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Australasian Law And Canadian Statutes In The Nineteenth Century: A Study Of The Movement Of Colonial Legislation Between Jurisdictions, Jeremy Finn
Dalhousie Law Journal
This paper considers the use between 1850 and 1900 by Anglo-Canadian legislatures of legislative precedents from the Australian and New Zealand colonies and argues that while a wide range of Australasian laws were considered by Canadian legislators, the most significant Australasian influences are to be found in mining law, electoral and constitutional law and land law The paper goes on to explore, by use of archival, parliamentary and published materials, the processes by which Canadian legislators acquired their knowledge of these Australasian initiatives. While governmental and institutional channels (including the Colonial Office) played a significant part in the transmission of …
Le Tir Manqué De La Directive Européenne Sur Le Droit D’Auteur Dans La Société De L’Information, Lucie Guibault
Le Tir Manqué De La Directive Européenne Sur Le Droit D’Auteur Dans La Société De L’Information, Lucie Guibault
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Entre 1991 et 2001, le Conseiletle Parlement européens ont adopté sept directives touchant au droit d’auteur. L’objectif premier detelles directives est d’assurer le bon fonctionnement du Marché intérieureuropéen, en d’autrestermes d’assurer que biens, services, personnes et capitaux peuvent circuler librementet sans discrimination à l’intérieur du territoire de l’Union européenne. Naturellement, desconsidérations d’ordre culturel ne sont pas étrangères à l’adoption des directives dans le domaine du droit d’auteuret des droits voisins. Jusqu’ici pourtant, les directives relatives au droit d’auteuretaux droits voisins ont harmonisé ce secteur du droitde manière «verticale», c’est-à-dire qu’elles ont eu pour but derégler des questions de nature ponctuelle …
Hired Guns And Smoking Guns: Mccabe V British American Tobacco Australia Ltd, Camille Cameron
Hired Guns And Smoking Guns: Mccabe V British American Tobacco Australia Ltd, Camille Cameron
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Significant ethical and procedural issues raised in the case of McCabe v British American Tobacco Australia Services Ltd - history of events leading to the Supreme Court of Victoria decision, particularly the implementation of the controversial 'Document Retention Policy' - procedural issues, including the role and purpose of discovery, nature of the striking out remedy and extent to which the adversarial system might be to blame for some of the conduct of the defence and its solicitors - ethical issues raised in the case - close links between American and Australian tobacco litigation and the influence of American tobacco lawyers …