I have always intended to work my way through all three volumes of Dos Passos’ U.S.A. trilogy, published between 1930 and 1936 and clocking in at 1,300 pages. During today’s strange pandemic times, I have taken advantage of the opportunity to do so. And I can tell you that, while at times it was a […]
LAW & LITERATURE | 1919 by John Dos Passos: A requiem for the defeated and outcasts
May 1, 2020 By Rob Normey
New at CPLEA (Vol 44-5)
May 1, 2020 By Lesley Conley
In this issue of LawNow, we are highlighting new and updated resources focused on legal issues amid the COVID-19 pandemic. COVID-19 – Answers to your questions This page provides information, links and answers to important questions on COVID-19 for Albertans. It summarizes provincial and federal information about changes in the law and legal services as […]
YOUTH & THE LAW | But Do I Have To Go To School?: Education laws in Alberta
May 1, 2020 By Jessica Steingard
COVID-19 has changed everything! One of the biggest changes for youth? School buildings are closed. But school has not been cancelled! It has simply moved online. So just in case you’ve forgotten how to ‘do school’, this column focuses on the laws about school in Alberta. The Education Act sets out the law for all […]
CRIMINAL | Will the COVID-19 Crisis Keep Us Modern?
May 1, 2020 By Melody Izadi
How this global pandemic has changed things for the better in our criminal justice system The world is experiencing a pandemic that has been unprecedented in most of our lifetimes. While all of us have been affected individually, the criminal justice system has not been exempt from the effects of COVID-19. It too, serving […]
FAMOUS CASES | The Constitutional Right to Marijuana in Canada: R v Parker
If a rule of criminal law precludes a person from obtaining appropriate medical treatment when his or her life or health is in danger, then the state has intervened and this intervention constitutes a violation of that man’s or that woman’s security of the person … R v Parker, [2000] OJ No 2787 (ONCA) at […]
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