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Lawyer-Politicians and Law Societies: Navigating the Intersection between Democracy and Accountability
Download2024-05-01
Keysel Alberto Aranzamendez Besa
In this essay that won the 2024 Sheldon M. Chumir Memorial Award in Ethics, Human Rights and Civil Liberties, I argue that striking the proper balance between a law society’s commitment to democracy and its jurisdiction over lawyer-politicians warrants the limiting of actionable complaints to...
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No One Can Serve Two Masters: The Religious Conundrum of Conservative Party Leaders in Canada
Download2020-01-01
Keysel Alberto Aranzamendez Besa
This 100-page Honors thesis paper is a comprehensive examination of why Conservative party leaders tend to have a difficult time winning a general federal election in Canada. The research question that this thesis will address is the following: What do the cases of Manning, Day, Harper, and...