Law School State of Mind
Lyrics: Yeah Im in that Law School Learning in the Lawbrary Right next to my starbucks Ill be legal forever Im a new Learned Man Learning law from Learned Hand Friendly and Cardoza, SCOTUS Opinions…
Ontario Prostitution Laws Struck
I have to admit that when I first heard on AM980 that Justice Susan Himel stuck the prostitution laws for Ontario, I was a bit dismayed. Â Many people who think of prostitution think of the…
Police Powers and The G20: Why the Public Works Protection Act Was Unnecessary
In the following paper I advance the argument that the use of the Public Works Protection Act at the G20 by police was unnecessary and inappropriate. I suggest that they had ample existing authority under statute and common law to do the job they needed to do.
How About a 91% Tax Rate?
Reconsidering Columbus Day
One year later, it’s still worth reconsidering.
Talk Local on Project Samosa
Talk Local on Rogers TV with Sonia Chin discussed Project Samosa, the terrorism arrests this past summer. The guest is Ibrahim Hindy, a Toronto resident and local leader, who shares the impact of the arrests…
Aligning Interests in Investment Industry
Should our main focus be on aligning the self interests of investors with those of others or with teaching investors to take others’ interests into account when making decisions?
Conrad Black and Libel Tourism
David Canton has a column in this week’s London Free Press, where he discusses the Conrad Black case: The case deals with Internet defamation and how to determine where to sue for it. As with…
Introducing the Niqabitches
Here’s what some students in France came up with to protest recent legislation there. Read the full story at The Telegraph.
Cookie Monster Seeks Attorney
Apparently there are some royalties involved in “om nom nom nom nom.”
The Lawyers Weekly Profiles Law is Cool Founder
The Lawyers Weekly, Canada’s first print news publication for legal professionals, has profiled Omar Ha-Redeye, founder of this site. You can read the profile by Christopher Guly on the website here, Ha-Redeye established the Western…
T I M E – the treasure that will measure…
If there is one word that distinguishes a simple undergraduate degree from a law degree, then that word is TIME. As a newly minted law student, never before has time appeared so essential, so vital,…