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- 2Billingsley, Barbara
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- 1Adams, Eric M.
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1992
This paper analyzes contracts made by the Government' in terms of political theory.2 From this perspective, it explores the assumptions, utility, and accuracy of the private law model which historically has governed the Government's liability in contract.3 The paper's overarching objective is to...
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Subjective tests and implied warranties: Prescriptions for Hollis v. Dow Corning and ter Neutzen v. Korn
Download1996
Introduction: Medical products have a therapeutic potential that can substantially improve the quality of life. Nevertheless, technological progress in the field of medicine is consistently met with guarded optimism. The benefits to be gained are often accompanied by unexpected risks. If injury...
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The treatment of receivers in the Personal Property Security Acts: Conceptual and practical implications
Download1997
Presents information on the conceptual and practical implications of the Personal Securities Act in Canada in relation to the treatment which receivers get. Details on the Act; Stipulations of the Act; What are the requirements of receiver's liability at common law.
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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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2000-01-01
This paper explores the ethical and legal difficulties encountered by insurance defence counsel whenconfrontedwith a coverage problem on a liability insurance policy . Ordinarily, where a .claim is made against an individual insured by a liability insurance policy, defence counsel is hired by the...
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2001
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...
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2001
Discusses the case 'Attorney General v. Blake,' where the Canadian House of Lords accepted the concept of gain-based relief for breach of contract. Calculation of contractual relief with reference either to what the plaintiff lost or what the defendant gained; Delineation of the relevant cause of...
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2002
Introduction: The orthodox response to a breach of contract is compensation. The defendant must, through the monetary proxy of damages, place the plaintiff in the position that she would have enjoyed if the contract had been properly performed. The value of that remedy is calculated exclusively...
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Punting terrorists, assassins and other undesirables: Canada, the Human Rights Committee and requests for interim measures of protection
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The author critically analyzes the derisory manner in which Canadian courts have regarded Canada's international human rights treaty obligations. More specifically, relying on the recent Canadian judicial pronouncements in Ahani v. Canada, the author questions the usual justifications put forth...
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The regulation of science and the Charter of Rights: Would a ban on non-reproductive human cloning unjustifiably violate freedom of expression?
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Caulfield, Timothy, Billingsley, Barbara
Non-Reproductive Human Cloning (NRHC) allows researchers to develop and clone cells, including non-reproductive cells, and to research the etiology and transmission of disease. The ability to clone specific stems cells may also allow researchers to clone cells with genetic defects and analyze...