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Hryniak, the 2010 Amendments, and the First Stages of a Culture Shift?: The Evolution of Ontario Civil Procedure in the 2010s
(2020-05-11)This dissertation investigates the effects of amendments to Ontarios Rules of Civil Procedure that came into effect on January 1, 2010 (the 2010 Amendments) and were subject to interpretation by the Supreme Court of Canada ... -
Disability's Encounter with Legislation and Governance: Long-Term Care Homes in Ontario
(2020-05-11)This dissertation is a comprehensive study of the new legal framework for the long-term care (LTC) sector (also known as nursing homes) in Ontario, Canada. The research sought to answer the following question: What are the ... -
Assessing Canada's Copyright Law in the Digital Context: Digital Locks, Open Licenses, and the Limits of Legislative Change
(2020-05-11)This dissertation examines Canadas copyright law reform in the information age. The overarching theme of my research underscores the importance of considering the purpose(s) of copyright law and the public interest while ... -
A Corporative Theory of Corporate Law and Governance
(2020-05-11)ABSTRACT This book investigates how a corporation, as a legal entity with certain specific attributes, but lacking human form, can take action in the real world of human activity. It contends that a corporation must take ... -
Girls, Who Run The World? Not Yet: An Analysis of the Underrepresentation of Women on Boards in Canada and the Underlying Theory of the Regulation Thereof
(2020-05-11)This thesis provides an in-depth analysis of the underlying theories of the regulation of the underrepresentation of women on boards, typically categorized into business case and normative rationales. An analysis of these ... -
A Comparative Study of Judicial Safeguards in Relation to Investor-State Dispute Settlement
(2020-05-11)ISDS is a relatively young and dynamic regime. It faces challenges for which other adjudicative systems, after centuries of development, have found solutions. In ISDS, fair rules and procedures are essential since ISDS is ... -
Narrowing the Gap between Tax Law and Accounting
(2019-11-22)Accounting income and taxable income are both designed to capture the economic activities of an entity based on their own rules and assumptions. Despite all the differences in reporting objectives and measurement methods, ... -
The Nigerian Niger Delta and the Invisible Hand of TREMF: Exploring the (IM)Possibility of Socio-Economic Justice Under the Un 'Ruggie' Guiding Principles
(2019-11-22)The Nigerian Niger Delta region which is home to Nigerias large crude oil reserves, has grappled with many problems since the inception of crude oil explorations in the area over six decades ago. From environmental ... -
The Right to Support: Severely Disabled Children & Their Mothers
(2019-11-22)The author examines how severely disabled children and their mothers, who are usually their primary caregivers, are treated by Canadian law and policy. She identifies and analyzes deficiencies in care and other supports ... -
If You Love Something, Set it Free? Open Content Copyright Licensing and Creative Cultural Expression
(2019-11-22)This dissertation seeks an answer to the question of when open content copyright licences can be most productively used to facilitate the creation and dissemination of cultural expression. Conventional copyright licences ... -
Attracting Foreign Investments for Green Energy Projects in Subsaharn Africa: Climate Change Policy & Innovation in International Legal Compliance
(2019-11-22)Sub-Saharan Africa must confront the dual problem of development coupled with the complexities surrounding climate change. The regions stagnated growth has been historically attributed to many factors, but the predominant ... -
Presumptive Deference and the Role of Expertise on Questions of Law in Canadian Administrative Law
(2019-11-22)Administrators in Canada are presumptively accorded deference on questions of law. This deference is grounded largely in expertise, a pragmatic justification for deference. This thesis examines the relationship of expertise ... -
Understanding Trans Racialized Youth Autonomy in Health Care Decision Making in Ontario
(2019-07-02)This thesis re-evaluates the concept of autonomy and the possibilities for trans racialized youth to practice it in current health care decision making contexts. After discussing access to health care in Ontario for this ... -
Beyond the Habitual: Legal Argument Upon the Use of Force and During the Conduct of Hostilities
(2019-07-02)This dissertation moves beyond traditional assessments of legal compliance. It offers a more complete understanding of how international law functions upon the use of force and during the conduct of hostilities. The ... -
Artificially Intelligent Copyright: Rethinking Copyright Boundaries
(2019-07-02)My dissertation explores the legal boundaries of copyright law in the wake of artificial intelligence (AI) technology. In building the theoretical foundations for my dissertation, I go through several key phases. First, I ... -
Law, Autonomy, and Local Government: A Legal History of Municipal Corporations in Canada West/Ontario, 1850-1880
(2019-03-05)The historiography of local government in mid-nineteenth century Canada West/Ontario is divided on the question of municipal autonomy. The more dominant thesis asserts that the Municipal Corporations (Baldwin) Act of 1849 ... -
Recognizing the Assemblage: Palestinian Bedouin of the Naqab in Dialectic with Israeli Law
(2019-03-05)In the five case studies, we examine how Israel, as a collection of individuated interests given expression in the form a state, is in a dialectic of recognition with the Naqab Bedouin community. Recognition happens on a ... -
Charter Damages: Private Law in the Unique Public Law Remedy
(2018-11-21)In 2010, the Supreme Court of Canadas decision in Vancouver (City) v Ward created a framework for a Charter damages claim. In two subsequent decisions, the Court deviated from Ward by relying extensively on private law ... -
Toxic Enactments: Materializing Estrogen and Regulation Under Canada's Food and Drugs Act, 1939-1953
(2018-11-21)The study describes how estrogen was standardized in Canada, in the 1940s and early 1950s, under the Food and Drugs Act. Contributing to interdisciplinary conversations, it provides an empirical case of how regulatory ... -
Intersectional Human Rights at CEDAW: Promises Transmissions and Impacts
(2018-11-21)Starting from the premise that international human rights law is not a neutral fact, this dissertation is a critical exploration of the promises, transmissions and impacts of intersectionality as an approach to gender ...
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