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1993

Brown, Murray T., Wood, Roderick J., Bauman, Richard W.

This study examines the extent to which publicly traded Alberta corporations have included provisions in their corporate constitutions that modify or vary a corporate governance rule that would otherwise apply. Part I discusses the notion of contractual freedom in corporate law and identifies the...

1996

O'Byrne, Shannon

As part of the Alberta Law Review's Special Edition celebrating the seventy-fifth anniversary of the opening of the Law School in 1921, this article endeavours to trace aspects of the expansion of the enforceability of promises from 1921 to 1996. To provide a general context for subsequent...

2014

Ollenberger, Adam, Ogbogu, Ubaka, Borry, Pascal, Bergmann, Manuela, Caulfield, Timothy, Nobile, Helene, Toews, Maeghan

Background. Biobanks are an important research resource that provides researchers with biological samples, tools and data, but have also been associated with a range of ethical, legal and policy issues and concerns. Although there have been studies examining the views of different stakeholders,...

1992

Wood, Roderick J., Wylie, Michael I.

The authors trace the chaotic growth of nonconsensual security interests in personal property. Rules governing non-consensual security interests are analyzed and shown to have developed in an inconsistent and unpredictable manner. The authors set out a framework to resolve the priority contests...

2014

Pavlich, George

This article returns to a colonial discourse on crime, criminals, and punishment that the court of justice enunciated and followed during an 8-year British occupation of the Cape of Good Hope in the latter part of 1795. Tapping unusually frank juridical discussions on criminality and punishment...

2014

Reif, Linda C.

Introduction: It is estimated that over one billion persons around the world live with some form of disability. Persons with disabilities (PWDs) are often discriminated against and subjected to more egregious treatment by state and non-state actors. Women and girls with disabilities are often...

2011

Percy, David R., McGillivray, David

The freehold oil and gas lease in Canada has had a perilous and uncertain existence. In the early cases, the courts applieda literal interpretation ofthe leases, resulting in numerous unexpectedly terminated leases. In recent years, there has been a resurgence of cases involving terminated...

1999

Buckwold, Tamara M.

Introduction: This article focuses on two related lines of judicial reasoning established by decisions of the Courts of Appeal of British Columbia and Saskatchewan in Seaboard Acceptance Corporation Ltd. v. Moen' and Andrew v. FarmStart. The companion issues they raise affect the right of secured...

2016

Nelson, Erin

In this article, the author explores the jurisprudence surrounding a contentious area of tort law: wrongful life claims. These claims focus on the situation in which the physician’s negligence lies in the failure to provide the child’s parents with the opportunity to prevent the birth of the...

2014

Ogbogu, Ubaka, Burningham, Sarah

There is significant public interest in the outcomes of genetic research. However, there is also a great deal of concern that genetic research and associated realms will foster the use and disclosure of personal health and genetic information in ways that undermine protected privacy interests....