The 1854 Oration
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"It matters little where we pass the remnant of our days. They will not be many". A powerful lament for an imperilled way of life, the 1854 speech traditionally attributed to Chief Seattle of the Duwamish Tribe is a vital document in the history of the Indigenous peoples of North America. Chief Seattle's oration was delivered in the face of the impending loss of his people's land to the State of Washington, and it remains a profound meditation on the nature of time, colonialism, and religion. Eris Gems make available in the form of beautifully produced saddle-stitched booklets a series of outstanding short works of fiction and non-fiction.
The 2022 annotated Citizenship Act
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Citizenship Act -- Short title and interpretation (Sections 1 and 2) -- Part I (Sections 3-6) : The right to citizenship -- Part II (Sections 7-10) : Loss of citizenship -- Part III (Section 11) : Resumption of citizenship -- Part IV (Section 12) : Certificate of citizenship -- Part V (Sections 13-22) : Procedure -- Part V.1 (Sections 21.1-22.4) : Judicial review -- Part VI (Sections 23-28) : Administration -- Part VII (Sections 29-31) : Offences -- Part VIII (Sections 32-39) : Status of persons in Canada - Schedule-- Regulations: Citizenship regulations, Can. Reg. 93-246 -- Citizenship regulations, No. 2, Can. Reg. 2015-124 -- Order designating the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration as Minister for Purposes of the Act -- Federal Courts Act -- Canadian Passport Order, Can. Reg. 81-86 -- Naturalization Act, 1914 -- Canadian Citizenship Act, 1946 -- Canadian Citizenship Act, 1952 -- Canadian Citizenship Act, 1970-- Canadian Citizen Act, 1974-75-76
Alha Disnii - My Truth
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My name is Corinne George. I am Wet'suwet'en with Gitksan lineage from the Gidimt'en (Bear) Clan. This is my truth, and through sharing my truth, I strive for ongoing healing and to continue the journey of reconciliation. As a Wet'suwet'en woman born and raised on what is now known as the "Highway of Tears," it was not uncommon to receive inferior treatment. There were even times when I was overtly targeted. It has been very common for people to outwardly refuse to acknowledge my existence as a human being. I was always afraid to share my truth because I did not want to be stigmatized. I am the daughter of a residential school survivor and a WWII veteran. As a result of colonization, I have encountered incredible levels of trauma. I need to acknowledge and speak my truth. As I share my pain and experiences, I have gathered self-awareness and every time I speak about my trauma, I heal a little bit more. I do not deserve to be treated like I do not exist. Despite the historical impacts of colonization and trauma, my connections to my ancestral ways and my identity have been critical. This is how I survived and how I strive to thrive.
Applying Restorative Justice to Campus Sexual Misconduct
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While sexual misconduct on our college and university campuses, both public and private, is dismayingly widespread, it continues to be significantly underreported because most victims perceive that judicial recourse, with its legalistic adversarial approach, fails to address--in a healing way--the harms done to them. Fewer still file formal complaints, many for fear that they may lose agency and that the process may rekindle the trauma of their experience. Recognizing the reality that supermajority of sexual harms in higher education are rarely addressed through established legalistic practices, this book offers a range of alternative approaches based on restorative justice. Starting from the premise "What if we started with the goal of healing in mind", this book opens with an overview of common restorative practices and accounts of application and lessons learned by practitioners who have implemented a range of restorative justice and alternative-based approaches. Subsequent chapters cover procedural elements, recommendations around documentation. and interventions for individuals who have caused harm through sexual and gender-based misconduct. The book addresses facilitation; the need to pay attention to self, people, and systems, identities, and power dynamics; the considerations for working restoratively with both complainants and respondents; offers cases and adaptable examples of resolution; and concludes with reflections on institutional implementation from the perspectives of administrators, facilitators, and a student survivor. Recognizing there will always be a need for a formal investigatory approach to cases of sexual misconduct, the book offers a wide range of alternative options that empower those who are most directly affected to make the call for themselves. In doing so, it may increase reporting and, furthermore, in offering a healing justice that addresses individual and community needs, may work to reduce sexual misconduct on campus.
Charter Remedies in Criminal Cases
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This book will be the second edition of our essential guide to when and how Charter remedies are available in criminal law. The book begins with "threshold matters," pertaining to when and how Charter remedies are available (e.g., which court, the standard of proof, procedural rules). The rest of the chapters focus on Charter remedies for particular outcomes in cases, ranging from excluding evidence, achieving a stay of proceedings, getting a sentence reduction, getting costs against the crown, making an application for habeas corpus review (unlawful detention), and legislative invalidity."-
International Human Rights in Post-Colonial Africa
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An interdisciplinary and accessible argument for international human rights standards in post-colonial Africa. International Human Rights in Post-Colonial Africa: Universality in Perspective advances three interrelated claims for international human rights standards in post-colonial Africa. The sweeping changes that have taken place in post-colonial Africa since colonial eras necessitate that we change our assumptions about the structural and socio-politico-economic systems of post-colonial Africa and their impact on individual and group rights. Taking an interdisciplinary approach, this study is rooted in law and draws on philosophy, political science, anthropology, sociology, economics, and more. It advances legal and moral justifications for the universality of human rights standards, despite global cultural diversity. Aiming to weave a case for human rights as universal imperatives, this accessibly written book offers a range of definitions for readers not familiar with the language used in this particular field of study. Complex terms or terms of art have been defined to make it easier for readers to understand and follow the arguments.
Introduction to international tax in Canada 12th edition
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Fundamental objectives and principles / Jean-Pierre Vidal -- Overview of the BEPS project / Jean-Pierre Vidal, Angelo Nikolakakis, Jessica Di Maria and Marwah Rizqy -- History of tax treaties / Marwah Rizqy -- Tax treaties / Sophie Chatel ; Case studies and recommended solutions / Cindy Harvey -- Residence in Canada / Annick Provencher, Jean-Pierre Vidal, Marie-Pierre Allard and Chantal Bélanger ; Case studies and recommended solutions / Cindy Harvey -- Permanent establishment in Canada / Annick Provencher ; Case studies and recommended solutions / Cindy Harvey -- Part I tax for a non-resident of Canada / Jean-Pierre Vidal, Florie Pellerin-Catellier and Gemma Ricci -- Part XIII and Part XIV tax / Jean-Pierre Vidal, Florie Pellerin-Catellier and Gemma Ricci ; Case studies and recommended solutions / Cindy Harvey -- Part XIII anti-avoidance rules : sections 212.1 and 212.3 of the ITA / Mathieu Gendron and Sara Shearmur -- Foreign tax credits / Florie Pellerin-Catellier and Judith Charbonneau Kaplan ; Case studies and recommended solutions / Cindy Harvey -- Expatriates / Sarah Baxter ; Case studies and recommended solutions / Cindy Harvey -- Taxation of non-resident trusts / Nadia Rusak and Jonathan Charron ; Case studies and recommended solutions / Nadia Rusak and Jonathon Charron -- Foreign affiliates I : foreign accrual property income / Jean-Pierre Vidal ; Case studies and recommended solution
Landing the Paris Climate Agreement
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From the U.S. lead negotiator on climate change, an inside account of the seven-year negotiation that culminated in the Paris Climate Agreement in 2015-and where the international climate effort needs to go from here. The 2015 Paris Agreement on climate change was one of the most difficult and hopeful achievements of the twenty-first century- 195 nations finally agreed, after 20 years of trying, to establish an ambitious, operational regime to address one of the greatest civilizational challenges of our time. In Landing the Paris Climate Agreement, Todd Stern, the chief US negotiator on climate change, provides an engaging account from inside the rooms where it happened- the full, charged, seven-year story of how the Paris Agreement came to be, following an arc from Copenhagen, to Durban, to the secret U.S.-China climate deal in 2014, to Paris itself. With a storyteller's gift for character, suspense, and detail, Stern crafts a high-stakes narrative that illuminates the strategy, policy, politics, and diplomacy that made Paris possible. Introducing readers to a vivid cast of characters, including Xie Zenhua, Vice Minister of China's National Development and Reform Commission, Bo Lidegaard, chief strategist for Denmark's Prime Minster, and Indian minister Jairam Ramesh, Stern, who worked alongside President Barack Obama and Secretaries of State John Kerry and Hillary Clinton, depicts the pitfalls and challenges overcome, the shifting alliances, the last-minute maneuvering, and the ultimate historic success. The book concludes with a final chapter that describes key developments since 2015 and the author's reflections on what needs to be done going forward to contain the climate threat. A unique peek behind the curtain of one of the most important international agreements of our time, Landing the Paris Climate Agreement is a vital and fascinating read for anyone who cares about the future of our one shared home.
The Law of Democratic Governing
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This book establishes a comprehensive method of examining the workings of democratic government and governance by systematically classifying the institutions and processes of the modern state. It then examines each of the major aspects of democratic governing through the judgments of courts, as well as through other sources such as rulings by the Speaker of the House of Commons and case studies drawn from governmental practice. This book concentrates on Canadian examples. However, it also draws on material from the US, the UK, the Commonwealth and other jurisdictions.
The law of privacy in Canada. Student Edition
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Litigating equality
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The aim of this volume is to look in depth at the challenges faced by those who are currently litigating equality rights cases in Canada or making arguments about equality in the context of other rights under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The volume grew out of a conference held at the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights in May 2023, which brought together scholars and practitioners from across Canada to address questions that arise for litigators within our changing jurisprudential landscape. The conference was a follow-up to the Asper Centre’s March 2018 conference and resulting publication, Public Interest Litigation in Canada. The Centre sought to build on the themes explored in the earlier event in order to contribute to the practical scholarship on public interest litigation and to take a deeper dive into equality rights advocacy at a time when the jurisprudence seems shifting and uncertain."
Lovely One
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * In her "vulnerable, tender, and infinitely inspirational" (Oprah Daily) memoir, the first Black woman to ever be appointed to the Supreme Court of the United States chronicles her extraordinary life story. "A billowingly triumphant American tale."--The New York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice) With this unflinching account, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson invites readers into her life and world, tracing her family's ascent from segregation to her confirmation on America's highest court within the span of one generation. Named "Ketanji Onyika," meaning "Lovely One," based on a suggestion from her aunt, a Peace Corps worker stationed in West Africa, Justice Jackson learned from her educator parents to take pride in her heritage since birth. She describes her resolve as a young girl to honor this legacy and realize her dreams: from hearing stories of her grandparents and parents breaking barriers in the segregated South, to honing her voice in high school as an oratory champion and student body president, to graduating magna cum laude from Harvard, where she performed in musical theater and improv and participated in pivotal student organizations. Here, Justice Jackson pulls back the curtain, marrying the public record of her life with what is less known. She reveals what it takes to advance in the legal profession when most people in power don't look like you, and to reconcile a demanding career with the joys and sacrifices of marriage and motherhood. Through trials and triumphs, Justice Jackson's journey will resonate with dreamers everywhere, especially those who nourish outsized ambitions and refuse to be turned aside. This moving, openhearted tale will spread hope for a more just world, for generations to come.
More Is Less
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Why are contracts incomplete? Transaction costs and bounded rationality cannot be a total explanation since states of the world are often describable, foreseeable, and yet are not mentioned in a contract. Asymmetric information theories also have limitations. We offer an explanation based on 'contracts as reference points'. Including a contingency of the form, 'The buyer will require a good in event E', has a benefit and a cost. The benefit is that if E occurs there is less to argue about; the cost is that the additional reference point provided by the outcome in E can hinder (re)negotiation in states outside E. We show that if parties agree about a reasonable division of surplus, an incomplete contract is strictly superior to a contingent contract. If parties have different views about the division of surplus, an incomplete contract can be superior if including a contingency would lead to divergent reference points.
Reclaiming the Public
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Reclaiming the Public defines and defends the intrinsic value of "the public" that resides in our public institutions and the officials that run them. The book argues that public institutions do not simply act for us but instead speak and act in our name; i.e., they represent us. Representation requires that decisions made by public institutions or officials are consistent with the perspectives of citizens. If the decisions satisfy this requirement, these decisions are attributable to citizens, and citizens can be held responsible for them. This theory of political authority accounts for major features of our legal system, such as the non-instrumental grounds for the separation of law-making powers, the non-instrumental value of constitutions, the limits of privatization, the nature and value of public property, and the impermissibility of using artificial intelligence in setting certain policies and making certain decisions.
Rules for Trade in Services 2.0
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This book explores the adaptating process of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS) to a constantly changing trade and policy context. The adoption of the General Agreement on Trade in Services (GATS), a multilateral agreement with stand-alone rules and principles for the governance of trade and investment in services, represented a watershedin the history of global trade governance. Over three decades after the drafting of the Agreement, WTO Members struggle to deliver on the GATS' mandate to achieve progressively higher levels of trade liberalisation in a radically different trade and policy landscape. Against this background, this book examines the contribution of the WTO negotiating, adjudicative, and deliberative functions to adapting the GATS to changing circumstances. The book uncovers an extremely flexible and adaptable agreement whose full potential has yet to be realised due to a complex set of factors weighing more broadly on the use of the WTO functions. The book distils the factors at play that constrain WTO Members' capacity to adapt the Agreement to changing circumstances and explores potential pathways to overcome them. The book will be of interest to scholars, policy makers, and trade diplomats interested in understanding the factors and processes conditioning the adaptation of a multilateral trade agreement to changing trade and policy circumstances.
Sovereign Wisdom
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This book proposes a methodology for formulating a sovereign field of Academic Native American Philosophy. In this groundbreaking metaphilosophical work, the author identifies several recurrent themes in Indigenous North American cultures and argues that such themes can form the foundation of a unique field of philosophy. Creatively drawing on a diverse collection of Native voices from a wide variety of disciplines such as philosophy, religion, literature and oratory, this innovative book promises to be a resource for philosophers and other scholars seeking to engage in discourses centering Native conceptual analyses. "Dr. Vest has written a perceptive understandable study about the challenge to accept Native American philosophy and she explains thoroughly what it is. Written from the heart, she shares her insightful understandings of Native life and the complexities of tribal worldviews. If you want to know about Indians, this is a must read." -Donald L. Fixico, Muscogee, Seminole, Shawnee, and Sac and Fox, and author of The American Indian Mind in a Linear World "Jennifer Vest has produced the most comprehensive, compelling, and elegant treatise of Native American Philosophy that I have seen to date. Her treatise elevates the stature of Native American to its rightful place among world Philosophies. Her writing is full of the life and spirit of Indigenous thought. As such, it is a must read for all those interested in Philosophy, Native American, Ecological and Contemplative Studies." -Gregory Cajete, Ph.D. Emeritus Professor, Native Studies and American Indian Education University of New Mexico
