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2016
Introduction: To understand the story of surrogacy regulation in Canada, one must go back a quarter of a century to the appointment of the Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies (Royal Commission). In keeping with international practice, Canada’s strategy was to undertake a thorough...
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Revolution on the path to access to justice - A closer look at the 2009 and 2010 reforms to the rules of civil procedure in Alberta, Nova Scotia, Ontario and British Columbia
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Billingsley, Barbara, Franz, Joel
The article discusses the 2009 and 2010 reforms to the civil procedure rules in the Canadian provinces of Alberta, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and British Columbia, and it mentions access to justice and civil litigation in Canada, as well as Revised Rules for trials and pre-trial disclosures.
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The future of thematic children’s rights institutions in a national human rights institution world: The Paris Principles and the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child
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Introduction: Independent thematic human rights institutions have been established by some states to focus on the protection and promotion of one category of human rights or the rights of a vulnerable group.1 Children are a vulnerable population and, in response, thematic children’s rights...
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2015-01-01
O'Byrne, Shannon, Cohen, Ronnie
This article explores the Supreme Court of Canada’s 2014 decision in Bhasin v. Hrynew. This includes an assessment of the new duty of honesty in contractual performance and the newly identified organizing principle of good faith. The authors also discuss contracting out of the duty of honesty —...
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Science powers commerce: Mapping the language, justifications, and perceptions of the drive to commercialize in the context of Canadian research
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Ogbogu, Ubaka, Caulfield, Timothy
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...
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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...
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2014-01-01
Introduction: The doctrine of judicial deference has been a touchstone in Canadian administrative law for thirty-five years. Put simply, the doctrine recognizes that administrative officials have legitimate authority to interpret the law, which means that judicial review is warranted only if an...
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Lois autochtones, loi sur la propriété intellectuelle et politiques muséales: Des diverses méthodes de protection du patrimoine immatériel autochtone / Indigenous law, intellectual property and museum policy: Methods for protecting Aboriginal intangible heritage
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Skorodenski, Laura K., Lai, Jessica C., Bell, Catherine
Issues around defining respectful relationships, and within those relationships, reconciling laws and values concerning use and control of intangible Indigenous heritage, arise in numerous museum contexts including : repatriation of material culture and associated information ; co-management of...
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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,...