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Getting on like a house on fire ? Bali style
Posted on December 13, 2007There is something surreal about the current climate talks in Bali. Think about it this way? Life is good in the penthouse suites. The open and airy lofts boast the latest in sleek Italian furniture, the ultimate in German kitchen design, and screening rooms with state of the art plasma screens and surround sound systems...
What Can Canada Learn from Israel about Copyright Reform?
Posted on December 08, 2007A bill entitled Bill entitled "An Act to amend the Copyright Act" is likely to be handed down next week. While the bill itself is probably drafted already, its content will be deliberated in Parliament. Therefore, Canadian policymakers may wish to consider looking at the new copyright act which the Knesset, the Israeli parliament, passed last month (downloadable here, in Hebrew)...
The Bali Challenge: How to get a global climate deal, and fast?
Posted on November 30, 2007According to UN secretary-general, Ban Ki- Moon, the most recent findings of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) suggest that the impacts of climate change will be ?so severe and so sweeping that only urgent, global action will do.? The challenge at the pending UN meetings in Bali will be to set the tracks for just that: a regime that includes all major greenhouse gas (ghg) emitters and imposes meaningful emission reduction targets on them...
Why judicial independence matters
Posted on November 26, 2007co-authored by Adam Dodek and Lorne Sossin This commentary was first published on the Globe and Mail website on November 23, 2007. Why should Canadians care about judicial independence? For one, history shows that a strong independent judiciary can be a bulwark against tyranny...
Why has Canada changed its tune on citizens facing the death penalty?
Posted on November 24, 2007This commentary was first published in The Lawyers Weekly on November 16, 2007, page 17 Ronald Smith of Red Deer, Alberta is slated to die the same way that Stanley Faulder of Jasper, Alberta did in 1999: by lethal injection. It can be a cruel death, leaving people gasping for air and writhing in pain while jailhouse ?doctors? try to hit a vein with the poisoned needle...
Is Gender Really More Important than Appointing Prime Minister?
Posted on November 21, 2007Professors Jame Stribopoulos and Moin Yahya recently published an article in the Osgoode Hall Law Journal entitled, Does a Judge's Party of Appointment or Gender Matter to Case Outcomes? An Empirical Study of the Court of Appeal for Ontario. The abstract explains:This study reveals that at least in certain categories of cases, both party of appointment and gender are statistically significant in explaining case outcomes...
Canada's New Terrorism Bills: Slow Down and Debate
Posted on October 29, 2007Canadian Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day tabled new legislation in the House of Commons last Monday to allow British-style special advocates to play a role in security certificate cases that are used to detain and deport non-citizens suspected of involvement in terrorism...
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