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Abstract Faced with the alarming rates of disappearances and murders of Indigenous women, girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people in Canada and in response to the demands of victims' families and Indigenous women's associations, the Canadian government set up the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (2016–2019).
Audrey Rousseau, Louis Chartrand
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Global legal change from below and above
Abstract This article is a contribution to the occasional series dealing with a major book that has influenced the author. Previous contributors include Stewart Macaulay, John Griffith, William Twining, Carol Harlow, Geoffrey Bindman, Harry Arthurs, André‐Jean Arnaud, Alan Hunt, Michael Adler, Lawrence O. Gostin, John P.
TERENCE C. HALLIDAY
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Critical literacy: an approach to child rights education in Uganda and Canada
Abstract For children to know how to fully participate in and most effectively lead the world they will inherit, they must learn how to critically engage with it and be knowledgeable about foundational rights and instruments that support such engagement.
Shelley Jones, Kathleen Manion
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Abstract Harmonization of public sector accounting is attracting increasing attention from scholars and practitioners. A focal component of this phenomenon is the setting of accounting standards, whose legitimacy is paramount to their application. As participation by constituents is considered fundamental for ensuring this legitimacy, in this study, we
Marco Bisogno +2 more
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Mobilizing anti‐discrimination law: the litigation strategies of UK and French trade unions compared
Abstract Based on cross‐national comparative research conducted in France and the United Kingdom, this article explores to what extent and under what conditions trade unions situated in different legal systems have turned to the courts to challenge discrimination at work.
CéCILE GUILLAUME +1 more
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The evidence of hearsay in criminal proceedings from Late Renaissance France
Abstract This article argues that Renaissance legal culture provided a robust means of evaluating the epistemological status of rumour, informed by the Roman law of proof. In order to do so, the article explores the meaning of hearsay evidence in criminal proceedings from late Renaissance France, focusing on a major series of interrogations for ...
Tom Hamilton
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Profils d’un lectorat: Enquête sur les signatures d’énigmes du Mercure de France (1724‐1778)
Abstract Little is known about the distribution of ancien régime French periodicals and there are few sources on readers’ geographical origins and social positions. Most studies rely on subscriber lists, but subscription is not the only possible mode of acquisition.
Timothée Léchot
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The Unsuccessful Bid of the British Advocate‐General to Remain on the Bench Despite Brexit
Abstract Since the announcement of the referendum result, Brexit has posed a challenge to the EU's institutions, policies and legal order. The Court of Justice of the European Union has not been an exception. This contribution examines former Advocate‐General Eleanor Sharpston's failed bid to reverse her premature removal from the bench due to the UK's
Serhii Lashyn
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Modalités de licenciement des délègues à la représentation du personnel dans les entreprises ou établissement de toute nature [PDF]
Actuellement nous constatons dans la pratique judiciaire de notre Pays, un nombre important des actions initiées par les employeurs à charge de leurs employés – délégués syndicaux.
Yves MANZILA NGONGO KAHUM +1 more
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Abstract This paper raises the question as to whether a theory of justice exists in EU law. The focus is on justice as a system. The assumption is that the independence of institutional actors involved in the administration of criminal justice (mainly judges and prosecutors) vis‐à‐vis each other, and other State powers, is key to that system achieving ...
Leandro Mancano
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