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General commercial law resources

Books
Canadian
General
o   * Attwater, D., Procurement Review: A practitioner's guide (Toronto: Carswell, looseleaf)
o   Campbell, A., Merger Law and Practice (Toronto: Carswell, 1997)
o   * Canadian Commercial Law Guide (Toronto: CCH, looseleaf) (3 volumes)
o   CCH Canadian Limited , Gift Card Legislation Table: Canadian Commercial Law Guide (Toronto: Wolters Kluwer CCH, 2013)
o   Due Diligence Deskbook (British Columbia: CLE, looseleaf)
o   Elderkin & Doi, Behind and Beyond Boilerplate: Drafting Commercial Agreements, 3rd ed. (Toronto: Carswell, 2011)
o   Emanuelli, P., Government Procurement, 3rd ed. (Markham: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2012)
o   Estey, W., Legal Opinions in Commercial Transactions (Markham: Butterworths, 1997)
o   Falconbridge, J., The Law of Negotiable Instruments in Canada (Toronto: Ryerson Press, 1955)
o   Halsbury’s laws of Canada, Commercial Law I: Auctions, Bills of Exchange (Markham: LexisNexis , 2006)
o   Halsbury’s laws of Canada, Commercial Law II: Bailment; Sales of Goods (Markham: LexisNexis , 2006)
o   Herman, L., Canadian Trade Law: Practice and Procedure (Toronto: Carswell, looseleaf)
o   Kalia, S., International Business Law for Canadians: A Practical Guide. (Markham: LexisNexis, 2010)
o   Law Society of Upper Canada, Corporate and commercial law (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2005)
o   Manzer, A., Canada-U.S. Commercial Law Guide (Toronto: Carswell, looseleaf)
o   Manzer & Ruda, Asset based lending in Canada: Canadian primer on asset based financing (Markham: LexisNexis, 2008)
o   * Moore, K., The corporate commercial practice manual (Vancouver: Moore Publishing, looseleaf)
o   Pritchard & Vogt, Advertising and marketing law in Canada, 4th ed. (Markham: LexisNexis Butterworths, 2012)
o   Sarna, L., Letters of Credit, 3rd ed. (Toronto: Carswell, looseleaf)
o   Sarna, L., Commercializing research and development: a guide to legal business practice, 2nd ed. (Markham: LexisNexis, 2006)
o   Stockdale, J., BVR's guide to Canadian valuation cases, 2008 ed. (Business Valuation Resources, 2008)
o   Vereshack, A., A Practical Guide to Outsourcing Agreements, 2nd ed. (Markham: LexisNexis, 2010)
o   West, D., Business Acquisition Agreements: An Annotated Guide, 2nd ed. (Aurora, Ont.: Canada Law Book, 2011)
o   * Worthington, R., The purchasing law handbook (Markham: Butterworths, looseleaf)
 
Precedents
o   Abraham & Babe, Canadian forms & precedents. Commercial transactions. Sale & operation of a business, 2nd ed. (Markham: LexisNexis Canada, looseleaf)
o   Aird & Berlis, Business Acquisition, Agreements: An Annotated Guide (Aurora: Canada Law Book, 1992)
o   * Buying and Selling a Business: Annotated Precedents (British Columbia: CLE, looseleaf)
o   * Harris & LeBreux, Annotated Business Agreements (Toronto: Carswell, looseleaf) (2 volumes)
o   Babe, J., Canadian forms & precedents. Commercial transactions, Sale of a Business, 7th ed. (Markham: LexisNexis Canada, 2008)
o   Levitt, McGuinness & Pawluch, Canadian forms & precedents. Commercial transactions. Sale, distribution & transport of goods, 2nd ed. (Markham: LexisNexis Butterworths, looseleaf)
o   * Limpert, B., Technology contracting: law, precedents and commentary (Toronto: Carswell, looseleaf)
o   * O'Brien's encyclopaedia of forms, 11th ed. (Aurora: Canada Law Book, looseleaf)
 
English
o   Christou, R., Sale and supply of goods and services (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2007)
o   Fox, D., Property rights in money (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008)
o   Goode, et al., Transnational Commercial Law: Primary Materials (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2007)
o   Harvey & Meisel, Auctions law and practice, 3rd ed. (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2006)
o   Howson, P., Commercial due diligence: the key to understanding value in an acquisition (Hampshire: Gower, 2006)
o   Nwakodo, R., Tolley's commercial contracts checklists (LexisNexis (U.K.), 2004)
o   * Weinberg & Rabinowitz, Weinberg and Blank on take-overs and mergers, 5th ed. (London: Sweet & Maxwell, looseleaf)
 
American
o   Burke, B., Personal Property in a Nutshell, 3d ed. (St. Paul: Thomson/West, 2003)
o   * Fern, M., Warren's forms of agreements, business forms (New Jersey: LexisNexis, looseleaf) (8 volumes)
o   Vagts, Dodge, & Koh, Transnational Business Problems (New York: Foundation Press, 2008)
 
Other Countries
o   Degeling & Edelman, Equity in Commercial Law (Sydney: Lawbook Co., 2005)
o   Palmer, N., Palmer on Bailment, 3rd ed. (London: Sweet & Maxwell/Thomson Reuters, 2009)
 
Blogs
Hakemi & Company: http://www.canadianadvertisinglaw.com/ (advertising law blog)
 
Websites
Canadian Bar Association (BC Branch): Commercial
 
Legal forms
Standard form contracts from Dynamic Lawyers