Creating a Legal Storm
US Supreme Court Justice, Antonin Scalia, made his first major television appearance this week on 60 Minutes.
Previously he has severely restricted media access, especially in his court, citing his,
First Amendment right not to speak on the radio or television when I do not wish to do so.
In 2004, he even had […]
Rabbi Elior Chen fled Israel to hide in Canada.
Not because he was being persecuted in his country of origin, as so many others do, nor was he claiming to flee a war-torn area.
Chen came to Canada to avoid criminal prosecution.
Israel issued an arrest warrant for him in connection to charges of beating children as young […]
Tasteless Tattoos
A recent online prank among bloggers has raised the issue of poking fun around sensitive issues such as the Holocaust.
Racial and ethnic humour abounds among comedians, though most prefer to poke fun only at the group(s) they identify with and belong to, as to do otherwise appears degenerating. But members of the in-group […]
The Attorney General of New Brunswick, T.J. Burke, announced last week a suit will be launched by the province against 14 tobacco companies.
The claim? People are dying prematurely in the province due to smoking, which costs the province health dollars. Grounds have been presented of alleged misrepresentation of the hazards of tobacco smoke.
Health […]
Ethics at Ryerson Speaker Series
November 15, 2007, Noon - 1pm:
“Advertising, Branding, Intellectual Property Issues Across the Professions”
Product Placement in Popular Culture - Entertainment of Persuasion?
Dr. Melanie Dempsey, Ted Rogers School of Business Management
Max Valiquette, President & CEO, Youthography
Connection […]
Although we’ve discussed briefly boundaries that bloggers often cross, in addition to libel and slander, lawyers are not immune from offensive behaviour either.
ABC Nightline covered a story of a 24 year-old Boston lawyer who was not satisfied with a job offer they had received. A flame war ensued.
But strangely enough one of the […]
Ethics at Ryerson Speaker Series
November 15, 2007, Noon - 1pm:
“Advertising, Branding, Intellectual Property Issues Across the Professionsl”
The Ethics of Intellectual Property: Copy Rights?
Marcus Bornfreund, Creative Commons Canada
Susan Crean, Creators’ Rights Alliance
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The scope of negligence in tort law expands and contracts over time.
One of the landmark cases in product liability, Liebeck v. McDonald’s Restaurants, has received much criticism as a frivolous lawsuit, and has been the basis for many calls of tort reform.
Even Seinfeld mocks the case, with Kramer’s lawyer reprimanding him for using a balm […]
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First-Year Law Student Teaches Ethics to Chinese Delegation
TORONTO - Omar Ha-Redeye, a law student at the University of Western Ontario, presented a seminar on ethical behaviour in disasters to a diplomatic delegation on Nov. 9, 2007.
The Chinese dignitaries were from China, and represented the Commission of Science, Technology, […]
“Dr. Horror” Captured
An internationally wanted physician from Brampton, Ontario, was caught in Nepal last week.
Dr. Amit Kumar was wanted for harvesting organs from poor Indians, usually sold to more affluent people, including international citizens.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoPPxJSn_ZQ
An Ethical Debate
The Kumar incident has sparked an ethical dialogue over organ donation.
Andrew Chung of The Star states,
Some libertarians would […]
Anver M. Emon of the UofT Faculty blog shares an editorial he published in the National Post recently on the case of Aqsa Pervez.
As a professor of Islamic law, I teach my students about its history, doctrines and modes of analysis. We shift back and forth from common law reasoning to Islamic doctrines. We analyze […]
