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Commonwealth Climate And Law Initiative - Climate Change And Legal Risk, Janis P. Sarra, Cynthia Williams Nov 2018

Commonwealth Climate And Law Initiative - Climate Change And Legal Risk, Janis P. Sarra, Cynthia Williams

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In this presentation, Dr Janis Sarra, Presidential Distinguished Professor and Professor of Law University of British Columbia, outlined the fiduciary obligations of corporate directors and pension fiduciaries as they relate to climate change. Professor Cynthia A. Williams, Osler Chair in Business Law, Osgoode Hall Law School provided an overview of the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, highlighted the potential for liability risks in Canada for misleading or inaccurate disclosures relating to climate change, and surveyed the field of current climate-related litigation.


Labour Law In Post-Democratic And Post-Liberal Societies: A Case Of Cognitive Dissonance, Harry Arthurs Jun 2018

Labour Law In Post-Democratic And Post-Liberal Societies: A Case Of Cognitive Dissonance, Harry Arthurs

Conference Papers

Recently I contributed to a volume on the philosophical foundations of labour law. Most contributors located our subject within the discourse of liberal democracy, using terms such as “distributive justice”, “non-exploitation”, “dignity”, “citizenship”, and “social inclusion”. If you have a good memory, you’ll recall that such terminology once commanded respect amongst intellectuals and policy makers, that they were endorsed across the political spectrum, that they enjoyed widespread, if not deep, public support, that they even inspired practical public policies. If you have a good memory you’ll remember all that.


Global Governance And Humanitarian Assistance – Tithing The Transnational Arms Industry, Craig Scott Apr 2018

Global Governance And Humanitarian Assistance – Tithing The Transnational Arms Industry, Craig Scott

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