Limits to Hockey Violence
Kevin “Killer” Kaminski’s recent concussion has revived much of the debate over violence in Canadian hockey. Interesting enough it is cases in hockey that have led to the test used in Canada for criminal causation…
Torts
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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…
Divisions among Private Law
Private Law can be divided into property and obligations. The latter is further divided into contracts, torts, and unjust enrichment (restitution). The bulk of first-year courses (property, contracts and torts), are therefore comprised primarily of…
Law is Poetry. Literally.
Law and Poetry Innis Claude stated in Power and international relations that law is the poetry and politics the prose of government. Wallace Stevens, American lawyer and poet, said, One is not a lawyer and…