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2009-01-01

Harrington, Joanna

Introduction: In 2006, a new United Nations (UN) Human Rights Council came into existence, replacing the former UN Commission on Human Rights with a restructured body for the promotion of fundamental rights and freedoms. Heralded as a turning point for human rights within the UN system, the new...

2000-01-01

Billingsley, Barbara

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...

2000

McInnes, Mitchell

Introduction: In the past decade, the Supreme Court of Canada has taken an active role in restating the rules of causation that apply in tort actions arising from personal injuries. As will be seen, the relevant decisions fall within two broad categories. In the first group of cases, policy...

1996

McInnes, Mitchell

This article analyzes the role of causation in Canadian tort law. The author uses the recent Supreme Court of Canada decision of Athey v. Leonati as a model to show how even complex problems of causation can be solved through the application of fundamental principles of tort law: the...

2009

Wood, Roderick J.

Circularp riorityp roblems are endemic in secured transaction law. A circular priority situation arises when there are three or more parties with competing claims to the same asset and there is no clear ranking ofpriority among them. There are multiple approaches applied by courts or advanced by...

2006

Harrington, Joanna

Introduction: In December 2005, the Inuit Circumpolar Conference (\"ICC\") (renamed the Inuit Circumpolar Council in July 2006) publicly lodged a lengthy petition against the United States with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (the \"Commission\"), a Washington D.C.-based...

1993

Bell, Catherine

Introduction: On April 17, 1982, the Aboriginal and treaty rights of the Aboriginal peoples of Canada were recognized and affirmed in the Canadian constitution. In the following years, several First Ministers' conferences were held to address Aboriginal constitutional matters. A recurring topic...

2016

Ogbogu, Ubaka, Necyk, Candace

Background Reports of regulatory and evidentiary gaps have raised concerns about the marketing and use of natural health products (NHPs). The majority of NHPs offered for sale are purchased at a community pharmacy and pharmacists are “front-line” health professionals involved in the marketing and...

2006

Nelson, Erin

This article highlights some concerns with the regulatory structure envisioned by Canada's new Assisted Human Reproduction Act, principally by comparing Canada's proposed Assisted Human Reproduction Agency (AHRA) with the United Kingdom's Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA). The...

1990

Reif, Linda C.

Introduction: The hallmark of dispute' settlement in the international system is its consensual nature. Disorder in relations between entities which have formal status on this level, primarily the nation-state and certain international organizations, cannot be remedied unless all the parties...