Anver Emon on Honour Killings
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…
Civil Rights
Blogging Heads: Liberty vs. Security
Jack Balkin of Yale Law School, blogger at Balkinization, and author of Cybercrime, speaks with Eric Posner of the University of Chicago Law School on the balance between liberty and security. The New York…
Minorities in the Legal Ivory Tower
Some Positive Signs Prof. Jeffrey Harrison of the University of Florida College of Law asked almost exactly a year ago whether Race, Class and Diversity adversely affects the possibility of tenure for minorities in law….
Employee Privacy in Canada
Cases in Canada We previously commented on the development of privacy laws in Canada, prompted by a recent case in NY State where an employer’s monitoring and unauthorized use of the employee’s e-mails was upheld….
Muslim group irked by columnist’s book
LawIsCool is reproducing the piece below for a legal interest sake alone. This site is not officially affiliated with the case in any way. Muslim group irked by columnist’s book December 31, 2007 By Barry…
American “Legal Fictions” for 2007
Slate magazine is offering the Bush Administration’s Top 10 “Dumbest Legal Arguements of the Year.” In 2006, they presented the Top 10 “Most Outrageous Civil Liberties Violations.” Here is this year’s list in brief (see…
Maclean’s piece needs response
LawIsCool is reproducing the piece below for a legal interest sake alone. This site is not officially affiliated with the case in any way. London Free Press Maclean’s piece needs response Faisal Joseph December 17,…
Debate denied over Maclean’s Muslim article
LawIsCool is reproducing the piece below for a legal interest sake alone. This site is not officially affiliated with the case in any way. Debate denied over Maclean’s Muslim article Naseem Mithoowani, Khurrum Awan, Muneeza…
Development of Privacy Law in Canada
Privacy Common Law in Canada A tort action exists in the U.S. for the invasion of privacy exists in only four situations: Unreasonable intrusion Appropriation of personality (an intentional economic tort) Unreasonable publicity of private…
LOTR and Legal History
Gwen Seabourne of the University of Bristol School of Law has an interesting article on legal history as it is used in the Lord of the Rings at Common Lawyer. The Oath Binding oaths are…
Religious Promises may be Binding
The new Supreme Court Case ruling, Bruker v. Marcovitz, has some interesting implications for Jewish family law. The case was considered by The Lawyers Weekly to be the “most timely and topical” of all the…
Steyn responds to Law is Cool
As expected, Mark Steyn has responded within a day to Daniel Simard‘s last post on hate speech in Maclean’s. Perhaps not as expected, he makes some snide remarks about the Canadian Human Rights Commission. But…