McGill Law Journal articles from April 2001

McGill Law Journal archives from April 2001

Relationship, particularity, and change: reflections on R. v. Morgentaler and feminist approaches to liberty.
April 1, 2001... The judgments in R. v. Morgentaler are taken as the point of departure for a discussion of some of the insights that feminist legal theories can bring to aid in resolving paradoxes in contemporary liberal rights discourse. In particular, the...

The demise and rise of the classical paradigm in Canadian federalism: promoting autonomy for the provinces and First Nations.
April 1, 2001... The author explores the possibility of employing Canadian consitutional doctrine to develop a more flexible approach that would allow for greater provincial autonomy and First Nation self-government within the existing scheme of ss 91 and 92...

First Nations self-government and the borders of the Canadian legal imagination.
April 1, 2001... Self-government has become a major policy objective for First Nations in Canada. The common law of aboriginal title, the law relating to treaty rights and treaty interpretation, the distribution of legislative authority over native people, and...

Les enfants, les incapables et la genetique.
April 1, 2001... Les auteurs examinent la protection juridique que le droit canadien accorde actuellement aux enfants et aux incapables, dans la mesure ou l'integrite physique de ces personnes peut etre mise en cause par l'experimentation ou le trap tement...

Trade secrets, confidential information, and the criminal law.
April 1, 2001... The author examines the extent to which property offences in the criminal law can be used to police the misappropriation of trade secrets and confidential information. After assessing the long-standing debate on whether information can be...

The Big Mac attack: a critical affirmation of MacKinnon's unmodified theory of patriarchal power.(Catharine MacKinnon)
April 1, 2001... Introduction For several years now, Catharine MacKinnon has impressed and inspired us in that she has consistently and eloquently articulated much of what we felt and feared: that the condition of women in North American society is...

La dynamique de l'impunite: autour de la defense d'ex turpi causa en common law des delits civils.
April 1, 2001... Exclus du droit ? Ce n'est pas si simple. Il n'y a pas interet a exclure jamais personne absolument. Le droit a besoin d'etre publiquement applique a tous (1). Prologue >(2). Plus lapidairement encore, les juristes romains posaient...

Disabled persons and Canadian law schools: the right to the equal benefit of the law school.
April 1, 2001... Introduction Over the past decade, Canada's legal establishment, including courts, the profession and legal educators, has directed unprecedented attention to equality issues. A decade ago, human rights codes were being expanded across...

Sanctions and Rewards in the Legal System: A Multidisciplinary Approach.
April 1, 2001... Martin L. Friedland, ed., Sanctions and Rewards in the Legal System: A Multidisciplinary Approach. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1989. Pp. 224 [$30.00]. Martin L. Friedland, ed., Securing Compliance: Seven Case Studies. Toronto:...

Who Lives? Who Dies? Ethical Criteria in Patient Selection.(Book Review)
April 1, 2001... John F. Kilner, Who Lives? Who Dies? Ethical Criteria in Patient Selection. New Haven, Yale University Press, 1990. Pp. xiv, 359. [29.95$]. Introduction La raison d'etre du medecin, la tache a laquelle il dedie ses jours et bien...

Rawls "a Theory of Justice" and its Critics.
April 1, 2001... Chandran Kukathas & Philip Pettit, Rawls "A Theory of Justice" and Its Critics. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1990. Pp. xi, 169 [$6.95]. Thomas W. Pogge, Realizing Rawls. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1989. Pp. 296 [$12.95]. ...

Reconstructing Criminal Law - Text and Materials.(Book Review)
April 1, 2001... Nicola Lacey, Celia Wells and Dirk Meure, Reconstructing Criminal Law--Text and Materials. London: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1990. Pp. xxix, 528 [$75.00]. Reviewed by J.P. McEvoy * and Dennis Klinck ** The word "reconstruction" denotes a...

Traite de droit civil: Les successions.(Book Review)
April 1, 2001... Germain Briere, Traite de droit civil : Les successions. Montreal, Centre de recherche en droit prive et compare du Quebec/Yvon Blais, 1990. Pp. 1134 [85,00 $]. Commente par Madeleine Cantin Cumyn * 1. Les successions de Monsieur Germain...

The Law of Restitution.(Book Review)
April 1, 2001... Peter D. Maddaugh and John D. McCamus, The Law of Restitution. Aurora, Ont.: Canada Law Books, 1990. Pp. x, 791 [$125.00]. Reviewed by Robert Yalden *. The last few years have been eventful ones for the law of restitution in Canada. In LAC...