Includes PhD dissertations and LL.M. theses completed by students in the graduate programs at the Peter A. Allard School of Law.

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Theses/Dissertations from 2024

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Deciding on ESG : the business judgment rule in Canada, Germany, and Delaware and its impact on corporate adoption of ESG, Jacqueline Hope Fitzpatrick

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Towards “net-zero” warfare? : mitigation of military greenhouse gas emissions in peacetime and during armed conflict, Mattan Gilboa

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Gendered racialization and the Muslim identity : the difference that ‘difference’ makes for Muslim women complainants in Canadian sexual assault cases, Maira Hassan

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Deconstructing securitisation : a new structural approach to evaluating securitisation regulation in the European Union, Helen Alexandra Joan Tooze

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A study in executive branch noncompliance with law : government secrecy, endangered species protection, and the whitebark pine, Drew Yewchuk

Theses/Dissertations from 2023

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Trapped by a record : how information sharing between schools and police agencies perpetuate the school to prison pipeline, Ritchelle Aubrey Abaya-Habibullah

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Empowering autonomy : a novel approach to the right to accessible abortion : exploring realities from the perspective of abortion seekers in Canada and England and Wales, Hannah Ellison

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“Revitalizing” environmental assessment : interpreting the Environmental Assessment Act in light of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Thomas Gilmour

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A balance between flexibility and certainty in fair use : analysis of the compatibility of US fair use and Canadian fair dealing with Korean copyright law, Hyojung Kim

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Overview of the African continental free trade area (AfCFTA) and challenges of implementation : Nigeria and South Africa's implementation as case studies, Ismail Muftau

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Climate discourse polluted : a cumulative effects analysis of the fossil fuel industry’s tactics to influence public discourse, Grace Nosek

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Applying context theory : the narrative of homelessness and law, Ryan Peterson

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Social order in the age of artificial intelligence : the use of technology in migration governance and decision-making, Apurva Vohra

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Examining the judicial imposition of indeterminate sentences for dangerous offenders in Canada, Alison Mary Yule

Theses/Dissertations from 2022

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Canada's criminal justice response to technology-facilitated intimate partner violence, Moira Aikenhead

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Bishops on the bench : why Constantine legislated Christian bishops into the role of judges, C. G. Bateman

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Beyond finders keepers : bioprospecting, patents and human genetic materials, Chinenye Helen Ez

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Between court and context : relocation cases in British Columbia, Magal Huberman

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The protection of AI-generated works under European copyright law : toward adoption of a neighbouring rights approach, Berna Tugce Kucukali

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The financialization of housing in Canada and federally-backed mortgage securitization : public risks, private benefits, Jason Stuart Leslie

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Sustaining the corporate income tax rates of small businesses in developing economies : lessons for Nigeria from Canada, South Africa, and the UK, Stanley Oghenevwairhe Omotor

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Towards a theory of deference in Canadian proportionality jurisprudence, Iryna Ponomarenko

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Development-induced forcible displacement as a crime against humanity of forcible transfer of population under the Rome Statute, Nahid Rabbi

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Ts’uu JaasG̲alang hlG̲aajuu : cedar sisters framework, Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson

Theses/Dissertations from 2021

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Deliberative democracy and problems of democratic governance in Nigeria, Oluwaseun Oluwasegun Ajaja

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Habeas corpus after Khela : dynamics attenuating prisoners' rights, Ellen Bolger

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No parents left behind : a feminist and intersectional perspective on Canadian and Argentine parental leave laws, Sofia Cornejo

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Regulatory capture in Canadian environmental decision-making, Maxwell Edwards

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Sport slavery. The exploitation of teenagers by ‘mock-amateur’ for-profit sport cartels : a study of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) & the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) : can law obtain compensation for these monetized young stars?, Susan D. MacDonald

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Is global convergence of competition law the answer? How East Asian challenges demonstrate the limitations of the convergence strategy, Thomas Martin

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Implementing global norms in local contexts : evaluating the effectiveness of transparency and accountability in the Nigerian extractive sector, Oluwakemi Oluwafunmilayo Oke

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Impact of regulatory frameworks on informal cross border trade in Nigeria : a case study of the rice import restriction and border closure of 2019, Mariam Ololade Omotosho

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Using Indigenous legal processes to strengthen Indigenous jurisdiction : Squamish Nation land use planning and the Squamish Nation assessment of the Woodfibre liquefied natural gas projects, Jennifer M. Sankey

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Family planning and gender discrimination in the workplace : an assessment of China's two-child policy on women's equality at work, Yang Ziyi

Theses/Dissertations from 2020

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Deterrence in the law of negligence, Lachlan Caunt

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Walking the talk? Examining the EU and China's claims to climate leadership in the negotiation and implementation of the Paris Agreement, Alexandra Chapman

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The implementation of trial by jury in Argentina : the analysis of a legal transplant as a method of reform, Natali Daiana Chizik

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Current trends in Canadian civil justice system reform : manufactured simplicity or equitable access?, Kaitlyn Cumming

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Plugging the drain : promoting environmental justice in the Niger Delta through judicial independence, Sarah Tamunonengioforie Itamunoala

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An equitable approach to mitigation in contract, Krishneel Maharaj

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Nation-building in 21st century Canada: the role of legitimacy in the transformation of Crown-First Nations relations, Millicent Frances Nickason

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Understanding the market for personal legal services to improve access to civil justice in Canada, Andrew Pilliar

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How do the jurisdictions of India, Canada and the United Kingdom interpret the inventive step requirement for follow-on pharmaceutical innovation?, George Rainforth

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Exploring the role of penetration in sexual offences in Canada, Shannon Russell

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"Other" women in flight : sexual minority and polygynous refugee women, Siobhan L. Yorgun

Theses/Dissertations from 2019

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New technology for old crimes? the role of cryptocurrencies in circumventing the global anti-money laundering regime and facilitating transnational crime, Ijeamaka Elizabeth Anika

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Exploring the route from Nairobi to Beijing plus twenty : feminist activist reflections on rights advocacy, Susan Margaret Bazilli

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Exploring the route from Nairobi to Beijing plus twenty : feminist activist reflections on rights advocacy : [supplementary material], Susan Margaret Bazilli

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China’s state-centric approach to corporate social responsibility (CSR) abroad : a case study in Africa, Liu Bingyu

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Preserving the Charter in administrative law : a critique of the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Law Society of British Columbia v. Trinity Western University, Carmelle Dieleman

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Voices in the wilderness : Treaty 3 & the dissent of the supreme court in St. Catherine's, Kathryn Gunn

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Developing corporate governance in Nigeria : lessons from a comparative analysis of Nigerian and Canadian corporate governance frameworks, Oludolapo 'Toyosi Makinde

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The paramount consideration : decision-making by the British Columbia Review Board in initial disposition decisions, Kyle Andrew McCleery

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A cultural interpretation of the Genocide Convention, Kurt Mundorff

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The responsibility of home states for violations of international obligations by their corporate citizens in fragile states, Brendan Naef

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Law's meanings for equality in the Americas : less impoverished visions for Canada, Heather Neun

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Border carbon adjustments in support of domestic climate policies : explaining the gap between theory and practice, Stefan U. Pauer

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What role for copyright in podcasting? : a study of crowdfunding and advertising models in an emerging medium, Cody Rei-Anderson

Theses/Dissertations from 2018

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An analysis of the proposed regulatory reforms for derivatives trading in Canada, Winston Victor Barta

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Arbitration and the public policy exception in Mexico : local exceptions to global standards, Erika Marcela Cedillo Corral

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Climate change litigation and corporate accountability in Nigeria : the pathway to climate justice?, Princess Duruike

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Advancing citizen participationh governance and the right to health in brazil : the role of the national health council in healt, Regiane Alves Garcia

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Reimagining responsibility : how human rights due diligence practices could inform judicial responses to climate accountability litigation, Catherine Higham

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The opioid crisis as health crisis, not criminal crisis : implications for the criminal justice system, Haley Hrymak

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Refugee protection at the edges : exclusion for serious criminality in Canada since Febles, Molly Emilia Esbenshade Joeck

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The right to parody : copyright and free speech in selected jurisdictions, Amy T. Y. Lai

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The Nansen Initiative and the development of an international protection norm for cross-border disaster-displaced persons, Ademola Oladimeji Okeowo

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A critical analysis of the role of law and feminist legal approaches in women’s life advancement : a case study of the one million signatures campaign, Shiva Olyaei

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Gilbert Malcolm Sproat, British Columbia Indian reserve commissioner (1876-1880), and the "humanitarian civilizing" of indigenous peoples, Sarah P. Pike

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Overlapping criminal offences and gendered violence : what is overlap and when is it part of the problem of overcriminalisation?, Zoë Margaret Prebble

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Liability deficit problem of multinational corporate groups : a proposal for legislative and judicial reform, Paul Tepre

Theses/Dissertations from 2017

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In search of a marriage counsellor : a proposal for strengthening the enforcement of Canadian constitutional conventions as legal rules of political behaviour, Aniz Alani

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Alleviating the corporate social responsibility reporting-performance inconsistency : a tentative proposal of the "reflexive law plus" model, Si Hao

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Making 'space' for women in Canadian peacekeeping : the battle of closing the gap, Maira Hassan

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The best interests of the child and the potential of collaborative family law : a critical analysis of collaborative lawyers' perspectives on important issues in collaborative practice, Matthew Ledger

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Governing China’s domestic carbon market, Wenqin Liang

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Legal culture of migrant construction workers in China, Juan Li

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Autonomy of Chinese judges : dynamics of people's courts, the CCP and the public in contemporary judicial reform, Yue Liu

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Playing the race card : racial bias in judicial decision-making, Andrew John Arthur Luesley

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Indigenous peoples and international human rights law : mining, multinational corporations and the struggles of indigenous peoples in Peru, Gerardo J. Munarriz

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Strangers to citizenship: an analysis of the deplorable conditions of the Urdu-speaking community in Bangladesh, Naimul Muquim

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Climate change litigation and narrative : how to use litigation to tell compelling climate stories, Grace Nosek

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The quest for development in chaos : what crisis events reveal about Nigeria’s legal system, Temitayo Olarewaju

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The constitutionalization of the right to social security : a comparative analysis between Japan and Mexico, Fernando Villaseñor Rodriguez

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Refugee status determination, narrative and the oral hearing in Australia and Canada, Anthea Fay Vogl

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Consumer welfare and private actions for damages in European Union competition law, Ivona-Elena Zegrean

Theses/Dissertations from 2016

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A more nuanced approach to environmental hazards? : a critical review of the existence, priorities and scope of the Minamata Convention on Mercury, Andrea Bassett

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The sustainability of biofuels : a principled lifecycle assessment of the 2009 European Union Renewable Energy Directive and its framework, Pierre Cloutier de Repentigny

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Towards an inclusive vision of law reform and legal pluralism in Ghana, Ama Fowa Hammond

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Reasons for the preventive shift of Chinese criminal law : using the eighth amendment as a case study, Ying Ji

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Canadian trademarks and keyword advertising : the unsettled debate over trademark keywords, Michelle Kerluke

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International crime and the politics of international criminal theory, Asad Ghaffar Kiyani

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The right to be forgotten : no solution to the challenges of the digital environment, Jordan Levesque

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For-profit, non-profit, and hybrid : the global emergence of legally 'good' corporations and the Canadian experiment, Carol Liao

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Reconceiving the duty to consult and accommodate Aboriginal peoples : a relational approach, Kirsten Manley-Casimir

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Confluence of the law of fresh water resources and international trade : do Canada’s international trade obligations apply to Canada’s fresh water resources?, Brett Jason Nash

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Impartial resolution of disputes in China : an intellectual property perspective, Yulin Zhang

Theses/Dissertations from 2015

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Convertible preferred stock : testing the legal framework of the U.S. venture capital model in China, Olivia-Nathale Adamski

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Potential and peril : incapacitation in the new age of international criminal law, Tessa Bolton

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An ethical process for elder mediators : responding to questions that arise when there are vulnerable or incapable participants, Joy Anne Fay Braun