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Journal Articles (Law)
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\"Can you hear me now . . . Good!\": Feminism(s), the public/private divide, and Citizens United v. FEC
Download2013
O'Byrne, Shannon, Cohen, Ronnie
Introduction: An important goal identified by early feminists was to challenge and even eliminate the distinction between the public and private spheres. Though by no means uniformly, these feminists rejected the liberal notion-broadly stated-that the public sphere (including governmental power)...
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Cry Me a River: Recovery of Mental Distress Damages in a Breach of Contract Action - A North American Perspective
Download2005
O'Byrne, Shannon, Cohen, Ronnie
The article focuses on the recovery of mental distress damages in breach of contract cases in an American and Canadian legal context. It argues that U.S. and Canadian courts should dismiss the general rule against the recovery of intangibles. The article offers discussions of mental distress...
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Employment discrimination based on sexual orientation: The American, Canadian, and UK response
Download1999-01-01
Cohen, Ronnie, O'Byrne, Shannon, Maxwell, Patricia
Introduction: One of the last frontiers in American civil rights protection concerns the extent to which lawmakers-both legislative and judicial-show a willingness to prohibit workplace discrimination based on sexual orientation. Regrettably, the record of the United States has been less than...
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2015-01-01
O'Byrne, Shannon, Cohen, Ronnie
This article explores the Supreme Court of Canada’s 2014 decision in Bhasin v. Hrynew. This includes an assessment of the new duty of honesty in contractual performance and the newly identified organizing principle of good faith. The authors also discuss contracting out of the duty of honesty —...