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The Employer's Intentional Tort - Should It Be Recognized In Canadian Jurisdictions?, Leigh West
The Employer's Intentional Tort - Should It Be Recognized In Canadian Jurisdictions?, Leigh West
Dalhousie Law Journal
At the inception of Canadian worker compensation legislation, an historic trade off agreement was made between employers and their workers. By virtue of this agreement, the right of workers to sue their employer in tort was removed and in return workers were to receive swift, certain, but limited, compensation payments for job-related injuries and illness, regardless of fault. With a few minor exceptions, this agreement made worker compensation the exclusive remedy available to an injured worker. It also lodged with the various provincial worker compensation boards the responsibility to adjudicate whether or not the injury or illness claimed was one …
Local Elections In Canada, A Wr Carrothers
Local Elections In Canada, A Wr Carrothers
Dalhousie Law Journal
This book is the fifth in a series by the same author, and the same publisher, on Canadian Election Law. The previous books (with their sub-titles) are as follows: Political Rights (The Legal Framework of Elections in Canada); Lawmaking by the People (Referendums and Plebiscites in Canada); Money and Message (The Law Governing Election Financing, Advertising, Broadcasting and Campaigning in Canada); and, Election Law in Canada (The Law and Procedure of Federal, Provincial and Territorial Elections (two volumes)). The present book is sub-titled "The Law Governing Elections of Municipal Councils, School Boards and Other Local Authorities". The sub-title is a …
Legislative Courts, Legislative Power, And The Constitution, Daniel J. Meltzer
Legislative Courts, Legislative Power, And The Constitution, Daniel J. Meltzer
Indiana Law Journal
Symposium: Paul Bator: Legislative and Administrative Courts Under Article III
Law And Legislation In Ohio, Jane Campbell, Ray Miller, Grace Drake, Susan Sheutzow
Law And Legislation In Ohio, Jane Campbell, Ray Miller, Grace Drake, Susan Sheutzow
Journal of Law and Health
A discussion of the current Ohio health insurance law regarding the uninsured and underinsured and what the Ohio legislature is trying to do about it. Jane Campbell discussed adopting a system similar to the Canadian health care system, creating an Ohio health care trust fund, and helping those in high-risk health care categories. Ray Miller addressed indigent health care and the Hagan bill. Grace Drake said that universal health care has not been successful where it has been tried, so the focus should be on the working poor and uninsured.
Alternative Approaches At The Federal And State Level, E. Richard Brown, Mary Rose Oakar, Randall Bovbjerg
Alternative Approaches At The Federal And State Level, E. Richard Brown, Mary Rose Oakar, Randall Bovbjerg
Journal of Law and Health
The reason that the discussions and positions that you heard this morning are no longer being voiced so widely in California is because conditions have continued to deteriorate there rather dramatically. Like the rest of the country, we have a large uninsured population, but the percentage of our uninsured population is larger than the national average as a percentage of the non-elderly population. In the U.S. it's about eighteen percent; in California, it's over twenty-one percent. That means more than five million uninsured people.
The Right To Refuse Medical Treatment In Ohio After Cruzan: The Need For A Comprehensive Legislative Solution, Thomas J. Onusko, Patricia Casey Cuthbertson
The Right To Refuse Medical Treatment In Ohio After Cruzan: The Need For A Comprehensive Legislative Solution, Thomas J. Onusko, Patricia Casey Cuthbertson
Journal of Law and Health
This paper will first review the development of Ohio case law prior to the Supreme Court's decision in Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health along with the Cruzan decision and Ohio's Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care statute. Next, the constitutionality of the limitations in the Durable Power of Attorney Health Care statute will be discussed. The standard of evidence which must be met in Ohio in order to implement an incompetent's wishes regarding medical treatment in the absence of a durable power will be analyzed. Recommendations will be presented regarding what Ohioans should do in order to …