Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Problems of legitimacy regarding the European convention on human rights : formalism, fuzziness, or lack of theory?, Dóra Gudmundsdóttir
Debating human rights and the rule of law in China : international actors' role in upholding basic standards, Jessica Amy Guitard
Native title and the tide of history : shifting the sands, Brooke Hall
Matter or mirage? : The public policy rationale for section 9 of the fair trading act 1986 (N.Z.), Christopher Brian Hall
The child at the centre : rethinking child protection, Margaret Isabel Hall
From aboriginality to governmentality : the meaning of section 35(1) and the power of legal discourse, David Hannigan
The legal capture of British Columbia’s fisheries: a study of law and colonialism, Douglas C. Harris
The road back from hell? : First Nations, self-government, and the universal goal of child protection in Canada, Sonia Ruth Harris
Redefining disrepute : acknowledging social injustice and judicial subjectivity in the critical reform of section 24(2) of the Charter, Jordan William Derek Hauschildt
Between concepts and context: protection of "personal freedom" : a comparative case study of German and Canadian criminal law, Anne-Katrin Heidt
Ideology, social control, and the private facts tort, Emma Marilyn Henderson
Eligibility to participate in the Olympics : ways to improve how disputes are resolved at games time, Nicholas James Hopewell
Reviewable transactions in insolvency : the recognition of creditors’ interests in "subjective" and "objective" insolvency regimes, Andrew J. Horne
Primary caregiving and "mothers with a difference" : A feminist analysis of developments in custody law, Nicole J. Horwitz
Accessibility rights for disabled people, David Leigh Hosking
Canada’s international posture on human rights : consequences in the domestic domain, Rebecca Winesanker Hunter
¿Paz sin Justicia? Argentina’s "Dirty War" and gross violations of human rights : does impunity conform to international human rights norms?, Nancy-Louise E. Hustins
Public policy and privatised justice : the setting aside of arbitral awards by national courts of the arbitral situs, Virtus Chukwutoo Igbokwe
Mareva injunction and Japanese provisional remedy, Yoshifumi Ikeda
Federalizing the conflict of laws : some lessons for Australia from the Canadian experience, Andrew Lee Jackson
Genocide, culture, law: aboriginal child removals in Australia and Canada, Jacqueline Jago
Closing the gap between tax law and family law on marital breakup, Soraya M. Jamal
Articulating the realm of the possible: two farm marketing boards and the legal administrative field, David Neil Jardine
A step in the pink direction : the intersection of national, familial and sexual identity in Canada, Toni A.M. Johnson
Autonomous aboriginal criminal justice and the Charter of Rights, William Wayne Johnston
Great Lakes environmental policy : the ecosystem approach and an economic perspective, Russell Sean Jutlah
The intersection of aboriginal law and aboriginal rights in the common law frameworks of Canada and Australia, Prashanth Kainthaje
Public participation in Canadian environmental decision-making : form without function?, Erika Kasai
Developing countries and the right to informed decision-making : failures of the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety, Kelly Patricia Keenan
Conceptualizing the child through an ethic of care : custody and access law reform in Canada, Fiona Jane Kelly
Public and private information: the access dichotomy, Katrina Robertson Kelly
Ideas for civil justice reform from the classical Nepalese legal system, Gerald N. Kent
International criminal justice : an unattainable goal or current reality?, Anne Kindt
Reflections on the Canadian payments systems: from manual clearing to electronic funds transfers, Alison L. Kirby
The changing shape of sovereignty in international environmental law, Elizabeth Agnes Kirk
Moral involuntariness as a principle of excusing conditions : subtitle what's choice got to do with it?, Joanne Klineberg
Estoppel (principles?) in public law : the substantive protection of legitimate expectations, Dean R. Knight
The responsibility to protect : legal rights and obligations to save humans from mass murder and ethnic cleansing, Andreas Stephan Kolb
Doing the "right" thing : aboriginal women, violence and justice, Jennifer Koshan
Property concepts and institutions in China: does tradition abide?, Mark Thaddeus Kremzner
Aboriginal use and management of fisheries in British Columbia, Rosanne Marie Kyle
Mining, environment and communities in Peru : two case studies on Canadian investment, Patricia Gonzales Lazarte
"Can't be nailed twice": avoiding double taxation by Canada and Taiwan, Emily Hsiang-hui Lee
The right to self-determination: an international criminal law perspective, Joanne Elizabeth Lee
"People" and "minority" from theory to reality, Sylvie N. Leger
Irregular migrant workers in the UK : a story of marginalization, Rachael Levene
Banking reforms in global market : China and Taiwan, I-Hui Amy Liao
The China Labour Code: its major issues and improvement, Jianyong Li
Foreign access to banking markets in China and Taiwan, Chia-Chi Jackie Lin
Policy analysis of foreign investment companies limited by shares, Hua-wei Lin
Corporate governance in publicly-held companies: lessons for China’s companies limited by shares, Jingrong Liu
Economic dispute resolution by administrative organs and courts in China : from a transparency perspective, Yanyan Liu
Mapping contested terrain : subtitle the doctrine of failure to protect in Canadian criminal law, Lori Ann Lothian
A Scottish perspective on the defence of intoxication, Vincent Thomas Lunny
The future of remedies : Moving beyond divided legal and equitable remedies in Canadian law, Lorna Lynch
First Nations child and family services: whither self-governance?, Kelly A. MacDonald
Many paths to modernity : human rights, development and the World Bank, David Richard MacKenzie
A modern star chamber : an analysis of ordered statements in the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, Craig S. MacMillan
The meaning of ’freedom of conscience’ in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms : a polyvocal cultural analysis, Michael E. Manley-Casimir
Why is there an international commercial uniform law rather than nothing? : a postmodern manifesto, Louis Marquis
Who are you calling a child? : the limits on street-involved youth using legal rights, Elizabeth Mayer
Women of no importance? : the Ontario pay equity act and low paid women, Deirdre Maria McCann
Protecting aboriginal cultural heritage in Australia: looking for solutions in the Canadian experience, Sally Peata McCausland
Treaty-making from an indigenous perspective : a ned’u’ten-canadian treaty model, Lorna June McCue
Two roads - no exit : an in camera discourse on negotiations in North America today, Donald G. McIntyre
The responsibility of the U.S. under international law for the legacy of toxic waste at the former U.S. bases in the Philippines, Josine Ruth Remorca Mercado
Whistle blowing in the public service of Canada, Dennis Mercan
Tax avoidance : the Canadian experience, Jane Heddle Michie
A reappraisal of humanitarian intervention, Kirsty Giselle Middleton
The reasonable person in substantive Canadian Criminal Law, Rudolf Alexander Mikus
What do lesbians do?: motherhood ideology, lesbian mothers and family law, Jenni Millbank
Raven grows new feathers : realizing contemporary Indigenous visions of justice in Canada through the culturally sensitive interpretations of legal rights, David Leo Milward
Peacebuilding in Cambodia : transforming public dialogue about human rights, Catherine Ann Morris
Allocating ground water in the Great Lakes Basin : an anaylsis [i.e. analysis] of international and domestic law and policy, Timothy James Morris
Motherhood, madness, and the role of the state, Judith Mosoff
The adoption of the uncitral model law by the Federal Republic of Germany in the light of British Columbia’s experience, Holger Mueller
Much ado about (almost) nothing: the youth criminal justice act: paradigms & paradoxes within Canadian youth justice philosophy, Lene Spang Dyhrberg Nielsen
Golden handshakes and golden parachutes : serverance packages for corporate executives, Matthias Nussbaum
Biological diversity and intellectual property rights : the challenge of traditional knowledge, Chidi Vitus Oguamanam
International law, plant biodiversity and the protection of indigenous knowledge : an examination of intellectual property rights in relation to traditional medicine, Chidi Vitus Oguamanam
Re-defining legitimacy : international law, multilateral institutions and the problem of socio-cultural fragmentation within established African states, Obiora Chinedu Okafor
The concept of legitimate governance in the contemporary municipal and international legal systems: an interdisciplinary analysis, Obiora Chinedu Okafor
No safe place : the legal regulation of street harassment, Norma Anne Oshynko
Normalizing pathologies of difference : the discursive function of IMF conditionality, Sundhya Pahuja
Beyond command and control : do voluntary initiatives hold promise for enhanced environmental protection?, David Richard Parker
Equal in theory : an assessment of anti-discrimination statutes as equality tools for people with disabilities, Tom W. Patch
For the more easy recovery of debts in His Majesty’s plantations : credit and conflict in Upper Canada, 1788-1809, Karen Pearlston
Customary law, the Crown and the common law : ancient legal islands in the post-colonial stream, Richard Dale Pesklevits
Uncertain risk, causation and precaution in toxic tort litigation, Brenda Heelan Powell
Moral rights of authors in international copyright of the 21st century : time for consolidation?, Lenka Radkova
International trade and taxation: the GATT and domestic tax policy, Cindy L. Rajan
Patenting innovation : intellectual property rights in the new economy, Ian Ramage
Toward a new wills variation act, David Peter Ramsay
Sign of the times: celebrity, truth, and legal storytelling, Sara Lynne Ramshaw
Improving compliance with the law prohibiting genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity : recalling the human factor, Venita-Sherryl Reddy
The heart of the matter: emotion in the criminal law, Alexander Reilly
Re-examining the hostile takeover, Ke Ren
New directions for environmental impairment liability insurance in Canada, Larry A. Reynolds