archive for July, 2006



Convention Internationale Sur Les Contrats Électroniques

by Vincent Gautrais

July 31st, 2006

L'information date d'il y a quelques semaines déjà, mais le 06 juillet, a eut lieu, à New York, une réunion spéciale relative à la Convention des Nations Unies sur l'utilisation… [more]

The Friday Fillip

by Simon Fodden

July 28th, 2006

This week's fillip may be a little too much like work. If so, I apologize. I'll spend the weekend working on being frivolous to see if I can improve things… [more]

Law, Armed Conflict & War

by Mark Lewis

July 28th, 2006

In light of current world events, I thought that I would do a librarian thing and survey the literature to see what Canadian Legal writers have written on the topic.… [more]

Laws of Media Tetrad – Blogs

by Connie Crosby

July 28th, 2006

I am slowly making my way through the fabulous book McLuhan for Managers by Mark Federman and Derrick de Kerckhove. It takes Marshall McLuhan's theories/ideas and places them into context… [more]

Constitutional Court Decision on Internet Copyright

by Simon Chester

July 28th, 2006

Since the Journal officiel website isn't the easiest to navigate, here is a link to the text of the Constitutional Court's Décision n° 2006-540 DC du 27 juillet 2006 (Loi… [more]

Parliamentary Codes of Conduct

by Simon Fodden

July 27th, 2006

The Parliamentary Library of the Australian Parliament has produced “A survey of codes of conduct in Australian and selected overseas parliaments.”
[The] e-brief summarises the approach taken in federal, state… [more]

Laptops or Teachers?

by Simon Chester

July 27th, 2006

The Hindu … [more]is reporting that India has decided to stay out of Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child scheme – which aims to provide kids in developing countries with a

Q2 Numbers for the Major Publishers

by Simon Chester

July 27th, 2006

I don't normally post market numbers, but with Reed and Thomson posting interestingly contrasting second quarter results this morning, one has to wonder what these numbers mean for consumers of… [more]

Resources on International Peacekeeping

by Michel-Adrien Sheppard

July 26th, 2006

Since the topic of an international peacekeeping mission to Southern Lebanon is on the table, it may be useful to look at some of the major peacekeeping resources out there,… [more]

Wikipedia

by Neil Campbell

July 26th, 2006

There is a good article on Wikipedia… [more] in a recent issue of the New Yorker.

Books or Bytes

by Neil Campbell

July 25th, 2006

I received two recent emails from colleagues that, I think, illustrate the issues in the ongoing debate of the future of print and electronic.
The first is from the Chronicle … [more]

US Presidential "Signing Statements"

by Nick Pengelley

July 25th, 2006

Yesterday's International Herald Tribune had an interesting article on President Bush's use of 'signing statements'. I had not previously heard of this device by which Presidents can indicate disagreement with… [more]

SlawTips      

SlawTips Just the Facts
Wednesday, May 16

Today’s research tip is about facts. When research is assigned to juniors (and librarians for that matter) it is important to share facts that are critical to the research. It … »»

Research

SlawTips Minimize That Darn Office Ribbon for More Room on Your Desktop
Wednesday, May 16

If you are using Office 2007 or 2010, The Ribbon is now a part of your life. Some of you will be happy about this – some of you won’t.… »»

Technology

SlawTips Manage Chaos! Create a Shared Family Calendar
Thursday, May 10

Our lives as lawyers are hectic enough even before we factor in busy family events. Accordingly our tip is to create a ‘family’ calendar where every family member can enter … »»

Practice

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These summaries of selected recent cases are provided each week to Slaw by Maritime Law Book.
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  • Aliens - Exclusion and expulsion - Power to detain and deport - Minister’s certificate - Review - Evidence

    In 2002, Harkat was detained pursuant to a ministerial security certificate issued under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (IRPA) as a person inadmissible to Canada on grounds ...

  • Contracts - Formation of contract - Signing - Electronic signature

    The plaintiff expressed an interest in purchasing the defendant’s (vendor’s) condo. The parties agreed to carry on their discussions through e-mail. Following an exchange of e-mails, the plaintiff claimed that the defendant was contractually bound to ...

  • Barristers and Solicitors - Relationship with client - Confidential communications - General

    The petitioner was a Receiver appointed in March 2009 by a California court over the assets of GJB Enterprises Inc. (a “Ponzi scheme”) and its principals, the Berkes (the GJB parties). The court ordered ...

  • Practice - Costs - Funding before judgment - When interim or advance costs available

    The plaintiffs were “direct to home” satellite based subscription program providers. Rex and other defendants offered “grey market” services to Canadian residents to facilitate the unauthorized reception in Canada of the plaintiffs’ ...

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