Agriculture

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Animals and the Law

Animals and the Law examines the unique role that animals play as living property in a legal system conceived by and for human beings. On the one hand, animals are things that we buy, eat, and … 323 View

Canadian Perspectives on Animals and the Law

Canadian Perspectives on Animals and the Law provides an important new contribution to the debate on the legal status and treatment of animals in Canada. Twelve chapters by leading academics and … ; ; 377 View

Constitutional Labour Rights in Canada

Farm Workers and the Fraser Case

On 29 April 2011, the Supreme Court of Canada released its much-anticipated decision in Attorney General of Ontario v Fraser, which dealt with the scope of constitutional protection of collective … ; ; 333 View

Good Crop / Bad Crop

Seed Politics and the Future of Food in Canada

In recent years Canadians have become more and more concerned about the origins of their food and the environmental impacts of pesticides in agriculture. What is less well known is that pesticide … 160 View
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Farm Workers, Collective Bargaining Rights, and the Meaning of Constitutional Protection

From: Constitutional Labour Rights in Canada

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Introduces farm workers, collective bargaining rights and the meaning of constitutional protection, focusing on the landmark Fraser case and constitutionalizing labour rights. 29 $2.90 Add
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Introduction

From: Canadian Perspectives on Animals and the Law

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Examination of changes in the law with respect to the treatment of animals. ; ; 8 $0.80 Add
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Introduction

From: Animals and the Law

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Overview of the general nature of problems faced by people seeking legal consideration of animals’ interests. 11 $1.10 Add
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Transformation

Part I: Roots

From: Good Crop / Bad Crop

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Chapter 1 discusses agriculture and its relationship to the evolutionary process of seeds, the Green Revolution, the rise of transnational seed corporations, and more. 11 $1.10 Add
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Farm Worker Exceptionalism

Past, Present, and the post-Fraser Future

From: Constitutional Labour Rights in Canada

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Discusses farm worker exceptionalism, specifically considering how the Fraser case has effected this, as well as the history of farm worker exceptionalism, the role of the Charter and the future … 27 $2.70 Add
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Industrialization

Part I: Roots

From: Good Crop / Bad Crop

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Chapter 2 explores new models of agribusiness and industrial  farming, genetically engineered plants, Canada’s ‘‘farm family’’ image, the National … 7 $0.70 Add
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The History of Western Ideas about Animals

From: Animals and the Law

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Historical overview of the status of animals in Western legal thought. 22 $2.20 Add
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Current Ideas

From Science to Philosophy to Law

From: Animals and the Law

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Overview of twentieth century thinking of the status of animals, including the development of the concept of animal rights. 18 $1.80 Add
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Germination

Part II: A History of Seed Politics in Canada

From: Good Crop / Bad Crop

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Chapter 3 explores the germination process, discussing the history of agricultural practice in Canada from pre-colonization, the adoption of Indigenous crops by white settlers, agricultural … 3 $0.30 Add
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Rethinking the Application of Canadian Criminal Law to Factory Farming

From: Canadian Perspectives on Animals and the Law

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Argument that Canadian criminal law against animal cruelty can apply to factory farming to improve the lives of farm animals. 24 $2.40 Add
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The Roots of Organizing Agriculture Workers in Canada

From: Constitutional Labour Rights in Canada

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Describes the roots of organizing agriculture workers in Canada, focusing on the struggle of farm workers in Ontario to organize, union organizing, community building and the way forward for farm … 24 $2.40 Add
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Development as Remittances or Development as Freedom?

Exploring Canada’s Temporary Migration Programs from a Rights-based Approach

From: Constitutional Labour Rights in Canada

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Discusses development and Canada’s temporary migration programs, focusing on methods and terminology, problematic policies of "managed migration" and moving from meeting needs to … 28 $2.80 Add