Journal Articles (Law)

2004

Johnsen, Bruce, Yahya, Moin A.

Introduction: Scholars and jurists increasingly acknowledge that the U.S. Supreme Court's Commerce Clause jurisprudence desperately needs a new direction. Even Laurence Tribe, widely regarded as a liberal commentator, concedes that until very recently the Court's decisions in this area came...

1996

Wood, Roderick J.

This article traces the evolution of the personal property registry in Alberta from the decentralized regime of the chattel security registry which was present prior to 1922, through the establishment of the centralized Corporate Mortgage Registry, Vehicle Registry and Central Registry, up to the...

1989

Wood, Roderick J.

This article examines the evolution of the floating charge in England and Canada, and predicts its demise as a conceptually discrete security device upon the enactment of personal property security legislation in the provinces. However, the author contends that a study of the floating charge can...

1992

Wood, Roderick J.

Introduction: The implementation of personal property security legislation in the Western provinces brought about a unification and rationalization of the registry systems. The Personal Property Security Act created a single registry for security interests in personal property under provincial...

2015-01-01

Reif, Linda C.

Introduction: Independent thematic human rights institutions have been established by some states to focus on the protection and promotion of one category of human rights or the rights of a vulnerable group.1 Children are a vulnerable population and, in response, thematic children’s rights...

2007

O'Byrne, Shannon

This article assists common law practitioners to predict when good faith obligations are owed in the context of contractual performance by organizing recent case law. The article concludes by advocating for express recognition of a common law rule that would mandate good faith as the governing,...

1988

Percy, David

The prevailing Canadian authorities more than justify John Ballem's conclusion that \"many a lease has come to an untimely and unexpected end\". This paper explores the right of a lessee to obtain compensation in the law of restitutionfor work performed where a lease has unexpectedly terminated....

2001

Wood, Roderick J.

Provides information on the nature and definition of federal security interest in Canada. Details of the Bank Act security provisions and the Canadian Shipping Act ship mortgage provisions; Structure of the provincial personal property security system; Interaction between the provisions and the...

1995

Reif, Linda C., Marshall, Mary A.

The authors seek to highlight the office of the ombudsman, which represents a potentially powerful form of alternative dispute resolution. They first examine the \"classic\" ombudsman. This ombudsman is basically a neutral party who decides which side is justified in a dispute. They examine how...

1984

Wood, Roderick J.

Introduction: The law governing the pledge of documents of title in Ontario is a curious mixture of statutory provisions and common law concepts. Much of the legislation is of an ancient lineage. It does not purport to create a comprehensive or coherent body of law; it was enacted merely to...