.B.

This title examines the legal aspects of regulation of public utilities, focusing on provincial regulation of electricity, natural gas and pipelines and water utilities. The legislative context is comprehensively addressed, having regard to the local, provincial, federal and international aspects of the topic. In addition, issues in relation to proceedings before provincial public utilities boards and commissions are examined, including all relevant procedural aspects. Topics covered include:

  • Rates, tolls and charges for public utilities
  • Approval of construction and expansion of facilities
  • Environmental issues
  • Aboriginal rights
  • Offences
  • Appeals and judicial review of board and commission decisions
 

Featured Authors

Jennifer Freund
Sheila Nemet-Brown

Jennifer Freund

Jennifer Freund, B.Sc., BA, MFS, LL.B., has extensive knowledge in the field of criminal justice, including the specialized areas of forensic psychology, criminology and a number of forensic sciences. Graduating with distinction upon completion of her graduate thesis on trends in juvenile homicide, she went on to become a member of the University of Calgary Law School Dean's List, receiving numerous academic awards. She is a member of the Law Society of Alberta, the Canadian Bar Association and the Canadian Corporate Counsel Association. As a result of her work with police governance and regulatory bodies, she is an Accredited Director, a Certified Association Executive and a Registered Parliamentarian. She has worked for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, as the Senior Advisor to the Calgary Police Commission and as the Executive Director for the Alberta Association of Police Governance. While with the RCMP, she completed an assessment of the province-wide RCMP police-based victim services program, wrote policy on crime prevention program evaluations and revised the Crime Stoppers International Policy and Procedures manual. As part of her police governance roles, she has advocated on numerous policing issues to municipal and provincial governments. Ms. Freund has published work on police civil liability for negligent investigation and presented work on complaints and litigation against the police, the economics of policing, police governance and other related policing topics.

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Sheila Nemet-Brown

Sheila Nemet-Brown, B.A. (Hons.), LL.B., is a Senior Content Development Associate for LexisNexis Canada. She obtained her law degree from Osgoode Hall Law School. She is a co-author of the Elections and Legislatures titles for Halsbury’s Laws of Canada, and has served as contributing editor for numerous other Halsbury’s titles, and many other prominent LexisNexis publications, including Sopinka, Lederman & Bryant – The Law of Evidence in Canada, Palmer & Snyder – Collective Agreement Arbitration in Canada, Real Estate Practice in Ontario and Sentencing. She also developed and edited the Canada Criminal Sentencing Digest and the Canada Quantum Digest series.

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Table of contents

POLICE, SECURITY & EMERGENCIES 
I. Police
II. Security
III. Emergencies

PUBLIC UTILITIES
I. Introduction
II. Public Utilities
III. Legislative Context
IV. Public Utilities Boards and Commissions
V. Regulation of Public Utilities
VI. Environmental and Aboriginal Issues
VII. Offences
 

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