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The important aspects of human wellbeing outlined in human rights instruments and constitutional bills of rights can only be adequately secured as and when they are rendered the object of specific rights and corresponding duties. It is often assumed that the main responsibility for specifying the content of such genuine rights lies with courts. Legislated Rights: Securing Human Rights through Legislation argues against this assumption, by showing how legislatures can and should be at the centre of the practice of human rights. This jointly authored book explores how and why legislatures, being strategically placed within a system of positive law, can help realise human rights through modes of protection that courts cannot provide by way of judicial review.
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Rightly regarded as the leading doctrinal textbook on criminal law in England and Wales, this resource owes its consistent popularity to its accessible style, depth of analysis and breadth of coverage. Over 50 years since the publication of the first edition, Professor David Ormerod and Karl Laird continue the tradition set down by Professors Sir John Smith and Brian Hogan by producing a textbook of unrivalled quality
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The first comprehensive book on Canadian international tax law, International Taxation in Canada {u2013} Principles and Practices was originally published in 2006. Now in its fourth edition, it has become the leading book on this topic in Canada and is the most widely-adopted book for classroom usage at Canadian law schools. A unique and resourceful tool, it provides an understanding of the underlying policy governing international tax rules as well as how foreign tax laws interact with Canadian laws.
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Since publication of the first edition in 1996, Criminal Law by Kent Roach has become one of the most highly regarded titles in Irwin Law's Essentials of Canadian Law series. Professor Roach's account of the current state of substantive criminal law in Canada has become essential reading not only in law schools but also among judges, practitioners, and others involved in the criminal justice system. The seventh edition of Criminal Law has been thoroughly updated to include new developments such as the interaction of the legal rights in the Charter with the reasonable limits provision in section 1 of the Charter in R v KR , disagreements between the Ontario Court of Appeal and the Manitoba Court of Appeal about whether the exclusion of murder from the offence of duress can be justified, new developments in the offence of infanticide, and the relation of the due diligence defence to statutory standards. The discussion of provocation has been updated and simplified to take into account the Supreme Court's and Parliament's recent restriction on the controversial defence. This new edition also has been revised to include important decisions from the Alberta and Nova Scotia Courts of Appeal and Parliament's enactment of Bill C-51, which makes several changes to sexual assault offences.
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La restitution en droit civil est à la fois commune et incomprise. Les occasions de l'appliquer sont nombreuses, mais les juges peinent souvent à en suivre méthodiquement les règles. Cet ouvrage est le premier en droit québécois à approfondir le thème de la restitution des prestations, concept émergent en droit des obligations. Geste simple en apparence, le fait de "rendre ce qui a été reçu" soulève en réalité des difficultés importantes liées notamment au passage du temps. L'anéantissement du contrat, la réception de l'indu et l'impossibilité d'exécuter une obligation en raison d'un événement de force majeure ne sont que quelques-uns des cas visés. Cet ouvrage rend compte des fondements et du régime de la restitution en droit québécois. Il explique les dispositions du Code civil du Québec et en éclaire l'application. -- Résumé de l'éditeur
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Il y a maintenant près de 25 ans, était publiée la seconde édition de cet ouvrage concernant le droit de la santé et de la sécurité du travail. Bien entendu, depuis ce temps, les tribunaux, que ce soit la Commission des lésions professionnelles, le Tribunal administratif du travail ou encore les tribunaux de droit commun, soit la Cour supérieure, la Cour d'appel du Québec et, ultimement, la Cour suprême du Canada, ont rendu de multiples décisions sur les sujets abordés par notre ouvrage. Le nombre de décisions analysées se chiffrant par milliers, l'ouvrage présente une synthèse de la jurisprudence pour en dégager les principes et propose à l'occasion diverses interprétations. -- Résumé de l'éditeur
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Indigenous Nationals/Canadian Citizens begins with a detailed policy history from first contact to the Sesquicentennial with major emphasis on the evolution of Canadian policy initiatives relating to Indigenous peoples. This is followed by a focus on the
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We are in the age of statutes; and it is indisputable that statutes are swallowing up the common law. Yet the study of statutes as a coherent whole is rare. In these three lectures, given as the 2017 Hamlyn Lecture series, Professor Andrew Burrows takes on the challenge of thinking seriously and at a practical level about statutes in English law. In his characteristically lively and punchy style, he examines three central aspects which he labels interpretation, interaction and improvement. So how are statutes interpreted? Is statutory interpretation best understood as seeking to effect the intention of Parliament or is that an unhelpful fiction? Can the common law be developed by analogy to statutes? Do the judges have too much power in developing the common law and in interpreting statutes? How can our statutes be improved? These and many other questions are explored and answered in this accessible and thought-provoking analysis