McGill Law Journal articles from April 2004

McGill Law Journal archives from April 2004

La protection des droits fondamentaux et la responsabilite civile.(Canada, Quebec)
April 1, 2004... Dans ce texte, le juge LeBel examine l'evolution du role du systeme de la responsabilite civile dans la protection des droits fondamentaux, avant et apres l'adoption au Quebec de la Charte des droits et libertes de la personne en 1977 et...

Delimiting the concept of income: the taxation of in-kind benefits.(Canada)
April 1, 2004... The issue of which in-kind benefits should be taxed and how these benefits should be valued have concerned tax legislators, administrators, and academics since the introduction of the personal income tax system. Building her theoretical...

Replicating and perpetuating inequalities in personal injury claims through female-specific contingencies.(Canada)
April 1, 2004... The author challenges the application of the principle of restitutio in integrum in awarding tort damages to individuals from historically marginalized groups, as it often results in undercompensation and unfairness between claimants who...

The innocent bystander problem in the patenting of higher life forms.(Canada)
April 1, 2004... The innocent bystander problem is one of the key issues in the controversy over the patenting of higher life forms. The problem arises when a patented life form enters adventitiously onto the property of a person who is unaware of its presence....

Election, gouvernance traditionnelle et droits fondamentaux chez les peuples autochtones du Canada.
April 1, 2004... L'auteur s'attache dans cet article a evaluer dans quelle mesure la gouvernance des communautes autochtones doit, a l'heure ou il est plus que jamais question d'autonomie gouvernementale, se conjuguer avec le modele etatique de democratie...

Self-government by side agreement?(Canada)
April 1, 2004... This article discusses the use of non-constitutionally entrenched agreements as part of a treaty package to reconcile Aboriginal interests, especially self-government. With the ratification of the Nisga'a Treaty in 2000, the Nisga'a received...

Recovering Canada: The Resurgence of Indigenous Law.(Book Review)
April 1, 2004... John Borrows, Recovering Canada: The Resurgence of Indigenous Law. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2002. Pp. xii, 312. Neesh-wa-swi'ish-ko-day-kawn arose and said: in the time of the Seventh Fire an Osh-ki-bi-madi-zeeg' ...