Featured Articles: Bench Marks: Cases that Change the Legal Landscape
Special Report: Aboriginal Law
Featured Articles: Bench Marks: Cases that Change the Legal Landscape
Some decisions our courts make carry the possibility of changing lives (same-sex marriage) and defining our institutions (the Senate). This issue looks at a few of these “Bench Marks”.
Landmark Cases: Cases which have changed the Legal and Social Landscape of Canada
Marian Bryant
Some cases have had the effect of changing not only the legal but also the social landscape of Canada. Here is a look at a few of them.
The Increasing Importance of Reference Decisions in Canadian Law
Linda McKay-Panos
Reference Decisions, from the Senate Question to the Nadon decision, are increasingly important in Canadian jurisprudence.
Supreme Court Reins in Social Credit
Rob Normey
This 1938 case has echoed through history with its powerful support for freedom of expression and freedom of the press as necessary aspects of our constitutional democracy.
The Whatcott Case: Balancing Free Speech and Social Harmony
Peter Bowal and Colin McKay
The Whatcott decision highlights the clash of Charter values when evaluating hate speech.
Special Report: Aboriginal Law
Indian Residential Schools: A Chronology
John Redmond
From 1755 to 2014: a timeline of the Residential Schools tragedy.
The Indian Act – Exemption from Taxation
Hugh Neilson
Interpretations and court decisions have shaped the income tax rules for Canada’s aboriginal people.
Aboriginal Children and Child Welfare Policies
Stephanie Laskoski
The Residential Schools program scarred generations of aboriginal children. Today, child welfare policies have the potential to cause damage too.
Departments
Viewpoint
Teresa Mitchell
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Alberta Law Libraries
Columns
Human Rights Law
Human Rights of Transgender Persons
Linda McKay-Panos
Not-for-Profit Law
New Legislation Eases Moves Into or Out of Alberta for Not-For-Profits
Peter Broder
Employment Law
Compassionate Care: A New Basis for Temporary Unpaid Leave from Work
Peter Bowal and Preet Saini
Landlord and Tenant Law
Can a landlord charge a tenant for renovations?
Rochelle Johannson
Family Law
Protection Orders in Dangerous Circumstances
Sarah Dargatz
A Famous Case Revisited
Whatever Happened to … Childs v. Desormeaux: Killer Hospitality
Peter Bowal and Preet Saini
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