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The Future Of Canadian Federalism, Susan Lavergne
The Future Of Canadian Federalism, Susan Lavergne
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Refusal To Extradite: An Examination Of Canada's Indictment Of The American Legal System, Jami Leeson
Refusal To Extradite: An Examination Of Canada's Indictment Of The American Legal System, Jami Leeson
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Taking A Dip In The Supreme Court Clerk Pool: Gender-Based Discrepancies In Clerk Selection, John J. Szmer, Erin B. Kaheny, Robert K. Christensen
Taking A Dip In The Supreme Court Clerk Pool: Gender-Based Discrepancies In Clerk Selection, John J. Szmer, Erin B. Kaheny, Robert K. Christensen
Marquette Law Review
Former U.S. Supreme Court clerks are heavily recruited by select law firms, and many eventually find their way to policy “elite” positions in the government or in the legal academy. A number of former clerks have returned to the Court as litigators, and a subset has returned to the Court as Justices. We are interested in clerk selection for two reasons. First, clerks influence key aspects of the judicial process while serving in their clerkship capacity, and second, many seem to be in a good position to influence legal policy well after their clerkships have ended. With this in mind, …
Dwelling Together: Using Cooperative Housing To Abate The Affordable Housing Shortage In Canada And The United States, Jennifer Cohoon Mcscotts
Dwelling Together: Using Cooperative Housing To Abate The Affordable Housing Shortage In Canada And The United States, Jennifer Cohoon Mcscotts
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
No abstract provided.
Law Reform For Dummies (3rd Edition), Roderick A. Macdonald
Law Reform For Dummies (3rd Edition), Roderick A. Macdonald
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
Legal pluralist law reform engages citizens in dialogue through which they gain richer insight into their normative lives and learn to manage everyday interactions with each other. Noting that first- and second-generation law reform commissions have been critiqued for their narrow vision and goal of modifying individual legal rules, this article shifts the focus to the general public as a key player in the enterprise. This is how law reform responds to public concerns and engages the public’s assumptions about the reform process. The true ambition of law reform is to find opportunities for Canadians to examine their assumptions about …