AUTHOR'S NOTE This column is a continuation of a discussion of these two books. The first part was published in LawNow March/April 2012. A look at Carmen Aguirre’s Something Fierce: Memoirs of A Revolutionary Daughter (2011) and Heraldo Normeydo Mendoza’s The Dictator’s Shadow: Life Under Augusto … [Read more...]
The Taxpayer Bill of Rights
The Taxpayer Bill of Rights is a set of fifteen statutory and administrative rights outlining the service standards that Canadian taxpayers can expect in their dealings with the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). The Bill was introduced in 2007 on the premise that increased accountability and … [Read more...]
New and Improved FREE LawNow!
LawNow Magazine is a digital publication of the Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta that covers how the law relates to everyday life in language that is approachable (We don’t use language that is only understood by lawyers!). For many years, LawNow has been a subscription-based magazine … [Read more...]
Teachers Talk LawNow – Electoral Reform
LawNow magazine is an incredible resource for teachers. Each issue offers engaging articles about law in language suitable for students. Teachers Talk LawNow is a series of lesson plans for teachers based on these articles. This LawNow article is available to download in the July/August 2012 … [Read more...]
Teachers Talk LawNow – The Olympics, Doping, and the Rights of Atheletes
LawNow magazine is an incredible resource for teachers. Each issue offers engaging articles about law in language suitable for students. Teachers Talk LawNow is a series of lesson plans for teachers based on these articles. LawNow Article from the July/August 2012 issue of LawNow … [Read more...]
Teachers Talk LawNow – Corporate Social Responsibility
LawNow magazine is an incredible resource for teachers. Each issue offers engaging articles about law in language suitable for students. Teachers Talk LawNow is a series of lesson plans for teachers based on these articles. LawNow Articles Relating to Corporate Social Responsibility: What … [Read more...]
The Ethics of Corporate Social Responsibility
What is Corporate Social Responsibility, and what is not? Companies engage in corporate social responsibility (CSR) when they confer benefits on the communities located in or near where they work which are neither required by law nor an integral part of their primary, profit-oriented operations. … [Read more...]
Which Passport Should I Take to the Olympic Games?
The 2012 London Olympic Games are going to see a whole new level of anti-doping activity. The centrepiece of this activity is what is known as the Athlete Biological Passport (ABP). It has been in the works for some time and has already been used extensively in the sports of cycling and … [Read more...]
International Corporate Political Corruption: the Case of Niko Resources Ltd.
Founded in 1987 as a publicly-traded junior Canadian natural gas company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta, Niko Resources Ltd. (Niko) enjoyed a reputation as a gutsy natural gas explorer and producer by taking on projects in politically volatile and economically less-developed regions of the world. … [Read more...]
Vol 36-6 | Jul-Aug 2012
Table of Contents Feature: Corporate Social ResponsibilitySpecial Report: Testing the Limits of LawDepartmentsColumns Featured Articles: Corporate Social Responsibility Canadian businesses operating around the world are discovering that corporate social responsibility is not only the right thing … [Read more...]
