International
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From  The government’s spin, part oneFrom: Sold Down the Yangtze |
How did the Harper Government spin the FIPA? It would take another book to count all the ways. I discuss four examples in the next few chapters. The first example is the prime minister’s … | Gus Van Harten | 11 | 2015 | $1.10 Add |
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From The government’s spin, part threeFrom: Sold Down the Yangtze |
My last example of the government’s misleading responses to concerns about the FIPA comes from the legal challenge brought by the Hupacasath First Nation. | Gus Van Harten | 11 | 2015 | $1.10 Add |
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From The government’s spin, part twoFrom: Sold Down the Yangtze |
Despite the Conservatives’ efforts to limit debate, other politicians were able to use the process at the House of Commons trade committee, and elsewhere in Parliament, to put important … | Gus Van Harten | 9 | 2015 | $0.90 Add |
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From  The Institutional Framework for National Security LawFrom: National Security Law |
Considers the institutional framework for national security law, which includes international dimensions with the United Nations and the International Court of Justice, as well as the Canadian … | Craig Forcese | 59 | 2007 | $5.90 Add |
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From The Institutional Framework in Times of EmergencyFrom: National Security Law |
Discusses the institutional framework for national security in times of emergency, focusing on the impact of a state of emergency on the rule of law, emergency powers and international law, … | Craig Forcese | 24 | 2007 | $2.40 Add |
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From  The International Bill of Human Rights |
Discusses the International Bill of Human Rights, which is comprised of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), the … | Gibran van Ert; Mark Freeman | 16 | 2004 | $1.60 Add |
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From  The International Constitution |
Disccuses the international constitution, specifically considering the demise of dualism, the post-dualist trajectory of freedom of association and the importance of re-engaging international law. | Patrick Macklem | 25 | 2012 | $2.50 Add |
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From  The International Context of Canadian Environmental LawFrom: Environmental Law, 5/e |
Considers the international context of Canadian environmental law, with specific focus on international environmental law and the role of international organizations and institutions in … | Jamie Benidickson | 32 | 2019 | $3.20 Add |
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From  The Jurisdictional Status Quo in Canada and InternationallyFrom: Law Beyond Borders |
Description and analysis of the current state of international law regarding the exercise of territorial jurisdiction and how that law is implemented into Canadian law and state practice. | Hugh M. Kindred; Robert J Currie; Steve Coughlan; Teresa Scassa | 51 | 2014 | $5.10 Add |
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From “The largest energy project in the entire world”From: Sold Down the Yangtze |
Analyzes reports about why the Harper Government would support this plan tieing their support to the oil sands and finds the government seemed anxious for China to support Canada’s resource … | Gus Van Harten | 12 | 2015 | $1.20 Add |
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From The legal challenge to the FIPA, part oneFrom: Sold Down the Yangtze |
The public opposition to the China FIPA included thousands of people who took steps to support an effort by the Hupacasath First Nation, an aboriginal community on Vancouver Island in British … | Gus Van Harten | 11 | 2015 | $1.10 Add |
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From The legal challenge to the FIPA, part twoFrom: Sold Down the Yangtze |
Through focusing on the arguments of the government’s foreign investment expert, J. Christopher Thomas, and how the courts favoured his opinions Van Harten outlines how the legal challenge … | Gus Van Harten | 10 | 2015 | $1.00 Add |
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From The magical FIPA: attracting Chinese investment without any environmental impact!From: Sold Down the Yangtze |
It is especially telling that the government, in its environmental assessment of the China FIPA, discounted entirely the possibility of environmental impacts of new Chinese investment in Canada. … | Gus Van Harten | 9 | 2015 | $0.90 Add |
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From  The OECD’s War on Offshore Tax Evasion 1996-2014From: International Tax Evasion in the Global Information Age |
Examination of the relationship between exchange of information mechanisms and the goals of international tax law in addressing the threat of tax havens and preferential tax regimes. | David Kerzner; David W. Chodikoff | 45 | 2016 | $4.50 Add |
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From The price tag for democracyFrom: Sold Down the Yangtze |
Chinese investors can use the FIPA to challenge anything that a legislature or government or court in Canada does. They may not win, but the ability to sue in this way is a powerful tool by … | Gus Van Harten | 7 | 2015 | $0.70 Add |
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From  International Recognition of Our Proprietary Rights |
Indigenous activist Arthur Manuel examines the economic interests of Indigenous people and Canada’s disregard for proprietary rights with emphasis on the forestry industry in British … | Arthur Manuel | 6 | 2017 | $0.60 Add |
