McGill Law Journal articles from June 2006

McGill Law Journal archives from June 2006

Domesticating the exotic species: international biodiversity law in Canada.
June 22, 2006... While a significant body of international and regional agreements now addresses habitat preservation, wildlife protection, and biological diversity, these advances on the international level often fail to be effectively translated into domestic...

Original facts: skill, judgment, and the public domain.
June 22, 2006... It has long been said that facts cannot be protected by copyright. Copyright jurisprudence has been less than clear, however, about what constitutes a fact, and about the reasons why facts cannot be copyrighted. The Supreme Court of Canada, in...

Enlevements internationaux d'enfants - solutions internationales et responsabilites etatiques.
June 22, 2006... L'auteure examine l'application interne d'instrumems de cooperation internationale ayant pour bur la coordination d'efforts administratifs nationaux visant a combattre un phenomene particulier. Plus specifiquement, elle examine l'efficience de...

A comparison of business income trust governance and corporate governance: is there a need for legislation or further regulation?(Canada)
June 22, 2006... This paper compares corporate governance to the governance of business income trusts, highlighting corporate governance features that may be lacking in business income trust governance. One observation drawn from this comparison is that...

Les exigences legales entourant le consentement dans la recherche avec des enfants et des adultes inaptes: une piste de solution aux difficultes posees par les articles 21 et 24 C.c.Q.
June 22, 2006... Les articles 21 et 24 du Code civil du Quebec sont deux dispositions qui provoquent un grand nombre de discussions parmi les chercheurs et dans les comites d'ethique de la recherche. Les discussions suscitees par ces dispositions concernent les...

Lock-ups, squeeze-outs, and Canadian takeover bid law: a curious interplay of public and private interests.
June 22, 2006... Securities law permits takeover bidders to enter into prebid lock-up agreements with major target shareholders. Lock-up agreements may have a stifling effect on takeover auctions, but allowing them is thought to entice more bidders to make...

From UI to EI: Waging War on the Welfare State.(Book review)
June 22, 2006... Georges Campeau, From UI to EI: Waging War on the Welfare State, trans, by Richard Howard (Vancouver: UBC Press, 2005). P.p. xiii, 235. Georges Campeau is not happy about how the unemployment insurance regime has evolved recently in Canada....