McGill Law Journal articles from December 2006

McGill Law Journal archives from December 2006

Enhancing the accountability of credit rating agencies: the case for a disclosure-based approach.(Canada)
December 22, 2006... Credit rating agencies ("CRAs") play a vital role in enabling financial markets to operate efficiently by acting as informational intermediaries specializing in the appraisal of the creditworthiness of corporations that issue debt. Despite...

Le contrat de mariage en droit quebecois : un destin marque du sceau du paradoxe.
December 22, 2006... In 1989, Quebec legislators restricted the contractual freedom of spouses by imposing on all couples an obligation to divide certain kinds of family property upon the dissolution of the matrimonial regime. In all likelihood, legislators wished...

Pre-dispute consumer arbitration clauses: denying access to justice?(Canada)
December 22, 2006... More and more businesses are inserting arbitration clauses into their standard form contracts with Canadian consumers. In so doing, they are denying consumers access to the courts and, in particular, access to class actions. Some businesses are...

Copyrights, federalism, and the constitutionality of Canada's private copying levy.
December 22, 2006... This paper explores the scope of Parliament's authority under the copyrights clause of the Canadian constitution. Particular consideration is given to the overlap between copyrights, which are within federal jurisdiction, and property and civil...

"Qui dit contractual, dit juste" (Fouillee) ... en trois petits bonds, a reculons. (Canada)
December 22, 2006... Dans cet article, l'auteure demystifie le fameux adage : >. Elle expose les tensions legalo-philosophiques qui surgissent de cette citation, etablissant ultimement que, en contraste evident avec son traitement contemporain, l'extrait original...

The pros and cons of commissions of inquiry.
December 22, 2006... In this lecture, Justice Gomery explains the function of commissions of inquiry: to investigate, to educate, and to inform Canadian society. The commission, once appointed, has a high degree of independence and autonomy, limited only by the...

Dying Justice: A Case for Decriminalizing Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in Canada.(Book review)
December 22, 2006... Jocelyn Downie, Dying Justice: A Case for Decriminalizing Euthanasia and Assisted Suicide in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004. Pp. x, 201. Pressure to permit voluntary euthanasia and/or physician-assisted suicide is...