Osgoode Hall’s blog, The Court, reported today that the case of Omar Khadr will be taken to the Supreme Court of Canada.
Law is Cool has previously done an entry and a podcast on the Khadr case.
The Federal Court of Appeal previously heard a case regarding Khadr case, Khadr v. Canada (Justice), 2007 FCA 182, in […]
Law is Cool will now be sharing exerpts from Nexus, the law student paper at the University of Western Ontario.
Alex Dimson, editor-in-chief of the paper, will be posting stories of national scope or interest.  The paper will benefit from access to our readership, and we will benefit from the excellent content the paper provides.
Other law […]
The renowned Canadian law blawg, Precedent, is launching a new magazine under the same name.
To celebrate this launch, the magazine is hosting several parties in a few cities across Canada.
With an inaugural launch last week in Toronto, they are following up with other cities in Ontario.
Tonight the magazine is hosting an event in London, ON, […]
No Obligation without Acceptance
In general, a contract is not formed until there is communication of acceptance.
Carmichael v. Bank of Montreal (1972), established that the offerer must be available to receive the acceptance for the contract to be valid.
There are no contract and no obligation until the acceptance is received from the offeree.
However, there is an […]
Previous winner from The New Yorker’s cartoon caption contest.
“Excuse me—does this joke need a lawyer?”Â
Show Notes
(27:53 Total Running Time)
0:13 Jacob Kaufman and Omar Ha-Redeye introduce themselves
0:29 Omar raises the past CBA conference, and the issue of Omar Khadr
0:57 We hear from Muneer Ahmad, faculty at the American University Washington College of Law, and counsel for Omar Khadr
1:36 Muneer Ahmad discusses his Aug. 24, 2007 article […]
Matt Homann, of the [non]billable hour blog, provides some amusing thoughts on law school:
1. Law school is a trade school. The only people who don’t believe this to be true are the professors and deans.
2. Want to piss off your professors? Ask them if they’ve ever run a successful law practice.
3. […]
Arguing in the alternative is a technique often used in criminal law to pre-emptively address the concerns of the opposing counsel by stating their presumed rationale and demonstrating its flaws.
Arguing in the alternative can also be used to demonstrate the flaws of a parallel arguement by demonstrating that even if a primary clause is plausible, […]
The session on Making Prevention Feasible and the discussion with Luis Moreno Ocampo revealed two different conceptions of the role of International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecution.
Prevention and the Role of Prosecutor
Justice Richard Goldstone described the role of Prosecutor as constrained by the specific limits authorized by the Rome Statute. Goldstone emphasized the Prosecutor’s duties […]
A Contract Mind Meld
We previously mentioned our friend, the reasonable person, when determining intentions of parties entering a contract.
Intentions are important because they are required for mutual consent when entering legal relations. Both parties involved must have a common understanding of the basis and content of the contract, also known as consensus ad […]
The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) is looking for young lawyers (students and recent graduates) for an upcoming group blog. Further information can be found here, or below.
We are exploring your interest in establishing and maintaining a high-quality, informative and engaging blog – by Canadian young lawyers for Canadian young lawyers. To do this, Young […]
The panel on Making Prevention Feasible, chaired by Prof. Stephen Toope, focused on the proposal for a UN Emergency Peace Service, how to affect the inertia which plagues government action, and how to train negotiating parties for effective collaboration.
During the discussion, Dr. Jerry Fowler (US Holocaust Memorial Museum) described what he saw as the current […]
Chaired by Professor William Schabas (Irish Centre for Human Rights), the panel included Professor Catherine Lu (McGill University), Professor Gary Bass (Princeton University), and Justice Richard Goldstone (Constitutional Court of South Africa, Prosecutor - International Criminal Tribunals for Rwanda and former Yugoslavia).
Key questions addressed by the panel:
What is justice?
What is the role of the International […]
Most law students have at least some appreciation for the concept of the rule of law. In addition to the concepts of federalism and responsible government, it is considered one of the cornerstones of Constitutional Law.
Hon. Eugene A. Forsey explains this principle in How Canadians Govern Themselves,
It means that everyone is subject to […]
Global Conference on the Prevention of Genocide
On October 11th, the Global Conference on the Prevention of Genocide begins in Montreal. The Echenberg Family Conference on Human Rights is organized by the McGill Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism and the McGill University Faculty of Law.
The conference aims to facilitate a dialogue between policy-makers, […]
