McGill Law Journal articles from August 2004

McGill Law Journal archives from August 2004

Love on trial: nature, law, and same-sex marriage in the Court of Shakespeare.(Shakespeare as Law Moot Court project, case Attorney General of Canada v. Pears)
August 1, 2004... Explanatory Note Judgments: Attorney General of Canada v. Pete Pears, Ben Britten and Others Manderson J. Macdonald J. Yachnin J. Explanatory Note The McGill Shakespeare Moot Project is a radical...

Waiting for health care: what role for a patients' bill of rights?(Canada)
August 1, 2004... Introduction I. What Are Canadians' Concerns? II. Rights in and Rights to Health Care A. Rights in Health Care 1. Self-Regulation 2. Civil Liability 3. Internal Complaints Mechanisms ...

Le devoir du medecin de prevenir les membres de la famille d'un patient atteint d'une maladie genetique.
August 1, 2004... Introduction I. Les deux poles de la confidentialite de l'information genetique A. Le modele legal ou la sauvegarde de l'autonomie du patient 1. Le fondement du devoir de confidentialite 2. L'application pragmatique du...

Reconceiving pregnancy: expressive choice and legal reasoning.
August 1, 2004... The author discusses the issue of medical intervention in pregnancy, and suggests that what is missing from the present discourse on pregnancy and the law is a theoretical framework for choice or decision-making in pregnancy. It is suggested...

Is establishment consistent with religious freedom?
August 1, 2004... Introduction I. Clarifying the Critical Concepts A. "Establishment" B. "Religious Freedom" II. The Incompatibility Position III. The Compatibility Position A. Generally B. International Stance C. European...

La reglementation des banques virtuelles au Canada.
August 1, 2004... Introduction I. Le cadre reglementaire des banques virtuelles au Canada A. La nature des banques virtuelles 1. Historique de l'informatisation des banques 2. La nature et la definition des banques virtuelles B....

Misrepresenting the Supreme Court's record? A comment on Sujit Choudhry and Claire E. Hunter, "measuring judicial activism on the Supreme Court of Canada".(McGill Law Journal, vol. 48, p. 525, 2003)
August 1, 2004... Introduction I. Defining and Measuring Judicial Activism II. Testing the Hypotheses A. Hypothesis 1: Judicial Activism Is High B. Hypothesis 2: Judicial Activism Is Increasing over Time C. Hypothesis 3: Section 1...

Continuing the conversation: a reply to Manfredi and Kelly.(response to article by Christopher P. Manfredi and James B. Kelly in this issue, p. 741)
August 1, 2004... Introduction I. The Quantitative Critique A. Hypothesis 1 B. Hypothesis 2 C. Hypothesis 3 II. Quantitative Evidence Conclusion: The Existing Literature, the Goals of Political Science, and the Value and Limits...

The precautionary principle in international law: lessons from Fuller's internal morality.(Lon Fuller)
August 1, 2004... Introduction I. The Precautionary Principle: An Attempt at Definition and Description II. Lon Fuller's Internal Morality of Law and the Precautionary Principle A. Generality B. Promulgation C....

The Break-up of Yugoslavia and International Law.(Book Review)
August 1, 2004... London: Routledge, 2002. Pp. ix, 278. For centuries, the attribution of territory and the determination of boundaries has been one of the major threats to world peace and stability. These thorny and divisive issues, with their potential for...