Courts

A court is any person or institution, often as a government institution, with the authority to adjudicate legal disputes between parties and carry out the administration of justice in civil, criminal, and administrative matters in accordance with the rule of law. In both common law and civil law legal systems, courts are the central means for dispute resolution, and it is generally understood that all people have an ability to bring their claims before a court. Similarly, the rights of those accused of a crime include the right to present a defense before a court. The system of courts that …

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C.D. Howe Institute · 16 April 2024 English

regarding a project; that we leave the decision-making to expert tribunals rather than politicians and courts; we assess whether existing review processes achieve the objective of improving the environmental

to expert tribunals rather than politicians and courts; we assess whether existing review processes achieve


CIGI: Centre for International Governance Innovation · 16 April 2024

referenced the term “artificial intelligence,” double the volume in 2016.2 A portion of the increased In view of the pace of technological change in public interest is driven by the …

unaffiliated parties (Park and Lippoldt until the courts have a chance to adjudicate and 2005). And likewise


UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 12 April 2024 English

"The Honourable John Norquay is a magnificent book. Friesen meticulously documents Norquay's many accomplishments, larger-than-life character, and charisma. He paints a picture of a negotiator and orator who ably uses …

peaceably and generally accepted the rulings of local courts.16 John Norquay adjusted easily to the calendar


UAP: University of Alberta Press · 5 April 2024

Toward an Anti-Racist Poetics seeks to dislodge the often unspoken white universalism that underpins literary production and reception today. In this personal and thoughtful book, award-winning author Wayde Compton explores …

writers, lest they gain an unfair advantage in the courts of poetic adjudication. All citi- zens must stand


UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 5 April 2024 English

Mixing recipes, maps, archival records, biographies, and full-colour photographs with fascinating stories, mmm... Manitoba showcases the province’s diverse foodways and industries from on board the Manitoba Food History Truck.

social and moral reform” and was upheld in the courts in R. v. Quong-Wing in 1914, a case involving two so than [any] other class before the criminal courts.”106 City Council members, however, according to


ALRI: Alberta Law Reform Institute · 3 April 2024 English

Proof of authority may include original or certified copies of the relevant documentation establishing the fiduciary’s authority to deal with the digital asset on the account holder’s behalf (for example, …

or Members of the Legislative Assembly, or the courts: for the complete list, see Freedom of Information unnecessary burdens on fiduciaries, congestion in the courts, and delays in the estate administration process of text being recognized as “writing” by Alberta courts. https://www.alri.ualberta.ca/2023/10/creation from the assumption of jurisdiction by Canadian courts (including the effect of forum selection clauses) 90 Canadian courts in foreign jurisdictions are yet to be fully addressed by the courts with respect


UAP: University of Alberta Press · 2 April 2024 English

Indigenous Legalities, Pipeline Viscosities examines the relationship between the Wet’suwet’en and hydrocarbon pipeline development, showing how colonial governments and corporations seek to control Indigenous claims and how the Wet'suwet'en resist. …

recognition of Aboriginal rights in the Canadian courts, Indigenous peoples have been actively asserting legal articula- tion of their rights in the settler courts. Ethnographies prepared for the Delgamuukw, Gisdaywa years old. The case slowly advanced through the courts from my early childhood to late teens. While I explore how the Wet’suwet’en leveraged settler courts to press colonial authorities to uphold historical


BCCLA: BC Civil Liberties Association · 2 April 2024 English

foundational decisions of Thorson, McNeil, and Finlay, which should have informed the analysis of the courts below. [...] The Federal Court of Appeal conferred public interest standing based on this line of 17.8 of the Lobbyists Registration Act to “only the subject of an inquiry”. [...] 35, the superior courts are “ideally placed to ensure the maintenance of the rule of law” and are indeed “the primary guardians the superior courts, this Appeal provides this Court with the opportunity to clarify that section 96, in addition, is the constitutional basis for standing rules.27 Since superior courts cannot proc. [

inquiry”.4 3. The Joint Interveners argue that the courts below erred on both points for the following four which should have informed the analysis of the courts below. c. The misalignment between the interests Act, 1867, and conflict with section 11(2) of the Courts of Justice Act,5 and should therefore be read down standing is required to further what the Supreme 5 Courts of Justice Act, RSO 1990, c C.43, section 11(2) private standing would bring the issue before the courts. The interests of the person or entity with private


UMP: University of Manitoba Press · 29 March 2024 English

This first-of-its-kind collection shares stories not only of entrepreneurial excellence and persistence but of savvy leadership, innovation, and reciprocity, providing hope to Indigenous business leaders, youth, and elected officials working …

Indigenous leaders also pursued land claims through the courts, resulting in a series of landmark cases that


National Association of Women and the Law · 28 March 2024

standard for the federal level.25 Additionally, the judge held that UNDRIP cannot be interpreted by the courts due to the need for consultation with aff.

judge held that UNDRIP cannot be interpreted by the courts due to the need for consultation with affected


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