Civil Rights

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Correctional Renewal Without the Frills

The Politics of “Get Tough” Punishment in Ontario

From: Disorderly People

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Disclosure and Production

From: Criminal Procedure 3/e

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Discussion of the Crown’s first party obligation of disclosure, its third party obligation of production, and the regime bridging the gap between the two. 37 $3.70 Add
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Freedom of Conscience

From: Freedom of Conscience and Religion

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Discussion of the scope of freedom of conscience as distinguished from freedom of religion. 13 $1.30 Add
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Language Rights

From: The Charter of Rights and Freedoms

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Chapter 7 reviews the Charter’s effect on the status of the official languages of Canada and minority-language education rights. The chapter focuses on Supreme Court decisions that … 37 $3.70 Add
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Litigating to Advance the Substantive Equality Rights of People with Disabilities

From: Advancing Social Rights in Canada

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Analysis of the legal landscape for litigating the substantive equality rights of people with disabilities. ; ; 29 $2.90 Add
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Questions, Questions

Has Weber Had an Impact on Unions’ Representational Responsibilities in Workplace Human Rights Disputes?

From: One Law for All?

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Proposal for a research agenda for properly evaluating the changing nature of unions’ human rights representational obligations since Weber. 26 $2.60 Add
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Religious Organizations

From: Religious Institutions and the Law in Canada 4/e

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This chapter looks at the legal status and rights of religious institutions in Canada and the jurisdiction of civil courts. 97 $9.70 Add
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RJR-MacDonald Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), 1995

From: The Court and the Charter

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A divided Supreme Court of Canada issued several opinions on whether a law prohibiting advertising and promotion of tobacco products and the requirement on tobacco manufacturers to place an … ; ; ; 12 $1.20 Add
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Sidewalk Stories

Sites of Encounter and Coexistence

From: Balancing Competing Human Rights Claims in a Diverse Society

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Proposal for an approach to direct both conflicts and peaceful negotiations over coexistence between rights holders and rights claims. 19 $1.90 Add
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The Case Against Polygamy

From: Cruel Arithmetic

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Discusses the case built against polygamy in the trial, particularly focusing on the legal arguments. Both the Bountiful case and other polygamy cases, such as that of Warren Jeffs, are touched upon. 65 $6.50 Add
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The Limits of Public Law Adjudication

From: Supreme Court on Trial

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Examination of the role and practice of the Supreme Court in resolving legal issues of national importance, primarily in the area of public law involving the state. 14 $1.40 Add
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The New Power Balance

From: Gay Marriage

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Examines the debates among MPs as to Same-sex marriage giving voice to those in favour and those opposed and how the scales were tipped in the favour of change ; 15 $1.50 Add
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The Paris Principles Twenty Years After

From: 14 Arguments in Favour of Human Rights Institutions

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Discussion of the principles and criteria for the establishment and governance of National Human Rights Institutions declared in Paris in 1991. 16 $1.60 Add
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Aboriginal Rights

Outside the Charter but inside the rights regime

From: The Charter of Rights and Freedoms

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Chapter 8 is on Aboriginal rights. Section 35 of the Constitution Act, 1982 — the section affirming Aboriginal rights — is the first section after the Charter of Rights. Although not … 37 $3.70 Add
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Academic Freedom from a Christian Perspective

A Personal Reflection

From: Academic Freedom in Conflict

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Gerald Gerbrandt provides a personal perspective on these issues as the President Emeritus of Canadian Mennonite University and formerly as a faculty member at the Mennonite Bible College. … 12 $1.20 Add
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Access to Energy

How Form Overtook Substance and Disempowered the Poor in Nova Scotia

From: Advancing Social Rights in Canada

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Examination of the Nova Scotia Court of Appeal decision in Boulter to illustrate the denial of equal access to energy to disadvantaged communities. ; 28 $2.80 Add