Types of Regulatory Offences Offences in the Criminal Code are outnumbered by the regulatory offences created by the three levels of government. This quasi-criminal law is concerned with the enforcement of regulatory schemes, and usuall…
Negligence, which comprises over 90% contemporary Torts actions, goes through a cyclical process of expanding and narrowing of liability. The Wacky Warnings website does a parody of this, demonstrating how fear of liability in the…
Russ Brown of the University of Alberta Faculty blog posted a story recently that claimed Japanese researchers found that 5 year old chimps had better short-term memory than adult humans. The chimps didn’t have better…
One of the longest serving and most influential judges in Canadian history passed away recently. Chief Justice Antonio Lamer died at the age of 74. He was most noted for his ruling over the Quebec…
Naomi Wolf, author of The End of America: Letter of Warning To A Young Patriot, has an interesting premise on how the rule of law is eroded in society. She claims there is a discernable…
Background Owners of land in the UK once belonging to a church in Medieval times, known as rectorial land, considered lay rectors. As such, they are liable for the upkeep of the chancel, an area…