This 2009 lecture addresses the possible implications of the global financial crisis ("GFC") for Canadian securities regulation. I want to concentrate my remarks about the effects of the GFC on Canadian securities regulation in three areas: (i) the possible effects of the GFC on recent...

Julian Juergensmeyer is best known for his work on funding of infrastructure, but his seminal treatise on Agricultural Law raises the question of whether the infrastructure left unbuilt can best fulfill some planning goals. The relationship between infrastructure and planning has been studied in...

Frequently, practitioners encounter client queries relating to the ‘value' of their intangible asset (including, but not limited to, identifiable intangible assets other than intellectual property and goodwill, intellectual property such as trademarks, patents, copyright or indeed goodwill)....

This reports evaluate, according to benchmarks devised by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, the legal and extra-legal regimes designed to ensure the effectiv performance of insolvency office holders in seven countries. It includes the results and analysis of a questionnaire...

The charitable income tax deduction needs work. The current federal system of tax law to encourage the shift of assets from private individuals to charitable organizations fails to reach significant portions of Americans. Only the fortunate third of households that itemize deductions are...

This article analyzes the Directive on Temporary Agency Work (2008) in the face of a new internal market in services in the European Union. I argue that the adoption of this Directive is paradoxical: on the one hand, it breaks the lengthy stalemate characterizing workers' and employers' efforts...

Financial regulation is a much debated topic for some time. The history of financial instruments started at a time when people started giving value to physical objects over and above its inherent utility. Right from the very beginning of their existence, it has been acknowledged that financial...

The protection of collective worker voice in common law countries with strong collectivist traditions like Australia and the UK is problematic where collective bargaining and trade unions are no longer promoted by state apparatus. This paper examines the changing nature of voice in the context...

Differences in pay between women and men in the same jobs have captured the public's attention in recent years. However, public interest in and press coverage of salary differences on the basis of gender—or any other ascriptive class—in the learned professions are wanting. Moreover, few...