Civil Rights
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From  The New Power BalanceFrom: Gay Marriage |
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 | Benjamin Waterhouse; Louisa Blair; Robert Chodos; Sylvain Larocque | 15 | 2006 | $1.50 Add |
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From  The Ontario Human Rights Commission and the Framework for Mapping and Addressing Competing Human Rights |
Discussion of the policy of the Ontario Human Rights Commission to competing human rights claims. | Lorne Foster | 23 | 2014 | $2.30 Add |
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From The Paris Principles Twenty Years After |
Discussion of the principles and criteria for the establishment and governance of National Human Rights Institutions declared in Paris in 1991. | Maxwell Yalden | 16 | 2014 | $1.60 Add |
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From  The Politics of RightsFrom: Perils and Possibilities |
Byron Sheldrick | 26 | 2004 | $2.60 Add | |
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From  The Primacy of Quasi-constitutional Legislation |
The focus of Chapter 3 is on the primacy of quasi-constitutional legislation, which concerns the influence of quasi-constitutional legislation on the interpretation of regular statutes. | John Helis | 62 | 2018 | $6.20 Add |
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From The Québec Human Rights Commission and the Construction of the Concept of Social Profiling |
Discussion of the concept of social profiling generally, and social profiling in Montréal as a form of systemic discrimination induced by law enforcement authorities’ official … | Paul Eid | 30 | 2014 | $3.00 Add |
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From  The Queen v. Big M Drug Mart Ltd., 1985 |
The Supreme Court of Canada held that the true purpose of the Lord’s Day Act was to compel the observance of the Christian Sabbath and as such infringed on the freedom of conscience and … | Janet Hieber; Peter Russell; Rainer Knopff; Tom Bateman | 9 | 2017 | $0.90 Add |
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From  The Reconciliation of Legal RightsFrom: Balancing Competing Human Rights Claims in a Diverse Society |
Proposal for rethinking the balancing of competing rights to a concept of reconciling interests and rights in tension. | Patricia Hughes | 23 | 2012 | $2.30 Add |
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From  The Restriction and Accommodation of Religious Practices |
Review of 11 court decisions interpreting the freedom of religion clause of the Charter, plus a discussion of state regulation of religiously motivated discrimination; the Quebec Charter of … | Richard Moon | 73 | 2014 | $7.30 Add |
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From  "The right to discriminate"Kenneth Bell versus Carl McKay and the Ontario Human Rights Commission From: Property on Trial |
Examination of a Supreme Court of Canada decision arising from a human rights complaint based on racial discrimination in a landlord and tenant context. | Frank Luce; Karen Schucher | 40 | 2012 | $4.00 Add |
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From  The Right to Safe Water and Crown-Aboriginal Fiduciary LawLitigating a Resolution to the Public Health Hazards of On-reserve Water Problems |
Exploration of whether fiduciary law could allow Indigenous peoples living on reserves to gain consistent access to safe drinking water. | Constance MacIntosh | 607 | 2014 | $60.70 Add |
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From  The Right to Think Otherwise |
Mark Gabbert addresses the same issues, starting from a concern that “a too one-sided emphasis on professional norms risks having the effect of producing not critical minds but . . . well, … | Mark A. Gabbert | 27 | 2014 | $2.70 Add |
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From  The Shrinking of the Public and Private Spaces of the PoorFrom: Disorderly People |
Janet Mosher | 13 | 2002 | $1.30 Add | |
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From  The Significance of Section 7From: Fundamental Justice |
Concludes by discussing the significance of section 7, looking at how it has opened up grounds for challenging state actions that would have otherwise been immune to review. A liberal-democratic … | Hamish Stewart | 8 | 2012 | $0.80 Add |
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From  NEW! The Spirit Lives On: Recognition, An Apology and SettlementFrom: The Spirit of Africville |
This chapter outlines the impacts of Halifax’s destruction of Africville in the 1960s, and how advocates went on to challenge municipal neglect, eventually earning official apologies. | The Africville Genealogy Society | 7 | 2026 | $0.70 Add |
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From NEW! The Struggle Continues : The People of Afriville Keep OnFrom: The Spirit of Africville |
This chapter covers Halifax’s reconciliation efforts concerning Africville, including offering a public apology and paying for a rebuilt community church now used as a museum. It also … | The Africville Genealogy Society | 4 | 2026 | $0.40 Add |
