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A Gramscian Analysis of the Public Performance Right

A Gramscian Analysis of the Public Performance Right

From: Intellectual Property for the 21st Century

This chapter briefly traces the historical establishment and expansion of the public performance right in musical works within those countries united by the Anglo-American legal tradition, with a … 19 $1.90 Add
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A Great Lead Forward… for the Abuse of Power

A Great Lead Forward… for the Abuse of Power

From: Reset

Chapter 3 broadens out and scrutinizes the ways in which social media and other related digital technologies have contributed to what Deibert calls a “great leap forward in technologies of … 58 $5.80 Add
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A Guest of the Government of Iraq

A Guest of the Government of Iraq

From: From Bombs to Books

Describes the experience of a Kurdish man from Iraq who was imprisoned by the Iraqi government and the trials he experienced trying to get his family to safety. 15 $1.50 Add
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A House Divided

A House Divided

From: Gay Marriage

The opposition forces get more organized and the division in the house of commons is thoroughly explored ; ; ; 18 $1.80 Add
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A Human Right — Or Is It?

A Human Right — Or Is It?

From: Gay Marriage

Examines the 2005 debate on Bill C-38 in the house of commons and the arguments made by the leaders of the political parties ; ; ; 19 $1.90 Add
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Entering the Next Generation of Impact Assessment in Canada
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Entering the Next Generation of Impact Assessment in Canada

From: The Next Generation of Impact Assessment

This chapter considers each component in relation to the Impact Assessment Act (IAA) evaluations and developed an assessment of what the IAA achieves and where further reform is needed. 14 $1.40 Add
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A left-wing hobby horse?

A left-wing hobby horse?

From: Sold Down the Yangtze

I highlight in this short chapter some perspectives on investor-state arbitration that are critical and decidedly not left-wing. 5 $0.50 Add
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A Legal History of Human Rights and Asylum

A Legal History of Human Rights and Asylum

From: Exclusion and Refoulement

Chapter Two provides a legal history of human rights and asylum, including the impact of the First and Second World Wars. 82 $8.20 Add
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A Mixed History of Jury Nullification

A Mixed History of Jury Nullification

From: The Secret Power of Juries

The second chapter shows how the practice of jury nullification has been a factor in some well-known trials in Canada and in several other countries. 38 $3.80 Add
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A Monkey in the Middle

A Monkey in the Middle

Reflections on Darwin the Macaque and the (R)evolution of Wild Animals in Canadian Common Law

From: Canadian Perspectives on Animals and the Law

Exploration of how Canadian common law constructs the concept of wild animals, particularly from the viewpoint of exotic pets. 22 $2.20 Add
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A More Modest Principle of Voluntariness

A More Modest Principle of Voluntariness

From: Sovereignty, Restraint, and Guidance

Chapter 8 argues that, in construing offence provisions, courts have proceeded on the basis that it would be absurd to attribute an intention, on the part of Parliament, to target involuntary … 25 $2.50 Add
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A National Securities Commission?

A National Securities Commission?

The Headless Horseman Rides Again

From: What's Next for Canada?

Argument that a national securities commission would not have resulted if the Supreme Court decided in the Securities Reference that the proposed legislation was constitutional. 55 $5.50 Add
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A National Systemic Risk Clearinghouse?

A National Systemic Risk Clearinghouse?

From: What's Next for Canada?

Argument that the Securities Reference invites the creation of a meaningful and ambitious national systemic risk regulator deeply connected to securities markets and securities regulators. ; 40 $4.00 Add
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A New Battleground, 1907–11

A New Battleground, 1907–11

From: Thirty Years' War

Account of the creation of the Ontario Railway and Municipal Board and its role in the disputes between the City and the Toronto Railway Company over expansion of transit services. 18 $1.80 Add