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This work offers a novel perspective on British elections, focusing on the role of electoral shocks in the context of increasing electoral volatility.

This paper explores Canadian family law cases involving claims of parental alienation and of family violence from 2014–2018, reporting the data on these claims, their resolution, and their impacts upon custody and access. A close reading of those cases where both alienation and intimate partner violence claims are made reveals troubling patterns in how intimate partner violence is discounted in this context. We suggest that the rise of shared parenting as a dominant norm assists in understanding why alienation has achieved such unquestioned status, and call for greater focus on safety and women’s and children’s voices.

Canadian courts have held that parents stand in a fiduciary relationship with their children. Some commentators take the view that this is an inappropriate and unwarranted extension of a set of concepts that were originally elaborated in the context of the management of property rights and other pecuniary interests. The goal of this article is to assess the characterization of parents as fiduciaries in the light of recent scholarship on fiduciary law. I argue that, while there are significant differences between the parent-child context and more established fiduciary categories, the characterization of the parent as a fiduciary toward his or her child nonetheless captures a central – indeed, a defining – element of the parent-child relationship, which is also a characteristic element of all established fiduciary relationships: namely, the possession of legal powers that are held in a managerial or other-regarding capacity for the benefit of another person. Every aspect of the traditional property-based fiduciary relationship finds its counterpart in the juridical relationship between a parent and his or her minor child. The ability of a parent to take account of his or her own interests in relation to some exercises of the parent’s decision-making powers is also found in many established fiduciary relationships. The recognition of parenthood as a fiduciary relationship leads to a better understanding of fiduciary relationships because it clarifies how such relationships are constituted, and it clarifies that they extend to any situation where one person is empowered and authorized to look after the interests of another, whether those interests be financial or entirely personal.

"Tort law includes the legal rules that govern many important subjects such as negligence, nuisance, defamation and trespass. These rules are of foundational importance for lawyers and judges and are also important for members of the public seeking to understand their rights and responsibilities in their everyday and commercial activities. Because tort law is primarily drawn from the results of many judicial decisions in individual cases, it can be difficult to understand. Introduction to the Canadian Law of Torts, 4th Edition provides the explanation and analysis needed to confidently navigate not only the key concepts but also many of the details and subtleties. Written by a team of leading tort law scholars, the fourth edition builds on the earlier editions written by the late Gerald Fridman, one of the finest legal scholars of his generation. It is a must-have addition to the libraries of practitioners and law students alike. It is an essential resource for those learning tort law and an excellent primer and quick reference for those with greater familiarity" --Publisher description.

Jennifer Koshan, Janet E Mosher, Wanda A Wiegers, 2020 CanLIIDocs 3160

In recent years, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (the “Charter”) has been relied on increasingly by Canadian courts to bolster common law police powers, often at the expense of due process. Ostensibly, the courts have shown more concern with the administration of the limits of policing than with the delineation of civil liberties. In this article, we trace the evolution of the interpretation of the Charter in this context, with early decisions suggesting a reluctance to create ex post facto police powers. The article then outlines the acceleration of judicial proliferation of common law police powers in Canada, cloaked in the veil of the Charter. In other words, unauthorized police conduct is legitimized by the courts on an ad hoc basis, so long as it is ultimately justifiable. We then discuss the findings of our own research into this phenomenon and comment on the possible implications that increasingly expansive common law police powers created by courts have had on due process in Canada, and the administrative role of the Supreme Court of Canada in mobilizing civil rights protections in the direction of state surveillance.

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"The unincorporated association is a common structure for many groups, including trade unions, religious groups, political parties, professional associations. Despite their economic and social significance, the legal framework that governs these organizations is a patchwork quilt of disparate doctrines that has never been pulled together through a coherent, book-length treatment of the subject. This book will be the first (and thus far only) book in the Canadian marketplace to cover the law regarding these associations. The current disarray in the law means that lawyers must spend hours just to research the most basic questions that arise in this area. Because there is no authoritative text to use as a starting point, lawyers must find the relevant case law themselves and then engage in time consuming research to ensure that they have all key authorities. This book will allow lawyers to reduce their research time and provide greater value to clients by focusing on the application of those principles on the case at hand."-- Provided by publisher.

La 4e de couverture indique : "Les institutions judiciaires d'un pays constituent la trame sur laquelle la science du droit s'affine jour après jour à la lumière du contentieux qui afflue vers nos tribunaux. Leur étude est d'actualité. La justice française traverse en effet une période de turbulences qui bouleverse le paysage habituel et polarise l'attention sur d'importantes métamorphoses réalisées, préparées ou simplement annoncées. Dans la mesure où les institutions judiciaires sont une des composantes essentielles de notre vie économique, politique et sociale, il est normal que des réformes leur permettent de mieux répondre aux exigences du monde moderne, notamment celles découlant de l'essor des techniques numériques et du développement de l'intelligence artificielle. Mais ces réformes transforment le service public de la justice, lequel est désormais soumis à des impératifs de gestion et aux principes du management sur le modèle entrepreneurial. C'est un fait que nous sommes confrontés actuellement à une effervescence législative qui, si l'on n'y prend garde, peut devenir une source d'incertitude difficile à maîtriser. Pour remplir correctement son office, la justice a aussi besoin de sérénité. La présente édition est à jour des réformes les plus récentes, notamment la loi du 23 mars 2019 et ses décrets d'application. Cet ouvrage s'adresse d'abord aux étudiants de 1re année voulant approfondir leurs connaissances en institutions juridictionnelles et introduction au droit. Les étudiants de 3e année ou de master pourront y trouver des éléments complétant utilement leur cours de procédure (civile, pénale ou administrative). Ceux préparant les concours et examens d'accès aux professions de la justice (avocats, magistrats, greffiers, huissiers) y puiseront de la matière pour parfaire leur culture judiciaire."

[From Introduction]Inherent in our constitutional right to a jury trial in criminal cases—for offences where imprisonment for five years or more is a possible sentence— is the right to have jurors who are our “peers” and “equals.” This right can be traced back to 1215 when King John signed the Magna Carta to make peace with the wealthy men of England.The route from the Magna Carta to Canadian criminal law in the early twenty-first century is long and convoluted, and extra twists and turns are added when we consider the use of juries in Canada’s North. Here, where the effects of colonialism are still felt on a daily basis, and where communities from which a jury might be drawn sometimes number only a few hundred persons, the ability to obtain a jury comprised of “the peers” of our clients, who are usually Indigenous, can be challenging and sometimes difficult. In this article I offer my perspective, as a practising criminal defence lawyer in the Northwest Territories, on the challenges we face in trying to obtain juries that truly represent the communities from which our clients originate. ... ...More