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Theses and Dissertations
This collection contains theses and dissertations of graduate students of the University of Alberta. The collection contains a very large number of theses electronically available that were granted from 1947 to 2009, 90% of theses granted from 2009-2014, and 100% of theses granted from April 2014 to the present (as long as the theses are not under temporary embargo by agreement with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies). IMPORTANT NOTE: To conduct a comprehensive search of all UofA theses granted and in University of Alberta Libraries collections, search the library catalogue at www.library.ualberta.ca - you may search by Author, Title, Keyword, or search by Department.
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Items in this Collection
- 1Abiew, Francis Kofi
- 1Adams, Lorrie M
- 1Adetunji Olumide Adeleke
- 1Adido, Terry
- 1Adido, Terry, O
- 1Ahanonu, Celestine Nduka
- 4Privacy, Right of. Canada.
- 3Directors of corporations. Legal status, laws, etc. Canada.
- 2Canada
- 2Climate Change
- 2Corporation law--Canada
- 2Dispute resolution (Law)
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"The Bank Holds the Hammer": Power and Protection under Alberta’s Guarantees Acknowledgment Act
DownloadFall 2024
In this thesis, I examine the history and purpose of Alberta’s Guarantees Acknowledgment Act (GAA). Through legal history and case analysis, I argue that the GAA contains assumptions about power and vulnerability that do not necessarily align with the practical reality of guarantee...
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A Doctrinal and Law and Economics Justification of the Treatment of Women in Islamic Inheritance Laws
DownloadFall 2012
several criticisms regarding the treatment of women in Islamic Inheritance Laws have stated that these laws are in favor of males. The most common claim is that women receive half the share of men in the Islamic inheritance system. This thesis examines this issue from legal and economic...
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Fall 2009
Public health law is in the midst of a crisis of public confidence, which, this paper contends, has resulted from the lack of a thorough normative framework to ground public health law. This paper attempts to fill this gap by articulating a normative framework for public health law, situating it...