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1999

Buckworld, Tamara M.

This article examines the position of secured creditors in the event of a consumer debtor's bankruptcy or the filing of a consumer proposal, as determined by the federal and provincial laws of Canada. Secured creditors in Canada are in a remarkably powerful position relative to other claimants in...

2016

McInnes, Mitchell

Due to the high value that it placed upon the ownership of land, the common law traditionally was wary of intervening if the plaintiff non-contractually improved the defendant’s land. For the most part, liability was imposed only if the landowner acted unconscionably according to the doctrine of...

1990

McInnes, Mitchell

Introduction: Historically, the common law's attitude towards one who mistakenly provided non-monetary benefits to another, who neither requested nor acquiesced in their conferment, was tight-fisted and fiercely individualistic. \"One cleans another's shoes; what can the other do but put them...

2014-01-01

Billingsley, Barbara

Introduction: Each of the scenarios described above gives rise to the same, long-standing question regarding document production in civil litigation, namely: are copies of otherwise unprivileged original documents or records, gathered for the dominant purpose of litigation (i.e. \"ingathered...

2014

Adams, Eric M.

Introduction: Just over one hundred years ago, the first law students arrived at the University of Alberta, Faculty of Law. The University — still just a handful of brick buildings dotting a freshly cleared campus conveying more hopeful promise than venerable history — provided space, but not...

2011

Acorn, Annalise

Introduction: It has never been in the best traditions of the criminal bar to quit a client over money. Having gone on the record as counsel for an accused, the lawyer is, as a matter of professional dignity, expected to have sorted out financial matters with the client in advance, and it is seen...

2000

Pavlich, George

Gazing across the heterogeneous discourses claiming the rubric of criminology, a casual observer will likely be struck by pervasive discussions aimed at solving the 'crime problem'. Alongside the blaring choruses of technical experts one finds the hushed muses of sceptics and critics. They worry...

2008

Bell, Catherine

Introduction: The topic of repatriation of cultural items creates some discomfort as it may generate polarized perspectives and bring into focus issues of intercultural understanding, ethics, law, politics, knowledge, power, values, and economics. Questions such as “Who owns culture? Whose...

2024-05-01

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...

2007

Lerner, Craig S., Yahya, Moin A.

Introduction: According to a recent issue of Business Week, many hotshots of American industry are fleeing publicly traded corporations for \"the money, freedom and glamour of private equity.\"' Among the reasons cited for their departure is the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, which not only...