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2015

Ogbogu, Ubaka, Caulfield, Timothy

Background The increasing push to commercialize university research has emerged as a significant science policy challenge. While the socio-economic benefits of increased and rapid research commercialization are often emphasized in policy statements and discussions, there is less mention or...

1995

Wood, Roderick J.

This article begins by discussing the history of the enforcement remedies possessed by creditors against debtor's goods in Alberta. The author examines the new Personal Property Security Act legislation and the more recent Civil Enforcement Act He outlines the objectives of such legislation and...

1992

O, Byrne, Shannon

In this paper, the author discusses the use of storytelling by certain members of the Critical Legal Studies Movement (CLS). She describes the stories told by three CLS scholars and offers the thesis that the methodology and attitudinal perspective present in their narrative voices promote a...

2001

Billingsley, Barbara, Elman, Bruce P.

Prompted by the marked clash between the Supreme Court of Canada and the Alberta Court of Appeal in R. v. Ewanchuk, the authors ask whether this conflict is indicative of a fundamental divergence of opinion between the two courts. To answer this question, the authors embark on a review of all 132...

2005

Yahya, Moin A., Brown, Russell

Introduction: The recent pronouncement of Cullity J. of the Ontario Superior Court granting an order for class certification in Serhan v. Johnson & Johnson is the latest in a series of decisions since the Supreme Court of Canada expanded tort law's boundaries in Winnipeg Condominium Corp. No. 36...

1994

Asch, Michael, Bell, Catherine

Professors Asch and Bell argue that Aboriginal title litigation presents a unique set of evidentiary problems both for Aboriginal plaintiffs and the courts. The elements of proof of title are themselves imbued with an ethnocentrism which serves to ignore Aboriginal systems of land ownership and...

2005

O'Byrne, Shannon

Introduction The general rule in contracts is that a plaintiff is not entitled to general damages for mental distress and other intangibles such as annoyance, humiliation, upset, disappointment, frustration, anguish, or anxiety in the face of breach. There are a number of reasons why this is so...

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...

2013

O'Byrne, Shannon, Cohen, Ronnie

Introduction: An important goal identified by early feminists was to challenge and even eliminate the distinction between the public and private spheres. Though by no means uniformly, these feminists rejected the liberal notion-broadly stated-that the public sphere (including governmental power)...

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...