Featured Articles: Language and the Law
Special Report: The Law and Persons with Disabilities
Featured Articles: Language and the Law
The choices we make in language – words, even punctuation – can shape legal results.
Peter Bowal and John Layton
Sometimes, for want of a comma, the lawsuit is lost!
You Can’t Do or Say That: Constraining Individual Conduct in a Public and Commercial World
Hilary Findlay
Morality clauses in contracts use language to describe unacceptable conduct and both parties to the deal have important interests in what the words say.
The Intersection of Law, Language and Culture
Carole Aippersbach
In Canada, the question of ‘language rights’ is a very important part of our legal landscape.
Rob Normey
Quebec’s language laws operate in tandem with laws designed to protect Quebec’s culture.
The Multicultural Family Law Facilitator’s Project
Nayanika Kumar
This project addresses one Canadian city’s response to a crisis in (mis)interpretation in Canadian courts.
Special Report: The Law and Persons with Disabilities
A Progress Report of Disability Rights since the Charter
Marjun Parcasio
Much progress has been made on the legal rights of the disabled since the Charter became law in 1982, but much could still be done.
Meaningful Access: Students with Learning Disabilities Strive to be Included
Melissa Luhtanen
One British Columbia family fought all the way to the Supreme Court of Canada to clarify the law on learning disabilities.
Tax Assistance for Persons with Disabilites
Joseph R. Devaney
Canada’s Income Tax Act has a number of provisions for tax benefits for disabled Canadians and their caregivers.
Persons with Disabilities and the Law – Resources for Research
Alberta Law Libraries
Librarians at Alberta Law Libraries can help with research into many aspects of disability law. Just ask them!
Departments
Viewpoint
Shahnaz Rahman
Columns
Human Rights Law
Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining: Are the Justifiable Limits?
Linda McKay-Panos
Not-for-Profit Law
Organization Launched to Foster Canadian Charity Law
Peter Broder
Employment Law
Peter Bowal and Laine Robson
Family Law
A Brief Primer on Child Support: Part One
John-Paul Boyd
Criminal Law
Criminal Defence Law in the North: Part Two
Charles Davison
Online Law
Protecting Yourself from Consumer Fraud and Scams
Margo Till-Rogers
A Famous Case Revisited
Whatever Happened to … The Law of Sniffer Dog Searches: Part 2
Peter Bowal and Evan Knight