Monday’s Mix
Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from sixty recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible.
This week the randomly selected blogs are 1. Library Boy 2. À bon droit 3. Michael Geist 4. Susan on the Soapbox 5. Canadian Legal History Blog
Library Boy
Statistics Canada Article on Police-Reported Crimes Stats for 2013
Statistics Canada has published an article on Police-reported crime statistics, 2013 that shows most categories of criminal offences have been continuing their long-term decline in Canada: “The police-reported Crime Severity Index (CSI), which measures the volume and severity of crime, declined 9% in 2013 compared with 2012. This was the 10th consecutive decline in the index. The CSI was 36% lower than 10 years earlier.”…
La question de savoir si l’on peut forcer des personnes qui ne sont pas partie à une convention d’arbitrage à participer à celui-ci lorsque leur présence est nécessaire à la solution complète du litige est complexe. En principe bien sûr la convention d’arbitrage ne lie que les parties qui l’ont signé de sorte que l’on ne pourrait renvoyer un dossier à l’arbitrage lorsqu’une des parties à celui-ci n’est pas partie à la clause d’arbitrage, mais ces principes ne sont plus aussi absolus qu’ils ne l’ont déjà été….
Michael Geist
Why Has Bell Remained Silent on Its Subscriber Information Disclosure Practices?
In the aftermath of the Supreme Court of Canada’s Spencer decision, several leading Canadian ISPs have publicly announced that they have changed their practices on the disclosure of subscriber information (including basic subscriber information such as name and address) to law enforcement. For example, Rogers announced that it will now require a warrant or court order prior to disclosing information to law enforcement except in emergency situations. …
Susan on the Soapbox
Top Ten Reasons Why Jim Prentice is Nothing Like Peter Lougheed
“During a one-and-a-half hour editorial board meeting…with Progressive Conservative leadership candidate… Jim Prentice, I was struck by how often Lougheed’s legendary thoughtfulness, tone and command of all topics came to mind.”—Licia Corbella, Calgary Herald, July 11, 2014. It’s official. As far as Ms Corbella is concerned Jim Prentice is the answer to our prayers—the leader for those of us who “pine for the days of Peter Lougheed and all that he embodied”….
Canadian Legal History Blog
Backhouse on L’Heureux-Dubé’s untaken career path in politics
In the new issue of the Canadian Journal of Law and Society /La Revue Canadienne Droit et Société, Constance Backhouse has an intriguing counterfactual study of former SCC judge Claire L’Heureux-Dubé, “Essay: What if? Career Paths not Taken: Claire L’Heureux-Dubé and Politics.” No abstract, sadly. But you can look at a preview, here. …
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