McGill Law Journal articles from February 2002

McGill Law Journal archives from February 2002

La justification des restrictions aux droits constitutionnels: la theorie du fondement legitime.(Canada)
February 1, 2002... La theorie du fondement legitime est une theorie de la justification des jugements politiques et des decisions gouvernementales dont la validite est soumise au controle judiciaire. Elle postule que la justification est demontree lorsque le...

Law-making and incommensurability.
February 1, 2002... The author explores the implications of incommensurability for lawmakers. In a pluralistic society, the task of preferring one objective over another in cases where the value of these objectives cannot be measured or compared is daunting. The...

Abuse of rights: an old principle, a new age.
February 1, 2002... One of several meanings of the term "abuse of rights" provides that there is an abuse of right when the exploitation of an individual right injuriously affects the interests of the community. The concept of abuse of rights derives from national...

The rule of law and the justiciability of prerogative powers: a comment on Black v. Chretien.(Ontario)
February 1, 2002... In Black v. Chretien, the Ontario Court of Appeal addressed the issue of the courts' ability to review the exercise of Crown prerogative powers. While the court held that the exercise of prerogative powers is subject to judicial review in...

Protecting the Polar Marine Environment: Law and Policy for Pollution Prevention.(Book Review)
February 1, 2002... Davor Vidas, ed., Protecting the Polar Marine Environment: Law and Policy for Pollution Prevention (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000). Pp. xxi, 276. This volume is the culmination of a three-year research project on Polar Oceans...

Canada's Legal Inheritances.(Book Review)
February 1, 2002... DeLloyd J. Guth & W. Wesley Pue, eds., Canada's Legal Inheritances (Winnipeg: Canadian Legal History Project, 2001). Pp. xlvi, 740. The fashions of legal history, like history more generally, tend to alternate between periods of synthesis...

Les suretes reelles dans le Code civil du Quebec.(Book Review)
February 1, 2002... Louis Payette, Les suretes reelles dans le Code civil du Quebec, 2d ed. (Cowansville, Qc.: Yvon Blais, 2001). Pp. lxviii, 1169. Montesquieu is famously reported to have declared: "It takes much audacity to teach about something one does not...

Les suretes mobilieres en droit international prive: etude critique du droit francais a la lumiere du droit compare et du droit uniforme.(Book Review)
February 1, 2002... Elisa Henry, Les suretes mobilieres en droit international prive : etude critique du droit francais a la lumiere du droit compare et du droit uniforme, These de maitrise, Universite de McGill, Montreal, 1999. L'ouvrage commente ici est...

Abuse of Authority in the Workplace: A Form of Harassment.(Book Review)
February 1, 2002... Jean-Maurice Cantin, Q.C., Abuse of Authority in the Workplace: A Form of Harassment (Scarborough, Ont.: Carswell, 2000). Pp. xi, 80. Jean-Maurice Cantin has published a timely book and made a significant contribution to the development of...