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2007

Valsan, Remus D., Yahya, Moin A.

Introduction: When a firm is on the verge of bankruptcy and the cash is almost gone, Wthe directors of the firm may be tempted to gamble the remaining cash on a very risky venture in hopes of striking it rich. After all, like the characters played by Demi Moore and Woody Harrelson in Indecent...

1996

Acorn, Annalise

The pioneering efforts of women such as Emily Murphy in Alberta during the early part of this century effected legal change and altered women's lives. Women began to see the law as a vehicle for social change, entitling them to property and giving rise to new expectations that a world of \"true...

1999

Buckwold, Tamara M.

Introduction: The introduction in March 1996 of the bill leading to the enactment of the Saskatchewan Consumer Protection Act came as something of a surprise, at least to members of the academic legal community and presumably to others as well. The legislation establishes a comprehensive scheme...

2011

Lund, Anna, Ben-David, Michelle, Fernandez, Ubaldo

The following articles are student responses and observations of a selected few panels at Berkeley Law's 2010 Symposium \"Empowered Partnerships: Participatory Action Research for Environmental Justice\" hosted by the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice and cosponsored by Students for...

2011

Lund, Anna, Ben-David, Michelle, Fernandez, Ubaldo

The following articles are student responses and observations of a selected few panels at Berkeley Law's 2010 Symposium "Empowered Partnerships: Participatory Action Research for Environmental Justice" hosted by the Thelton E. Henderson Center for Social Justice and cosponsored by Students for...

1984

Wood, Roderick J., Schmeiser, Douglas A.

Introduction: The arrival of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms' has changed the direction of Canadian constitutional law. It marks a shift from Parliamentary supremacy to judicial scrutiny, where fundamental rights and freedoms are affected. The Charter, by virtue of its being part of...

1996

Lewans, Matthew

Introduction: Medical products have a therapeutic potential that can substantially improve the quality of life. Nevertheless, technological progress in the field of medicine is consistently met with guarded optimism. The benefits to be gained are often accompanied by unexpected risks. If injury...

2010

Wood, Roderick J.

Introduction: Working out a satisfactory legal analysis of subordination agreements is a slippery business. A subordination agreement involves a contractual modification of the legal rules that ordinarily govern the order of repayment or distribution to creditors or the priority ranking of their...

2006

Harrington, Joanna

Extradition, as a cross-border act, inevitably involves both domestic and international law. For most states, the terms and conditions of extradition are governed by both treaty and statute, with the obligation to extradite flowing from an extradition treaty. Human rights treaties, however, are...

2013-01-01

Ogbogu, Ubaka

Introduction: When should health be treated as a subject of criminal law? With respect to health, the Constitution Act, 18671 does not specifically assign legislative authority to any level of government. As a result, Parliament and provincial legislatures can enact laws relating to health. This...