Civil Rights
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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 |
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From  The Supreme Court Has SpokenFrom: Gay Marriage |
The Supreme Court’s decision in 2004 and answers to the four questions presented by the federal government are examined | Benjamin Waterhouse; Louisa Blair; Robert Chodos; Sylvain Larocque | 20 | 2006 | $2.00 Add |
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From  The Supreme Court on TrialFrom: Supreme Court on Trial |
Outline of the debate over judicial activism in relation to the manner in which the Supreme Court of Canada has interpreted the Charter. | Kent Roach | 13 | 2016 | $1.30 Add |
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From  The Theory of Quasi-constitutionality |
Chapter 4 examines the theoretical basis of quasi-constitutionality and its relationship to the Constitution. | John Helis | 61 | 2018 | $6.10 Add |
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From The Turning PointFrom: Gay Marriage |
Examines the BC Court of Appeal decision in 2003 and order a stay of application just as the Ontario courts did and how this tipped the scales in favour of same-sex marriage at the federal level. … | Benjamin Waterhouse; Louisa Blair; Robert Chodos; Sylvain Larocque | 19 | 2006 | $1.90 Add |
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From  NEW! Threat and Opportunity: The Bilodeau CaseFrom: Bit Player on Big Stages |
In this chapter, Turene discusses the Bilodeau case, spanning 1980 to 1983, tracing how a speeding ticket in Ste. Agathe, Manitoba, exposed the province’s failure to honour its bilingual … | Roger Turene | 14 | 2025 | $1.40 Add |
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From  Toleration and the Reconciliation of Conflicting RightsFrom: Balancing Competing Human Rights Claims in a Diverse Society |
Analysis of how the philosophy of John Locke might influence the accommodation of religious diversity in the face of competing claims of conscience. | Stephen L Newman | 18 | 2012 | $1.80 Add |
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From  Trial DiaryFrom: Cruel Arithmetic |
Discusses the trial of the Polygamy Reference case, focusing in particular on the different stages of the trial and the different individuals involved with the trial, such as survivors and expert … | Craig Jones | 113 | 2012 | $11.30 Add |
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From University-Industry Relations in the United States: Serving Private Interests |
Risa L. Lieberwitz traces some of the history of the tightening university-industry embrace and explores the actual merger of university and corporate interests in the case of the Cornell … | Risa L. Lieberwitz | 28 | 2014 | $2.80 Add |
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From  NEW! What Are Disability Rights? |
In the first chapter, What Are Disability Rights?, the author introduces the topic of disability rights through case studies. The author explains the "social model of disability" in … | Deborah Stienstra | 8 | 2020 | $0.80 Add |
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From NEW! What Do People With Disabilities Need to Enjoy Disability Rights |
The fifth chapter looks at the logical next step, at the gap between what people with disabilities in Canada actually experience, and what they could experience if their disability rights were … | Deborah Stienstra | 22 | 2020 | $2.20 Add |
