The N.Y.U. Journal of International Law and Politics is very pleased to announce the publication of the 1st edition of of its Guide to Foreign and International Legal Citation (296 … [more]
archive for November, 2006
LibWorm is a search engine that allows you to search the RSS feeds of over 1,000 library related blogs. It collects updates from the feeds, the contents of these feeds… [more]
Report on Televising U.S. Supreme Court and Other Federal Court Proceedings
by Michel-Adrien Sheppard
November 29th, 2006
The Federation of American Scientists has made available on its website a report by the Congressional Research Service entitled Televising Supreme Court and Other Federal Court Proceedings: Legislation and Issues… [more]
I was sent the link to an interesting, and scary article, in Mother Jones… [more] with the title "Is Google Evil"? in which the author claims that Google really operates on
This is big news for Canadian law librarians!
CanWest has announced that its Canadian-based electronic subscription news service, FPinfomart, will be adding access to the Globe and Mail. From its… [more]
We native Vancouver Islanders got tired of all the Albertans and Easterners, amongst others, moving out to "paradise" in Victoria, so we staged a fake winter storm to deter anybody… [more]
The University of Toronto's Citizen Lab is launching psiphon this Friday.
psiphon is a human rights software project developed by the Citizen Lab that allows citizens in uncensored countries to… [more]
The Research Information Network has released an interesting study aimed at assessing 'the perceptions of resource discovery services by academic researchers in the UK'.The report is lengthy, but the executive… [more]
The Online Education Database has put out a list of 119 "authoritative, invisible and comprehensive" resources under the rubric of "Research Beyond Google." Aimed at college students in the U.S.,… [more]
Earlier this month Satistics Canada introduced "a new electronic format to the publication Focus on Culture… [more]." This might be a handy resource for those who like to keep tabs
Hello, All:
Apropos "Library 2.0 In Action" (Nov 24/06) and Simon F's "Why is it that librarians are leagues ahead of lawyers in this sort of thing? Huh?… [more]"
I'm delighted to announce that David Cheifetz has joined Slaw as an occasional contributor. David is a partner at Bennet Best Burns LLP practising "civil litigation primarily in areas that… [more]
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Available online today are four new chapters of the publication Women in Canada: A Gender-based Statistical Report, which explores the socio-demographic and economic circumstances of Canadian women in general.
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The bill amends the Constitution Act, 1867 by readjusting the number of members and the representation of the provinces in the House of Commons.
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Ars Technica: Law & Disorder: Startup hopes to hack the immigration system with a floating incubatorBlueseed plans to buy a ship and turn it into a floating incubator anchored in international waters off the coast of California.
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Under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, the flow of information out of Ottawa has slowed to a trickle.
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"…the IPC has exclusive jurisdiction to decide whether a record is in the custody or control of a university in the context of an access request…"
MLB Selected Case Summaries
These summaries of selected recent cases are provided each week to Slaw by Maritime Law Book.
More information.
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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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