Recently added articles from McGill Law Journal:
Agriculture et culture: le defi de l'OMC de prendre en compte les considerations non commerciales.
Sep 22, 2007; Parent, Genevieve ... Due to their particular nature, the integration in 1995 of agricultural and cultural products within multilateral trade regulations caused quite a stir. Since 2000, negotiations related to agriculture and services, including cultural services, have resumed at the World Trade Organization ....
Electoral jurisprudence in the Canadian and U.S. Supreme Courts: evolution and convergence.
Sep 22, 2007; Manfredi, Christopher ... An ongoing theme in the study of American and Canadian constitutional law is the difference in the two nations' constitutional traditions and the correspondingly divergent paths taken by the two Supreme Courts when interpreting democratic rights. The authors argue that a convergence in the ...
La responsabilite de la societe de classification en droit maritime Canadien.
Sep 22, 2007; Braen, Andre ... Classification societies play an important role in promoting maritime safety. These companies are often called upon to act on behalf of shipowners or insurance firms to classify vessels that are in the process of being built or those that are already being operated. In addition to their ...
Hearing the sexual assault complaints of women with mental disabilities: evidentiary and procedural issues.(Canada)
Sep 22, 2007; Benedet, Janine ... When a woman with a mental disability makes a complaint of sexual assault, she must confront a criminal trial process that was not designed in contemplation of her as a witness. The requirements of repeated testimony under oath and the ability to be cross-examined are hot always ...
The uncertainty factor in Canadian private international law.
Sep 22, 2007; Castel, Jean-Gabriel ... The author criticizes the principle of proximity that in Canadian private international law uses the test of real and substantial connection to determine the jurisdiction of Canadian and foreign courts, forum non conveniens, the law applicable to certain legal relationships, and the ...
What is international human rights law? Three applications of a distributive account.(McGill Law Journal Annual Lecture Series/Conference Annuelle de la Revue de Droit de McGill)
Sep 22, 2007; Macklem, Patrick ... The standard account of international human rights law is that its overarching mission is to protect universal features of what it means to be a human being from the exercise of sovereign power. This article offers an alternative account of the field, one that locates its normative ...