McGill Law Journal articles from February 2005

McGill Law Journal archives from February 2005

L'obligation de renseignement, le cautionnement et les dettes transmises sexuellement.(Canada)
February 1, 2005... A travers une etude critique et comparative s'inscrivant dans le cadre d'une reflexion feministe, l'auteure analyse l'efficience d'une mesure fermement ancree dans la nouvelle moralite contractuelle en droit civil quebecois, soit l'obligation...

Religion, state, and the problem of gender: new modes of citizenship and governance in diverse societies.(Canada)
February 1, 2005... The use of gendered and idealized images of women as symbols of group identity is prevalent in modern conflicts between minority and majority cultures. As a result, the position of women within minority cultures may be particularly vulnerable....

Qu'y a-t-il derriere l'etiquette? Une etude de l'encadrement juridique de l'agriculture et de la certification biologiques au Canada.
February 1, 2005... Les preoccupations grandissantes des consommateurs face aux consequences du traitement des produits alimentaires ainsi que la progression du concept de developpement durable favorisent l'essor de l'agriculture biologique. La demande pour des...

In search of prophylactic rules.
February 1, 2005... Prophylactic mies are laws created by judges to prevent violations of the constitution. Unlike constitutional rules, prophylactic rules have no constitutional status of their own. Legislatures can repeal or alter prophylactic rules, provided...

Creating an indigenous legal community.(Canada)(John Tait Memorial Lecture / Conference Commemorative John Tait)
February 1, 2005... In this lecture, the author challenges us to move beyond the cases and statutes that preoccupy lawyers generally and to reach, in the spirit of legal pluralism, for law expressed elsewhere--in oral histories and everyday lives. By weaving...

Drafting Trusts and Will Trusts: A Modern Approach, 6th ed.(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... James Kessler, Drafting Trusts and Will Trusts: A Modern Approach, 6th ed. (London: Sweet & Maxwell, 2002). Pp. iv, 470 plus CD-ROM. James Kessler & Fiona Hunter, Drafting Trusts and Will Trusts in Canada (Markham: LexisNexis Butterworths,...

Le droit en partage: le monde juridique face a la diversite ethnoculturelle.(Book Review)
February 1, 2005... Pierre Noreau, Samia Amor, Bernard Fournier, Myriam Jezequel, Katia Leroux, Le droit en partage : le monde juridique face a la diversite ethnoculturelle, Montreal, Themis, 2003. Pp. 270. En frappant a la porte de la sociologie et de...