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Protected Groups in Refugee Law and International Law

open access: yesLaws, 2019
The 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees (“Refugee Convention”) defines ‘persecution’ based on five enumerated grounds: race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, and political opinion ...
Joseph Rikhof, Ashley Geerts
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Designing and Implementing e-Justice Systems: Some Lessons Learned from EU and Canadian Examples

open access: yesLaws, 2014
Access to justice has become an important issue in many justice systems around the world. Increasingly, technology is seen as a potential facilitator of access to justice, particularly in terms of improving justice sector efficiency.
Giampiero Lupo, Jane Bailey
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Le contrôle plurinormatif des gangs de rue : contributions des études sur la délinquance des élites à la compréhension de la judiciarisation de la criminalité de rue

open access: yesCriminologie, 2016
Edwin Sutherland a été l’un des premiers à remettre en question l’association entre pauvreté et criminalité qui dominait le champ criminologique au début du xxe siècle.
João Velloso
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Incorporating Common Law into the Constitution of Canada: Egale v. Canada and the Status of Marriage

open access: yesOsgoode Hall Law Journal, 2003
Recent decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada raise complicated questions about the relationship between the common law and the Constitution.
Mark D. Walters
doaj   +1 more source

A Civil Law State in a Common Law Nation, A Civil Law Nation with a Common Law Touch: Judicial Review and Precedent in Louisiana and Argentina

open access: yes, 2021
The state of Louisiana and the country of Argentina have, at their base, a civil law legal tradition. Yet, both jurisdictions use a decentralized court system typically associated with the Anglo-American common law tradition.
Handy, Christopher, Legarre, Santiago
core   +1 more source

Decriminalizing Paid Surrogacy in Canada: Intended Parents’ Perspectives

open access: yesCanadian Journal of Law and Society
This article explores what intended parents think about the Assisted Human Reproduction Act—a federal law that criminalizes paid surrogacy in Canada.
Stefanie Carsley
doaj   +1 more source

Common Law and Statute in the Law of Employment [PDF]

open access: yesCurrent Legal Problems, 2016
Remarkably, the interaction between common law and statute has not attracted the scholarly attention it deserves, given that it is such a basic component of legal reasoning in common law systems. This is especially true in the law of employment, where the interaction between common law and statute is a pervasive feature of modern employment law.
openaire   +2 more sources

Canadian Bijuralism At A Crossroad? The Impact Of Section 8.1 Of The Interpretation Act On Judicial Interpretation Of Federal Legislation

open access: yesOsgoode Hall Law Journal, 2014
Section 8.1 of the Interpretation Act affirms the equal authority of the common law and civil law in the field of property and civil rights. The section states, subject to two exceptions, that federal enactments based on rules and concepts that are part ...
Aline Grenon
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Key Characteristics of Autonomy, Confidentiality, Beneficence, Non-maleficence, Justice and Privacy principles in Medical Law within the Context of Human Rights

open access: yesАналітично-порівняльне правознавство
The principles of law play a crucial role in shaping the legal system of a society and ensuring the rights and freedoms of its citizens. This article explores the importance of general principles of law in establishing the rule of law and guaranteeing ...
Parvina Fazail Ismayilova
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Functional comparison of EncB and EncC cargo proteins in iron storage within the Myxococcus xanthus encapsulin

open access: yesFEBS Letters, EarlyView.
Encapsulins are protein nanocompartments that play an important role in iron storage. In the Myxococcus xanthus encapsulin system, two cargo proteins called EncB and EncC contribute to iron mineralization. Here, we show that EncB and EncC generate iron‐containing minerals with distinct chemical compositions, suggesting that the composition of stored ...
Harry B. McDowell   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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