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Connexion: A Note On Praxis For Animal Advocates, John Enman-Beech
Connexion: A Note On Praxis For Animal Advocates, John Enman-Beech
Dalhousie Law Journal
Effective animal advocacy requires human-animal connexion. I apply a relational approach to unfold this insight into a praxis for animal advocates. Connexion grounds the affective relationships that so often motivate animal advocates. More importantly, it enables animal agency, the ability of animals to act and communicate in ways humans can experience and respond to. With connexion in mind, some weaknesses of previous reform efforts become apparent. I join these in the slogan "abolitionismas disconnexion." In so far as abolitionism draws humans and animals apart, it undermines the movement's social basis, limits its imaginative resources, and deprives animals of a deeper …
"No Sinecure": William Young As Attorney General Of Nova Scotia, 1854-1857, William H. Laurence
"No Sinecure": William Young As Attorney General Of Nova Scotia, 1854-1857, William H. Laurence
Dalhousie Law Journal
Focusing on the tenure (1854-1857) of William Young, this article examines the legal work of nineteenth-century Nova Scotian attorneys general. Although he served without the benefit of an established justice department, Young fulfilled a wide range of duties and completed an impressive volume of work, which required knowledge of both public and private law, and which demanded advocacy advisory, solicitorial, and legislative drafting skills. This article argues that though Young's performance as a Crown prosecutor received the most public attention, his accomplishments outside the criminal courtroom, especially those relating to the administration ofjustice and legislative development, had the most significant …
The Commission And Its Report: Public Education, Advocacy And Lobbying, A Cairns, S Grange J, E C. Harris
The Commission And Its Report: Public Education, Advocacy And Lobbying, A Cairns, S Grange J, E C. Harris
Dalhousie Law Journal
Mr. Harris: The question concerning the justification of commissions of inquiry has been raised in the preceding discussions. If their sole justification is having the bulk of their recommendations implemented, the institution probably would have died out long ago. Nevertheless, it must be of considerable concern to commissioners that the record has not been good in terms of implementation and one of the questions that perhaps will determine how successful commissions are in this respect has to do with what happens when the report is delivered and thereafter. These questions will be largely the subject of the panel that we …
The Two Contradictions In Public Inquiries, Liora Salter
The Two Contradictions In Public Inquiries, Liora Salter
Dalhousie Law Journal
Given how frequently they are commissioned, it is surprising how little has been written about inquiries and, more particularly, about the role of science and advocacy within them.' The lack of serious attention paid to inquiries may be a product of their diversity. For example, inquiries include royal commissions and consultative committees and risk assessments. Some of these inquiries have wide-ranging mandates, commission extensive research and actively solicit public commentary, while others are more closely akin to legal proceedings. Grouping such different objectives and activities under a single category - namely, inquiries - is intrinsically difficult. Or the reason for …