Legal History
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From  Select BibliographyCanadian Property Law Histories From: Property on Trial |
List of case studies and other works used as source material for the essays in the collection. | Bruce Ziff; Eric Tucker; James Muir | 6 | 2012 | $0.60 Add |
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From  NEW! The Administrative Independence of the Federal CourtsA Case for Reform |
This chapter argues that judicial independence is a pillar of our constitutional democracy and as such is a principle anchored in the Canadian state structure and recognized as essential to the … | Martine Valois | 37 | 2021 | $3.70 Add |
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From  The Busy Harbours of Canadian FederalismThe Division of Powers and Its Doctrines in the McLachlin Court |
The past fifty years of division of powers jurisprudence has been more about the doctrines and methods of analysis of legal federalism—pith and substance, double aspect, ancillary powers, … | Peter C Oliver | 33 | 2011 | $3.30 Add |
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From  The Confederation Debates in the Province of CanadaFrom: Essential Readings in Canadian Government and Politics, 2nd Edition |
Excerpts of parliamentary debates by John A. Macdonald and George-Étienne Cartier from 1865 regarding the proposed federal union. | Debra Thompson; François Rocher; Peter Russell | 8 | 2015 | $0.80 Add |
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From  The Courts and Canadian FederalismFrom Watertight Compartments to Shared Responsibility From: Constitutional Law, 5/e |
Review of how constitutional cases decided by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council interpreted the division of legislative powers and affected the subsequent development of shared jurisdiction. | Byron Shaw; Padraic Ryan; Patrick J. Monahan | 20 | 2017 | $2.00 Add |
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From "The courts have turned women into slaves for the men of this world"Irene Murdoch's Quest for Justice From: Property on Trial |
Examination of a 1973 Supreme Court of Canada decision on marital property rights from the perspective of the wife’s lawyer and in the context of a feminist movement for law reform. | Angela Cameron; Angela Chaisson; Vanessa Gruben | 34 | 2012 | $3.40 Add |
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From The Duty to Consult Aboriginal PeoplesGovernment Approaches to Unresolved Issues |
The Aboriginal jurisprudence of the McLachlin Court encourages governments and Aboriginal communities to reach negotiated solutions to land and harvesting disputes without resort to litigation. … | Lori Sterline; Peter Landmann | 22 | 2011 | $2.20 Add |
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From  The Early Campaign for Reform and the OLRC Report |
Chapter 3 covers the period from the early 1970s, when class actions began to be discussed in Ontario in the context of federal competition legislation and provincial consumer protection laws, to … | Suzanne Chiodo | 42 | 2018 | $4.20 Add |
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From  The Endless American DebateFrom: Supreme Court on Trial |
Outline of the debate over judicial activism in relation to the manner in which the United States Supreme Court has interpreted the Bill of Rights. | Kent Roach | 22 | 2016 | $2.20 Add |
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From  The Evolution of Canadian Immigration LawFrom: Immigration Law, 2/e |
Examination of the historical development of immigration law. | Donald Galloway; Jamie Chai Yun Liew | 29 | 2015 | $2.90 Add |
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From NEW! The Federal Court — Looking to the Future |
In this chapter, Chief Justice Paul Crampton explores the future of the Federal Court while keeping mindful of the uncertain nature and extent of the evolution of the COVID-19 pandemic, and … | Paul Crampton | 27 | 2021 | $2.70 Add |
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From NEW! The Federal Court of AppealCaseload and Decision-Making |
This chapter describes the judicial highway in terms of the type and volume and flow of its traffic, with some attention to how this is evolving over time. Describing a court in terms of its … | Peter McCormick | 28 | 2021 | $2.80 Add |
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NEW! The Federal Court of Appeal and the Federal Court50 Years of History |
The Federal Court of Appeal and Federal Court are unique among Canada’s courts because they are itinerant — they hear cases in all parts of Canada — as well as being bilingual … | Craig Forcese; Ian Greene; Martine Valois; Peter McCormick | 682 | 2021 | View |
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From NEW! The Federal Court of Appeal in the Judicial SystemAppeals to the Supreme Court |
This chapter examines the “in between” of the Appeals to the Supreme Court, of which only a modest (and shrinking) proportion of which is accepted for full review. | Peter McCormick | 22 | 2021 | $2.20 Add |
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From NEW! The Federal Courts and Administrative Law |
This chapter examines the Federal Courts’ relevance to the interpretation and application of federal law, administrative law, and private law matters. | Paul Daly | 28 | 2021 | $2.80 Add |
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From NEW! The Federal Courts and Admiralty Law |
This chapter examines the Federal Court’s exercise of its admiralty jurisdiction and what it has done during the past fifty years, since the enactment of the Federal Court Act. The Federal … | David Colford | 32 | 2021 | $3.20 Add |
