DOCTORAL AND MASTERS THESIS SURVEY –
RECENSION DES THESES DE DOCTORAT
ET DE MAiTRISE –
1988
1988
The McGill Law Journal is pleased to con-
tinue the annual survey of doctoral theses
begun last year. The first survey presented a
bilingual summary of doctoral theses sub-
mitted to Canadian universities during the
previous year. In light of the positive re-
sponse to this project, the Journal this year
has expanded the survey by including, in ad-
dition to a summary of doctoral theses sub-
mittedbetween 1 May 1987 and 1 May 1988,
a list of masters theses submitted during the
same period. The Journal hopes, by the pub-
lication of this survey, to encourage a wider
readership for the work of these authors. The
Journal would like to thank the participating
Law Faculties for their collaboration, without
which this project would not have been
possible.
La Revue de droit de McGill est heureuse de
donner suite ai sa recension de theses publi~e
pour la premiere fois
‘an dernier. La pre-
miere recension offrait un r~sum6 bilingue
des theses de doctorat en droit d~pos6es dans
les universit~s canadiennes au cours de ran-
n6e prc~dente. Suite A un accueil tr~s fa-
vorable, la Revue a d~cid6 cette ann6e de
compl6ter sa recension en ajoutant au r6sum6
des theses de doctorat une liste des m6moires
de maltrise d6pos~es dans les facult6s de droit
durant la m~me p6riode, soit entre le 1- mai
1987 et le 1- mai 1988. Par Ia publication de
cette recension, la Revue d6sire offrir un au-
ditoire plus large i ces chercheurs. La Revue
tient a remercier les responsables des diffe-
rentes facult6s pour leur pr~cieuse collabo-
ration dans la preparation de cette recension.
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I. Doctoral Theses/Theses de doctorat
Saleh AI-Oufi, Legal Control of Illegal Payments by Multinational Corpo-
rations, University of Ottawa.
This dissertation deals with the issue of illegal payments by multina-
tional corporations. It is particularly concerned with possible effective ways
to control these illegal activities. The dissertation consists of four parts,
seven chapters, with the introduction and conclusion.
Chapter 1.0 describes the myth and reality of conducting business
through illegal payments, the ethical dilemma of the parties involved, and
the consequences to them. Chapter 2.0 is a description of the various types
of illegal payments and the methods and techniques used by corporations
to cover up such practices. Chapter 3.0 is a discussion of the MNC legal
advisor’s duty to control illegal payment through his role in shaping cor-
porate behaviour. Chapter 4.0 looks at intracorporate remedies to control
MNC illegal payments and the shareholders’ role –
in the form of derivative
in halting illegal practices by managers and directors that have a
suits –
detrimental effect on the corporations’ future business dealings abroad.
Chapter 5.0 is a survey and a comparative analysis of legal sanctions to
control MNC illegal payments in Saudi Arabia, Canada and the U.S. Chapter
6.0 is a study of the jurisdictional basis for controlling illegal payments
abroad by applying local laws to the activities of national corporations be-
yond national borders, and of the policy dilemma that would accompany
this extraterritorial application. Finally in Chapter 7.0, the writer reaches
the conclusion that the best method to control illegal payments and bribery
in transnational transactions is through the cooperative efforts of the entire
international community, thereby avoiding the problem of applying national
law to activities that occur in another sovereign territory, and at the same
time activating the law of other nations that seek to control such illegal
practices. The research has revealed that almost every country has laws
against bribery and illegal payments, but that the corrupt selective appli-
cation of these laws renders the laws ineffective. However, efforts by regional
and international organizations will not be successful unless they are enacted
and mandated by a treaty adhered to by all nations concerned.
I’auteur aborde la question des paiements ill6gaux effectu6s par des
firmes multinationales et, plus particuli~rement, les moyens susceptibles de
contr8ler efficacement de telles activit6s. Cette th6se comprend quatre par-
ties, sept chapitres dont l’introduction et la conclusion.
Le chapitre 1.0 fait la lumi6re sur les transactions comportant des paie-
ments ill6gaux, soul6ve les questions 6thiques et expose les cons6quences
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re appel6es A supporter. Le chapitre 2.0 d~crit les
que les parties peuvent
difrerents types de paiements ill6gaux et les subterfuges utilis6s pour les
masquer. Le chapitre 3.0 d~crit le devoir qu’ont les conseillers juridiques
de firmes multinationales de contr6ler ces activit6s puisqu’ils ont l’oppor-
tunit6 d’intervenir au niveau des pratiques corporatives. Le chapitre 4.0
considre les possibilit6s de contr6le au sein m~me des firmes multinatio-
nales et le r61e qu’ont A jouer les actionnaires –
par le biais d’actions
d6riv6es – pour freiner les g6rants et administrateurs dans leurs pratiques
ill6gales portant pr6judice aux transactions futures de la firme A 1’6tranger.
Le chapitre 5.0 fait un inventaire et une 6tude comparative des sanctions
16gales contre de tels paiements ill6gaux en Arabie Saoudite, au Canada et
aux P-tats-Unis. Le chapitre 6.0 cherche le fondement de la juridiction d’un
pays qui applique son droit local pour contr6ler les activit6s extraterritoriales
d’une compagnie nationale. Une telle pratique ne va pas sans soulever cer-
taines questions. Finalement, au chapitre 7.0, ‘auteur conclut que la meil-
leure m~thode de contr6le des paiements ill6gaux et de la corruption dans
les transactions transnationales r~siderait dans la concertation des efforts
de la communaut6 internationale dans son ensemble, 6vitant du meme coup
le probl~me de l’application extraterritoriale des lois nationales, et activant
le processus d’application de la legislation d’autres nations qui cherchent
6galement A contr6ler ces pratiques ill~gales. Cette recherche A permis de
constater que presque chaque pays compte des lois visant A contrbler les
pots-de-vin et les paiements ill~gaux, mais que la corruption dans l’appli-
cation de ces lois les rend inefficaces. Toutefois, les efforts entrepris par des
organisations r~gionales et internationales ne pourront 8tre couronn~es de
succ~s que si toutes les nations concern~es signent un trait6 donnant un
mandat clair A ces organisations.
Susan Louise Arrowsmith, Judicial Review of Government Procurement: A
Study of Contract as a Public Function, Osgoode Hall Law School, York
University.
This dissertation examines the way in which the administrative law of
judicial review applies to the procurement of goods and services by gov-
ernments in Canada. In general, governments in Canada purchase goods
and services by contract in the ordinary markets. Although it is acknowl-
edged that the courts may review procurement where there is a breach of
express legislative requirements, and also that there are some limits on the
objects for which contracts may be made, it is often assumed that this
function is otherwise substantially immune from review. This study iden-
tifies a number of considerations that have contributed to a general per-
ception of contract as a private matter and to the specific assumption that
procurement is not reviewable. It is argued that these considerations often
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are not relevant or persuasive and that procurement is in principle review-
able on the same basis as other administrative powers. Further concrete
considerations that have contributed to a reluctance to review are then
identified. Among these are: the danger of judicial interference with ad-
ministrative policies; the potential for hardship to contractors; and the po-
tential for disruption to the procurement process arising from litigation.
Although the importance of these concerns is acknowledged, it is argued
that they cannot justify a complete refusal to review procurement, and may
adequately be dealt with in other ways.
The study is divided into three parts. Part One sets out some back-
ground on government procurement in Canada, including an outline of the
legislative and administrative framework. Part Two examines the applica-
tion of the substantive common law principles of review in this area, paying
particular attention to the limitations on judicial intervention. Part Three
is concerned with the consequences of a breach of public law rules, be they
the legislative rules described in Part One, or the common law principles
outlined in Part Two. It examines, in particular, how the problems of hard-
ship to contractors and disruption to the procurement process may be dealt
with.
Ce texte aborde l’application du droit administratif A l’obtention de
biens et services par les diff-rents gouvernements au Canada. De fagon
generale, les gouvernements obtiennent biens et services par le biais de
contrats sur le marche r6gulier. Meme s’il est reconnu que les tribunaux ont
un pouvoir de revision sur la transaction lorsqu’il y a violation de pres-
criptions legislatives expresses et que, de plus, il existe aussi des limites
quant A l’objet de tels contrats, il est toutefois generalement soutenu que la
fonction d’approvisionnement est exempte du contr6le judiciaire. La pre-
sente etude identifie un certain nombre de considerations qui ont men6 A
la perception generale du contrat en tant que matiere soumise aux regles
de droit prive et, plus particulierement, A l’idee que l’obtention de biens et
services est exempte du contr6le des tribunaux. Lauteure soutient que ces
considerations ne sont pas pertinentes ou convaincantes, et que l’obtention
est, en principe, soumise au contr6le des tribunaux de la meme fagon que
tous les autres pouvoirs administratifs. De plus, des exemples concrets des
considerations qui ont contribue au refus de reconnaitre la possibilite d’une
revision judiciaire sont identifies. Parmi ces considerations on retrouve : le
danger d’une ingerence des tribunaux dans les politiques administratives,
la possibilite d’injustices A l’egard des entrepreneurs, ainsi que la possibilite
d’une interruption du processus d’approvisionnement lors d’une poursuite
judiciaire. Malgre l’importance reelle de ces preoccupations, il est soumis
qu’elles ne sauraient justifier un refus total du contr6le judiciaire des achats
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gouvernementaux et que
moyens.
‘on peut rem~dier A ces probl mes par d’autres
126tude est divis~e en trois parties. La premiere partie trace un portrait
d’ensemble de l’approvisionnement gouvernemental au Canada, et en pr6-
sente sch6matiquement la structure legislative et administrative. La
deuxi~me partie aborde l’application, dans ce domaine, des r~gles substan-
tives de droit commun relatives A la r6vision, portant plus particulirement
attention aux limites de l’intervention judiciaire. La troisi~me partie se
penche sur les consequences d’une violation des r~gles de droit public, qu’il
s’agisse des r~gles l~gislatives dcrites en premiere partie, ou encore des
r~gles de droit commun pr6sent~es en deuxi~me partie. Plus particulire-
ment, on pr~sente des solutions possibles aux questions de l’injustice po-
tentielle aux entrepreneurs et du risque d’interruption du processus
d’approvisionnement.
Donald Bunker, The Legal Aspects of Aerospace Finance, Institute of Air and
Space Law, McGill University.
Access to adequate financing for the development of Canada’s aerospace
industry, which is a significant contributor to the country’s gross national
product, is controlled by the financial community generally. This study be-
gins with an examination of the types of financing available, and Chapter
II discusses how this financing may be funded. Chapter III contains a de-
tailed consideration of the types of security required to secure such obli-
gations; Chapter IV sets out the types of insurance required. Any financial
transaction must take into consideration the impact of taxation, and Chapter
V contains a study of the various types of taxes normally encountered in
aerospace financing. Chapter VI discusses some of the usual provisions
normally found in aerospace finance documentation, and Chapter VII sets
out some of the special requirements to be met. This is followed by a final
analysis, conclusions and recommendations, in Chapter VIII. An extensive,
but selective bibliography completes the study.
Uacc~s au financement necessaire A rexpansion de l’industrie a6rospa-
tiale du Canada, industrie dont l’apport au produit national brut du pays
est consid6rable, est g6n6ralement soumis au contr6le de la communaut6
financi~re. Cette 6tude d~bute par l’examen des divers modes de financement
disponibles, et le chapitre II traite de la mani~re d’obtenir les fonds qui
constituent la base des operations de financement proprement dites. Le
chapitre III pr6sente un examen d6taill6 des genres de sfiretes exigees A titre
de garanties pour ces op6rations de financement, tandis que le chapitre IV
6numere les types d’assurances exig6es. II est important de consid6rer les
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incidences fiscales de toute operation financi~re, et le chapitre V prrsente
une 6tude sur les divers types de taxes dont on doit habituellement tenir
compte dans le financement dans le domaine arrospatial. Le chapitre VI
traite de certaines des stipulations types que l’on trouve habituellement dans
la documentation financi~re de l’industrie a6rospatiale et le chapitre VII
expose certaines des exigences sp~ciales qui doivent 8tre respect~es. Le tout
est suivi d’une analyse finale, de conclusions et de recommandations que
l’on trouve au chapitre VIII. Une bibliographie consid6rable mais selective
complete l’6tude.
Gerard Fick, Interspousal Property Division and Financial Provision on Di-
vorce, Institute of Comparative Law, McGill University.
Divorce has become, to quote Peter E Drucker, an established phe-
nomenon in an “age of discontinuity”. Together with altered patterns of
family behaviour, new forms of wealth, and modes of consumption, and
with the apotheosis of the individual and his right of self-determination,
divorce has focused the attention on the de jure sorting out of financial or
property issues between autonomous ex-spouses. The law can do nothing
to artificially sustain the marriage, but it can assist in the adjustment that
individuals face in the event of divorce.
This thesis is mainly concerned with the economic adjustment that the
spouses in a disintegrated marriage face following divorce, and with how
the law of matrimonial property functions to accomplish a just and fair
result. The ex post facto solution reached is based on the recognizable trend
in modern matrimonial property laws of limited sharing of less property,
adapted to the individual circumstances.
Throughout the treatment of the subject matter, extensive historical,
critical and analytical references are made to the law of major Western
countries – Canada, England, France, Germany and the U.S.A. –
in an
effort to deduce a coherent guide to the discretionary redistribution of mar-
ital means between husband and wife upon divorce.
A cette << 6poque de la discontinuit6 ) , pour reprendre les mots de Peter
E Drucker, le divorce est devenu un phenomene naturel. Avec d'autres
phenomenes tels que la transformation des modeles de conduite familiale,
les nouvelles formes de richesse et d'habitudes de consommation, ainsi que
l'exaltation de l'individu et de son droit d l'auto-d6termination, il a attir6
l'attention sur la repartition dejure des biens entre anciens 6poux devenus
independants. La loi ne peut rien faire pour soutenir artificiellement le
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mariage, mais elle peut apporter une aide en ce qui concerne les arrange-
ments auxquels les individus, en cas de divorce, doivent faire face.
Cette these traite principalement des arrangements 6conomiques aux-
quels se trouvent confront~s les conjoints apr~s un divorce, et de la fagon
dont le droit relatif aux biens matrimoniaux fonctionne pour aboutir A un
r~sultat juste et 6quitable. La solution ex post facto d laquelle on aboutit est
baste sur la tendance connaissable, dans les lois modernes sur les biens
matrimoniaux, au partage d'une quantit6 limit6e de biens, adapt6e aux cas
particuliers.
Dans le cadre de cette 6tude, de vastes rferences critiques, historiques
et analytiques sont faites aux lois de grands pays occidentaux - Canada,
dans le but d'aboutir a
Grande-Bretagne, France, Allemagne, Etats-Unis -
un guide coh6rent de redistribution discr6tionnaire des biens et des revenus
matrimoniaux entre mari et femme en cas de divorce.
Robert Flannigan, Legal Controls, University of Toronto.
There are many instances of courts and legislatures adopting "control"
for some legal purpose. Often the purpose is only one of description. But
in other areas the control analysis is used to identify the risk-taker. The
reason for this identification is to fix the controller with general liability.
Control attracts responsibility. The controller is treated as a principal. The
underlying policy is to ensure that the risk-taking is never insulated and
always regulated. If risk-taking could be insulated from its adverse conse-
quences, controllers would be more inclined to take greater risks resulting
in a higher probability of prejudice or loss to third parties.
This risk regulation basis for the use of control tests, which is wide-
spread but not well understood, is explained. An attempt is also made to
construct an analytically useful definition of control for legal purposes. It
was thought useful to focus on what happens during an exercise of control.
The definition so constructed is found to be consistent with the way judges
view different control rights and the way they employ liability rules. Lastly,
a new test for delimiting the scope of application of the risk regulation policy
is formulated. This test, called the "enterprise control" test, is exclusively
concerned with an analysis of control. It defines an "enterprise", both in
an abstract way and in accordance with a risk regulation policy. The enter-
prise represents the extent of a controller's risk-taking and, therefore, the
scope of his or her responsibility. All of this is brought forward through an
examination of several seemingly disparate areas of the law. These include,
primarily, the servant-independent contractor distinction, corporate agency,
Crown agency, and beneficiary liability in business trusts. Other areas ex-
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amined or referred to include corporate residence, trust residence, corporate
criminal liability, partnerships and limited partnerships.
On retrouve de nombreux exemples de tribunaux et de l6gislatures
faisant usage du contr6le > A des fins juridiques. Souvent, les fins sont
purement descriptives. Mais dans d’autres domaines, l’analyse en fonction
du contr6le est utilis6e afin d’identifier la personne 6tant appel~e A assumer
le risque. Le but de cette identification est de faire supporter la responsabilit6
g~n~rale A celui ayant le contr6le. Le contr6le appelle la responsabilit6. La
personne qui jouit du contr6le est trait6e comme principale responsable. La
politique A la base de cette attitude est de s’assurer que le risque n’estjamais
isolM et peut toujours 8tre r6glement6. Si le fait d’assumer les risques pouvait
atre isol6 des cons6quences n6fastes pouvant se produire, la personne dis-
posant du contr6le serait tent6 de prendre des risques, ce qui aurait pour
effet de causer pr6judice A des tiers.
On explique ici la r6glementation du risque comme fondement du re-
cours au crit6re de contr6le, crit~re qui est largements utilis6 mais rarement
compris. On cherche 6galement A 6laborer une d6finition analytiquement
utile du contr6le pour des fins juridiques. On a 6galement cru utile d’aborder
plus en dMtail ce qui se produit lors de rexercice du contr6le. La d6finition
61abor6e s’avre compatibles avec la conception qu’ont les juges des diffe-
rents droits rattach6s au contr6le, ainsi qu’avec leur utilisation des r~gles
de responsabilit6. Finalement, un nouveau crit6re permettant de d6limiter
la port6e de l’application d’une politique de r6glementation des risques est
formul6. Ce crit~re, appel6 critre du <(contr6le d'entreprise > [ f enterprise
control)) test], est consacr6 exclusivement A une analyse du contr6le. On
d6finit une o entreprise > de fagon abstraite autant que selon la politique de
r6glementation des risques. LUentreprise repr6sente r’tendue des risques as-
sum6s par la personne ayant le contr6le et, par cons6quent, l’6tendue de sa
responsabilit6. Tout ceci est pr6sent6 par le biais d’une 6tude de divers
domaines du droit en apparence disparates. On aborde entre autres la dis-
tinction pr6pos6-entrepreneur, le mandat au sein des compagnies, les man-
dataires de la Couronne ainsi que la responsabilit6 des b6n6ficiaires de
fiducies commerciales. D’autres domaines sont 6tudi6s, parmi lesquels la
r6sidence des corporations, la r6sidence des fiducies, la responsabilit6 p6nale
des compagnies, les soci6t6s et les soci6t6s en commandite.
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Hashem Jaber, The Remedies Regime under the United Nation Convention
on Contract for the International Sales of Goods, University of Ottawa.
No abstract available.
Rsum non disponible.
Leighton Milton Jackson, Family Law in the Commonwealth Caribbean: The
Challenge for Validity and Authenticity, Osgoode Hall Law School, York
University.
The purpose of this thesis is to establish a framework for family law
reform in the Commonwealth Caribbean and to analyze critically the ad-
equacy of recent reforms. The conclusion is that the reforms are not adequate
due to a lack of clear policy based on a correct understanding of the societies.
To understand the need for reform, one must proceed within a theoretical
framework that takes account of the dynamics and needs of the society, and
that scrutinizes the institutions of both family and law. Chapter I examines
the adequacy of the Plural Societies model to explain the cultural, social,
and political dynamics of the Caribbean societies. It identifies the Caribbean
societies as plural, characterised by gross inequalities in the effect of social
action in the public domain, conflict and dissensus, and the absence of
common values among the various sections of the society. Chapter II ex-
plores the concept of law in the plural society, and notes a stark divergence
between law and the social realities of the lives of most of the people in
which widespread evasion and substitution of legal process is a consequence.
This divergence is not random but sectionalized, the law only speaking for
the cultural practices of the dominant minority. The conclusion is that, to
effect fundamental change, so that the legal system serves all members
equally, the law must express the total organic institutional relationships
within the society and not merely of one section. It is only when law reform
is seen as a move to transform law into an instrument of integration rather
than one of sectional regulation and conservation, that the legal systems of
the Commonwealth Caribbean states will cease being secondary and de-
pendent legal systems of the United Kingdom.
Following the framework posited in the first two chapters, Chapter III
looks at the institution of the family in an attempt to identify the variety
of ways in which it is articulated among the population, paying attention
to institutional cohesion and functional coherence, and how this is reflected
in the public domain, i.e. in law. The conclusion is that the form of the
family in Caribbean societies varies along sectional boundaries. The family
forms of the majority of Caribbean people contradict fundamental Euro-
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centric notions of family, upon which the law is based, having the result of
excluding them from official recognition.
Chapter IV looks at the recent family law reforms and observes that
they are motivated to a significant extent by the new reform movement in
Europe and North America. By and large the recent legislative reforms in
the Caribbean are copies of these reforms, and the thesis therefore seeks to
establish that the need for reform in the Caribbean is much different from
the efforts in the Western industrialised societies, and thus their formula
for reform is likely to be unsuitable to the Caribbean. The author concludes
the chapter by examining the reforms which have proceeded along the tra-
ditional vein.
Chapter V turns to the recent reforms which affect certain aspects of
the Caribbean family identified in Chapter III, in particular the status of
the child born out of wedlock and consensual cohabitation. The reforms
are largely inappropriate because they are addressed to the family relations
of the metropolitan countries, and not to the unique problems facing Car-
ibbean societies.
Chapter VI summarises these conclusions.
Cette these cherche i 6tablir un cadre d’analyse pour la r~forme du
droit de ]a famille dans les pays du Commonwealth de la region des Caraibes,
et d’analyser de fagon critique la justesse des r~formes entreprises r~cem-
ment dans ce domaine. On en vient A la conclusion que les r6formes s’av6-
rent inad~quates en raison d’une absence de politiques claires fond~es sur
une bonne comprehension de ces soci6t~s. Afin de saisir la n~cessit6 d’une
r~forme, on doit se r~ferer A un cadre th6orique qui tient compte des dy-
namiques internes et des besoins de la societ6, et qui examine en d~tail les
institutions du droit et de la famille.
Le chapitre I 6value la pertinence du module de soci6t6s plurales pour
expliquer les dynamiques culturelles, sociales et politiques des soci6t6s de
la region des Caraibes. On qualifie ces soci~t~s de plurales, 6tant caract6ris6es
par des in~galit~s flagrantes dues A l’intervention sociale dans le domaine
public, par des conflits et dissensions, ainsi que par l’absence de valeurs
communes aux divers groupes de la soci6t6. Le chapitre II aborde la notion
de droit dans la societ6 plurale, et constate un 6cart tr~s grand entre le droit
et les r~alit6s sociales de la vie de la majorit6 des gens, lesquels en viennent
massivement A fuir ou a se soustraire au processus juridique. Cette diver-
gence n’est pas un hasard, le droit rendant compte seulement des pratiques
culturelles de la minorit6 dominante. On conclut que, pour effectuer un
changement fondamental qui servirait 6galement les membres de la soci6t6,
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le droit doit se faire 1’expression de l’ensemble des relations institutionnelles
Sl’int6rieur de la socit6, et non pas seulement celles d’un seul groupe. Ce
n’est que lorsque la r6forme du droit apparaitra comme une initiative visant
A transformer le droit en un instrument d’int~gration sociale, et non comme
un outil de regulation et de conservation d’un seul secteur, que les syst~mes
juridiques des pays du Commonwealth de la region des Caraibes cesseront
d’etre des syst~mes juridiques secondaires et d~pendants de la Grande-
Bretagne.
Dans la suite du cadre pr6sent6 au cours des deux premiers chapitres,
le chapitre III se penche sur l’institution de la famille dans le but d’identifier
ses difrerents modes d’articulation i la population, consid6rant la coh6sion
institutionnelle et la coh6rence fonctionnelle ainsi que la forme qu’elle prend
dans le domaine public, c’est-A-dire le droit. La conclusion en est que la
forme que prend la famille dans les soci6t6s de la region des Caraibes varie
en fonction des groupes. Le module familial de la majorit6 de la population
est diam~tralement oppos6 au module eurocentriste de famille, lequel est A
la base du droit, excluant ainsi toute reconnaissance du module favoris par
la majorit6.
Le chapitre IV examine les r6centes r6formes en droit de la famille et
note qu’elles sont motiv6es, dans une certaine mesure, par les nouveaux
mouvements de r6forme en Europe et en Am6rique du nord. Les r6centes
r6formes dans les pays des Caraibes ont, de faqon significative, copi6 les
r6formes nord-am6ricaines et europ6ennes. Cette th~se cherche A d6montrer
que la n6cessit6 d’une r6forme dans les pays des Caraibes est tr~s differente
de celle ressentie dans les soci6t6s occidentales industrialis6es, et que donc
les principes des r6formes occidentales ont tr~s peu de chances de pouvoir
s’appliquer aux Caraibes. L’auteur conclut ce chapitre en passant en revue
les r6formes qui ont proc6d6 selon le module traditionnel.
Le chapitre V aborde les rdcentes r6formes qui affectent certains aspects
du module familial des pays des Caraibes tel qu’identifi6 au chapitre III, et
plus particuli6rement en rapport avec le statut de 1’enfant n6 hors des lien
du mariage et de la cohabitation consensuelle. Ces r6formes sont nettement
inad6quates parce qu’elles sont destin6es aux relations familiales des m6-
tropoles et ne tiennent pas compte des probl~mes propres aux soci6t6s des
Caraibes.
Le chapitre VI resume ces conclusions.
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James Jordan, Interpretation of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Free-
doms and the Presumption of Innocence, University of Ottawa.
No abstract available.
R~sum6 non disponible.
Anne-Marie Ofori, Extraconstitutional Change, Positivism and the Courts,
University of Toronto.
Extraconstitutional change is political change carried out in violation
of the prescribed constitutional formula for change. This study examines
the positivist theory of extraconstitutional change and its application in the
judicial context. The focus is on limited extraconstitutional change. A lim-
ited extraconstitutional change does not completely reject the extant political
and social order in which it occurs. On the contrary, the new government
introduced after the extraconstitutional change evolves within the frame-
work of this order and invokes some of its principles to gain acceptability
in the community. Some of the legal issues raised in the aftermath of limited
extraconstitutional change and which are discussed in this study are: the
continuity of laws from the old legal order, the criteria by which putative
laws of the new government are to be judged and the basis of authority of
courts that continue in existence but whose constituting law does not.
Positivism cannot provide an adequate theoretical framework within
which the phenomenon of extraconstitutional change can be understood
and its legal ramifications satisfactorily studied. A theory of continuity which
repudiates the positivist theory of discontinuity is developed in this study.
The continuing existence of the institution of courts after a limited extra-
constitutional change with the same powers and functions as they exercised
before provides a strong argument for this theory. A central argument im-
plicit in the theory of continuity is that there are certain principles of law
which are fundamental to the legal order and which therefore are not affected
by a limited extraconstitutional change. The continuing existence of such
principles justifies a sense in which an extraconstitutional change does not
abrogate the legal order in which it occurs. The theory also rejects the notion
that validity is a univocal concept. It examines four conceptions of validity
which can be employed as the basis of authority for rules of law. This theory
can be used to explicate the continuity of rules of law whose formal source
of validity has been destroyed by extraconstitutional change. It can also be
used to provide criteria of lawfulness after extraconstitutional change.
1988]
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Le changement extraconstitutionnel est un changement politique r~alis6
en violation de la formule d’amendement prescrite par la constitution. Cette
6tude se penche sur la th~orie positiviste du changement extraconstitution-
nel et ses applications judiciaires. On aborde de fagon plus particulire le
changement extraconstitutionnel partiel. Un tel changement ne rejette pas
compl~tement l’ordre politique et social existant. Au contraire, le nouveau
gouvernement mis en place suite au changement extraconstitutionnel 6volue
A l’int~rieur de la structure de cet ordre et invoque certains de ses principes
afin de gagner le soutien de la communaut6. Dans le cadre d’une 6tude du
changement extraconstitutionnel partiel se posent, entre autres, les questions
suivantes: la continuit6 des lois de l’ancien ordre juridique, le crit~re en
fonction duquel les lois putatives du nouveau gouvernement seront jug~es
et le fondement de l’autorit6 des tribunaux qui restent en place malgr6 la
disparition de leur loi constituante.
Le positivisme ne fournit pas un cadre th~orique ad~quat qui permet-
trait de comprendre le phenom~ne du changement extraconstitutionnel et
de saisir l’6tendue de ses consequences au planjuridique. Cette 6tude cherche
d developper une theorie de la continuit6 qui rejetterait la th~orie positiviste
de la discontinuit6. La continuation de ‘existence des tribunaux apr~s un
changement constitutionnel partiel, leur conservant les m~mes pouvoirs et
fonctions que ceux de ‘ancien ordre, milite en faveur d’une telle th~orie.
Un argument implicite majeur de la th6orie de la continuit6 veut que cer-
tains principes soient fondamentaux dans l’ordre juridique et qu’en con-
sequence ils ne puissent etre affect~s par un changement constitutionnel
partiel. Puisque ces principes-cl6s se maintiennent, un changement extra-
constitutionnel n’abolit pas l’ordre juridique dans lequel il se produit. La
th~orie de la continuit6 rejette 6galement la th~orie de l’univocit6 de la
validit6. On pr~sente quatre conceptions de la validit6 qui pourraient fonder
les r~gles de droit. Cette th~orie pourrait aussi expliquer la continuation des
r~gles de droit dont la source formelle de validit6 a &6 6limin~e par suite
du changement extraconstitutionnel. On peut 6galement y avoir recours
comme crit~re de l~galit6 apr~s un changement extraconstitutionnel.
Akindele Babatunde Oyebode, Treaty-Making and Treaty Implementation in
Nigeria: An Appraisal, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.
The issues involved in Nigeria’s treaty relations, especially in terms of
the impact of the federal structure of government on treaty-making and
treaty implementation, seem to be sufficiently varied and interesting to
warrant critical attention from scholars. Yet, the literature on Nigerian treaty
law and practice is relatively scanty. It is, in part, to remedy this inadequacy
that this dissertation has been conceived. Accordingly, the study attempts
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a comprehensive assessment of treaty-making and treaty implementation
in Nigeria with a view to establishing the extent to which the federal pre-
rogative in treaty-making and treaty implementation applies in Nigerian
treaty law and practice. The practice of treaty-making and implementation
is then examined for two purposes: first, to determine whether the officials
responsible for making and implementing treaties observe the existing rules;
and second, to evaluate Nigeria’s contribution to the development and cod-
ification of international law generally, and the law of treaties specifically.
The methodology employed in the study is normative and empirical
within a broadly comparative framework. While it concludes that the federal
prerogative in treaty-making and treaty implementation operates, by and
large, under Nigerian treaty law and practice, it contends that a number of
changes and reforms would have to be effected, especially in relation to the
structure and location of legal counselling services available to the Nigerian
government in foreign matters if the country’s capacity in terms of treaty-
making and treaty implementation is to be enhanced.
Les relations internationales conventionnelles du Nig6ria devraient sou-
lever l’int6r~t de la communaut6 acad6mique, en particulier si l’on considare
les cons6quences de sa structure de gouvernement f:ed6rale sur la conclusion
et la mise en oeuvre des trait6s. Pourtant, la litt6rature se fait rare sur le
sujet. C’est entre autres dans le but de rem6dier A cette situation que cette
dissertation a 6t6 61abor6e. Cette 6tude cherche A faire le point sur le pro-
cessus de conclusion et de mise en oeuvre des trait6s au Nig6ria, afin d’6va-
luer l’impact de la pr6rogative f6d6rale sur le droit et la pratique
conventionnels. Ce processus est examin6 sous deux angles: d’abord, on
vise A d6terminer si les officiers en charge de la conclusion et de la mise en
oeuvre des trait6s se conforment aux r6gles en vigueur ; puis, on 6value la
contribution du Nigeria au d6veloppement et A la codification du droit
international de fagon g6n6rale, et au droit conventionnel plus
sp6cifiquement.
La m6thodologie adopt6e dans le cadre de cette 6tude se veut A la fois
normative et empirique, tout en favorisant une approche comparative. Une
6tude du droit et de la pratique au Nig6ria am6ne A constater que la pr6-
rogative fed6rale s’applique A la conclusion et A la mise en oeuvre des trait6s.
Mais un certain nombre de changements et de r6formes s’imposeraient,
particuli6rement en ce qui a trait A la structure des services de consultation
juridique mis A la disposition du gouvernement nig6rien en mati~re de
relations ext6rieures, dans l’6ventualit6 off l’on chercherait A accroltre les
pouvoirs du pays relativement A la conclusion et A ]a mise en oeuvre de
trait6s.
19881
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Belaynehe Seyoum, Technology Licensing in Eastern Africa: A Critical Anal-
ysis and &~xposition of Industrial Transfers of Technology under License Ar-
rangements of Kenya, Sudan and Tanzania, Institute of Comparative Law,
McGill University.
The objective of this study is to examine a) the contractual regime of
licensing arrangements and b) the impact of domestic laws and policy in
Eastern Africa on the transfer of technology through licensing. In connection
with the contractual regime of licensing arrangements, the study makes
certain major findings and recommends a reorientation of the contractual
framework in order to take into account the legitimate interests of host
states and technology recipients.
Having examined the existing laws and policies that affect the transfer
of technology through licensing in Eastern Africa, the paper also recom-
mends a review of the existing juridical environment in order to enhance
the process of technology transfer.
A section is also devoted to the study of national objectives behind the
importation of foreign technology in these countries and the extent to which
such objectives have been realised with respect to technology licensing.
L’objectif de cette 6tude est d’analyser le regime contractuel des licences
de technologie ainsi que l’impact des lois et politiques de l’Afrique de l’est
sur les transferts de technologie. En relation avec le r6gime contractuel, cette
6tude apporte des conclusions et fait des recommandations pour une r~o-
rientation des contrats en tenant compte des int~r~ts l~gitimes des pays
b~n~ficiaires.
Apr~s l’analyse des lois et politiques existantes qui influencent direc-
tement ou indirectement le transfert de technologie, l’6tude recommande
une r6vision de ces lois et politiques afin d’acc~l~rer le processus de transfert
de technologie.
Dans cette recherche une section a 6t6 consacr6e t! l’6tude des besoins
particuliers des pays relativement A l’importation des technologies 6tran-
g~res ainsi qu’au degr6 de succ~s dans la r6alisation de ces memes objectifs.
Daniel Stripinis, Computer Simulation in Fiscal Policy Analysis, Osgoode
Hall Law School, York University.
The combined effect of taxes, social security premiums, rent subsidies,
day-care subsidies, wage supplements, and similar programmes can make
it possible to lose money when obtaining a raise, or even when obtaining
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a job. The complexities of these interactions make a computer model useful
in the analysis of this anomaly. Such a computer model was built for this
thesis. The program does not contain specific Canadian laws; rather it con-
sists of information on the general structure of fiscal legislation. The actual
Canadian laws, or the fiscal laws of other countries, are provided by the
user of the computer model, by answering the questions the program asks.
Proposed laws can be input into the computer with the same facility as
existing laws. Once this has been done, one can analyze the effects of a set
of existing or proposed laws on different types of households, and upon the
government budget. (The data for government budget calculations is only
available for Canada.)
The thesis begins with an examination of the fiscal system as seen by
a number of legal authors. From this is synthesized a framework for the
analysis of fiscal policy. The computer model is described, and it is dem-
onstrated how it can help in the examination of policy questions according
to the proposed fiscal policy framework.
Les effets combines des taxes, primes d’assurance sociale, subventions
pour frais de garderie, supplements de revenus et autres programmes peu-
vent diminuer les revenus i l’occasion d’une augmentation de salaire ou
m~me lors de l’obtention d’un emploi. Lorsqu’il s’agit d’analyser ces ano-
malies, un module informatique devient fort pratique, 6tant donn6 la com-
plexit6 des interactions. Un tel module a t6 6labor6 dans le cadre de cette
these. Ce programme ne contient pas de dispositions lgislatives cana-
diennes, se basant plut6t sur la structure g6nrrale de la legislation en droit
fiscal. La legislation canadienne, ou celle d’autres pays, est fournie par ‘uti-
lisateur lui-m~me, au moyen de questions qui lui sont posses par le pro-
gramme. Des projets de rrforme l6gislative peuvent donc 8tre introduits
avec autant de facilit6 que dans le cas de la legislation en vigueur. Une fois
ces dQnn~es introduites, on peut analyser les effets d’une l6gislation en vi-
gueur ou proposee sur differents types de mrnages, et selon le budget gou-
vernemental. (Les informations relatives au budget gouvernemental sont
disponibles pour le Canada seulement.)
La these drbute par une explication du syst~me fiscal tel que considrr6
par differents auteurs. A partir de l, un cadre d’analyse de la politique
fiscale est 6labor6. Le module informatique est d6crit, et on drmontre son
utilit6 lors de l’6tude de questions de politique selon les structures fiscales
propos~es.
1988]
THESIS SURVEY
Joannes Gerrit Cornelis van Aggelen, Conflicting Claims to Sovereignty Over
the West Bank: An In-Depth Analysis of the Historical Roots and Feasible
Options in the Framework of a Future Settlement of the Dispute, Institute of
Comparative Law, McGill University.
The first part of the thesis traces the origins of the conflicting claims
to sovereignty over the area now called the West Bank. The analysis shows
that a sovereignty vacuum occurred after Turkey relinquished by treaty its
rights and title over Palestine, and that that vacuum remained in the area
earmarked for an Arab Palestinian State.
The next part peruses the constituent elements of the legality or illegality
of the claims of sovereignty invoked by the parties concerned: the use of
force and the right of self-defence. The first two chapters provide a general
legal analysis of these issues, while the remaining chapters apply these con-
cepts to historical situations: the United Nations Resolution on the Partition
of Palestine and the creation of the State of Israel; the Six-Day War in 1967;
the 1973 October War; the 1978 Camp David Accords; the war in Lebanon,
1982. In each case the relevance of the constituent elements is challenged.
Part C is entitled “Israeli Policies and Practices Vitiating the Palestinian
Claim to Sovereignty Over the West Bank: The Test of International Law
and its Consequences for the Sovereignty Question”. Here it is argued that
Israel, acting as a belligerent occupant in the area of the West Bank, is bound
by the law of belligerent occupation. This part also attempts to demonstrate
in a case study of the Israeli settlement policy that Israel has eroded the
law of belligerent occupation through a system of military orders that vir-
tually precludes the West Bank Palestinians from exercising their valid claim
to sovereignty.
The last part of the thesis considers options for a solution of the con-
flicting claims to sovereignty over the West Bank. Chapter One analyzes the
concept of autonomy in international law in relation to the solution pro-
vided for in the Camp David Agreements. Chapter Two scrutinizes other
options that have been proposed to accommodate the conflicting claims to
sovereignty. The last chapter puts forward a tentative proposal for a solution
of the conflict. It emphasizes that, although the final stage of the process
should lead to direct negotiations between the partners concerned, the role
of the United Nations should be reactivated and that the Organization
should supervise an interim agreement leading up to a final solution of the
conflict.
La premiere partie de cette these retrace les origines des revendications
territoriales sur la region de la rive ouest du Jourdain. Eanalyse demontre
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qu’un vacuum quant A la souverainet6 survint suite A l’abandon conven-
tionnel par la Turquie de ses droits et titres sur la Palestine, et que ce vide
s’est perp6tu6 dans cette r6gion identifi6e comme le lieu d’un Etat arabe
palestinien.
La partie suivante scrute les 616ments constitutifs de la 16galit6 ou de
l’ill6galit6 des revendications territoriales invoqu6es par les parties int6res-
s6es: l’utilisation de la force et le droit de l6gitime d6fense. Les deux pre-
miers chapitres pr6sentent une analyse juridique de ces questions, alors que
les autres chapitres appliquent ces concepts A des 6v6nements historiques:
la r6solution des Nations-Unies sur la partition de la Palestine et la creation
de l’ttat d’Isradl; la guerre des Six jours de 1967, la guerre d’octobre de
1973 ; l’accord de Camp David en 1978 ; la guerre du Liban de 1982. Dans
tous les cas, la pertinence des 616ments constitutifs est mise en doute.
Dans la troisi6me partie, << Israeli Policies and Practices Vitiating the
Palestinian Claim to Sovereignty Over the West Bank: The Test of Inter-
national Law and its Consequences for the Sovereignty Question >, il est
soumis qu’Isradl, en tant qu’occupant bellig6rant dans la r6gion de la rive
ouest du Jourdain, est li6 par la loi de l’occupation par un bellig6rant. Cette
partie cherche 6galement a d~montrer par une 6tude des politiques d’6ta-
blissement isra~liennes que l’ltat d’Israel a min6 la loi de l’occupation bel-
lig~rante par le biais d’un systme militaire qui emp~che litt~ralement les
Palestiniens de la rive ouest du Jourdain de faire valoir leurs justes reven-
dications A la souverainet6.
La derni~re partie consid~re dilfferentes possibilit~s pour une resolution
du conflit relatif a la souverainet6 sur les territoires de la rive ouest du
Jourdain. Le premier chapitre analyse le concept d’autonomie en droit in-
ternational en relation avec la solution propos6e par l’accord de Camp Da-
vid. Le deuxi~me chapitre passe en revue d’autres options qui ont 6t6
propos~es afin de solutionner le conflit de souverainet6 territoriale. Le der-
nier chapitre pr6sente une proposition de r6solution du conflit. I1 est mis
en relief que, malgr6 le fait qu’6ventuellement le processus devrait conduire
a des n~gociations directes entre les parties, le r6le des Nations-Unies devrait
8tre r~activ6 afin que cette organisation soit en mesure de superviser un
accord int~rimaire devant mener A la solution finale du conflit.
II. Master Theses / Mmoires de maitrise
Kenneth A. Acheampong, Human Rights and Affirmative Action: A Con-
ceptual Analysis of Bill C-62, An Act Respecting Employment Equity, Uni-
versity of Saskatchewan.
1988]
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Beth Anna Allen, Technological Change, Computers and the Law: The Co-
pyrightability of Computer Programs, Osgoode Hall Law School, York
University.
Houda Araj, Conception d’un index des lois du Qu~bec avec le syst~me
prtcis : problmes juridiques et linguistiques, Universite de Montreal.
Pierre Arguin, La recevabilit des declarations extrajudiciaires obtenues en
violation du droit d l’avocat, Universit6 de Montreal.
Derek Asiedu-Akrofi, Central Banks and the Doctrine of Sovereign Immu-
nity, University of British Columbia.
John David Baker, The Changing Norms of Equality in the Supreme Court
of Canada, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.
Aparna Banejee, The Emergence of Third World Multinationals and their
Contributions to Economic Development of the Third World, Institute of
Comparative Law, McGill University.
Jacques Beauchamp, The Canadian Pay Television Operator: His Legal Sta-
tus, Rights and Duties under the Law, Universit6 de Montreal.
Marc-Andre Beauchemin, L’incidence des dispositions transitoires sur quel-
ques permis en droit qu~b~cois, Universite Laval.
Manon Beaumier, Le recours collectif et laction directe en nullit6, Universite
de Montreal.
Josee B61langer, L’utilisation de l’hypnose dans le contexte lMgal, Universite
de Montreal.
Pierre Bienvenue, La procedure d’accriditation du Quebec, Universit6
d’Ottawa.
Andre Binette, Une constitution en mouvement: les provinces canadiennes
et le commerce extrieur, Universite Laval.
Paule Biron, L’effet dans le temps des lois sur la preuve, Universit6 de
Montreal.
Marvin Bloos, The Crown Prosecutor in Alberta: An Unfinished Hybrid,
University of Alberta.
Philip E. Bondzi-Simpson, Human Rights: A Theoretical Appraisal and a
Study of Regional Models for Their International Protection, University of
Saskatchewan.
David Bouchier, Comparing the Minority Shareholder. The Fiduciary Duty
and Oppression Remedy Compared, Institute of Comparative Law, McGill
University.
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Adelyn Louise Bowland, Rape, the Family and the State: Controlling Female
Deviance, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.
Jutta R. Brunnee, International Law and the Regulation ofAcid Precipitation
and Ozone Layer Depletion, Dalhousie University.
Andrew Derek Burgess, Adhesion Contracts and Unfair Terms – A Control
System for Caricom, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.
Alessandro Caldarone, Une mthodologie automatis~e de la logique juri-
dique, Universit6 Laval.
Duncan C. Card, Canada-U.S. Free Trade and Canadian Cultural Sover-
eignty, University of Toronto.
Francine Champigny, L’utilisation en preuve d’informations 6manant d’un
ordinateur en droit civil qu~b~cois, Universit6 de Montreal.
Philip M. Chapman, Federalism and Free Enterprise in the Regulation of
Petroleum Resources on Canada ‘ Continental Shelf, Dalhousie University.
Paul Luc Chartrand, The Obligation to Set Aside and Secure Lands for the
“Half-Breed” Population Pursuant to Section 31 of the Manitoba Act, 1870,
University of Saskatchewan.
Hok-Man Constance Choy, Documentary Letters of Credit: The Principle of
Independence Revisited, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.
Michel Cloutier, L’informatisation de l’acte authentique d caractre priv6,
Universit6 Laval.
Paul Crampton, The Merger Test (The Substantive Provisions of Canada’s
Amended Merger Law), University of Toronto.
Jacques Desmarais, Lepiquetage et la libertj d”expression : une comparaison
Quebec, Canada, Etats-Unis, Universit6 de Montreal.
Maeve Elizabeth Doggett, Coverture, the Fiction of Marital Unity and the
Status of Wives: Legal Responses to Wife Assault in 19th Century England
in Context, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.
Jean-Francois Drouin, The Treatment of Corporate Preferences Under an
Integrated Tax System: A Canadian Perspective, Osgoode Hall Law School,
York University.
Daniel Dumais, Insurable Interest in Property Insurance Law: In Search of
a Doctrine, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.
Philippe Dussault, Reconsidration du statut juridique de l’artiste-interprte
en regard du droit d’auteur, Universit6 de Montreal.
1988]
THESIS SURVEY
Timothy Wiliam Edgar, The Tax Law Classification of Canadian Corporate
Securities, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.
Peter Ehlers, Computerized Reservations Systems (CRS): How to Optimize
the Passengers’ Benefits, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University.
Christophe Eick, Enforcing International Human Rights Law in Domestic
Courts, Institute of Comparative Law, McGill University.
Ahmed El-Msellati, Aviation Law in Libya, Institute of Air and Space Law,
McGill University.
Caroline Etsibah, The Public International Law of the Sea: An African Per-
spective, University of Alberta.
Lori Marilyn Ferman, Protecting the Privacy of Personal Information, Os-
goode Hall Law School, York University.
Nicole Fernbach, Le principe du sens courant des mots, Universit6 de
Montreal.
Heather Fisher, A Practical Assessment of the New York Arbitration Con-
vention of 1958, University of Toronto.
Jacques Forgues, Exceptions d la rgle gnrale de l’inscription au role d’Ova-
luation foncire, Universit6 Laval.
Julien Frenette, L’arbitrage multipartite, Universit6 Laval.
Marie Gagnon, Les comit~s d’,thique, une entitm d parfaire, Universit6 de
Sherbrooke.
Nicole Gagnon, Lgalit financiere dans le mariage.., et aprs ?, Universit6
de Montreal.
Alexander Walter Gardner, Negotiation and Agreements in Integrated Re-
sources Management, University of British Columbia.
Raul Jaen Guardia, International Shipping Law and the Open Registers,
University of Ottawa.
Carole Geller, Equality in Employment for Women: The Role of Affirmative
Action, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.
Ysolde Gendreau, The Retransmission Right: Copyright and the Diffusion
of Works by Cable, Institute of Comparative Law, McGill University.
Mark Gillen, Takeover-Bid Auctions, University of Toronto.
Diana Edith Ginn, Aboriginal Self-Government, Osgoode Hall Law School,
York University.
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Linda Giroux, Les sanctions civiles en droit quebcois des valeurs mobilires,
Universit6 Laval.
Pamela Harrod, The General Agreements on Tariffs and Trade and Non-
Tariff Barrier: Impact on International Law on Trade in General and on
Imports and Exports Trade in Canada in Particular, University of Ottawa.
Hanna M. Hippner, Charterparties –
Is There a Cure?, Dalhousie
University.
Patricia Margaret Hutchings, The Argument for the Applicant of the Royal
Proclamation of 1763 to British Columbia: Its Force and Effect, University
of British Columbia.
Noella Inions, Privilege and Quality Assurance in Hospitals, University of
Alberta.
William Ian Innes, Tax Evasion in Canadian Law, Osgoode Hall Law
School, York University.
Annette Rose-Marie Johnson, The Permanent Establishment Concept in Tax
Treaties Between Developed and Developing Countries, Osgoode Hall Law
School, York University.
Manfred Max Kaufmann, Unjust Enrichment and the Recovery of Money
Mistakenly Paid, University of British Columbia.
Roy Edward Kimball, The Provincial Court of Nova Scotia: The Struggle
for Excellence, Dalhousie University.
Posman Kisakiu, Compensation for Nationalization of Private Foreign In-
vestment: International Law Standards, University of Ottawa.
Thomas Knoche, “Battle of Forms” in German and US-American Law,
Institute of Comparative Law, McGill University.
Luc Labelle, Inhabilit~s du maire et des conseillers d’une corporation mu-
nicipale, Universit6 d’Ottawa.
Carole Larose, Droits de l’Homme, libert6s fondamentales et 6nergie nu-
claire, Universit6 de Montreal.
Daniel Lavery, Le droit de grbve et l’alternative canadienne aux dispositions
dites anti-scab et 4 celles conferant un droit absolu aux gr6vistes i leurs
emplois du Code du travail du Quebec, Universit6 d’Ottawa.
Mario Leblanc, Les accords bilatraux a~riens du Canada, Institute of Air
and Space Law, McGill University.
Brigitte Lefebvre, Les clauses d’exclusivit6 dans certains contrats commer-
ciaux, Universit6 de Montreal.
1988]
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Lyne Letarte, Regime juridique des provisions de bord en droit a~rien, In-
stitute of Air and Space Law, McGill University.
Seeng Letele, Protection Against Unjust Dismissal. A Comparative Study of
Canada, South Africa and Lesotho, Queen’s University.
Donald J. Mackinnon, External Review ofMunicipal Policy Activity in Man-
itoba, University of Manitoba.
Birgitta Eva Magnusson, Aspects of Marine Insurance, Osgoode Hall Law
School, York University.
Carlos Mahabir, Sovereign Debt Rescheduling and Legal Protection of Risk,
Institute of Comparative Law, McGill University.
Naveen Mahamwal, Regulation of Foreign Investment in India, University
of Alberta.
Justin Eugene Malbon, Section 35, Canadian Constitution Act –
original Right to Land, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.
Lynn Michelle Mannering-Hynes, The Regulation of the Canadian Finan-
cial Sector, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.
The Ab-
Anne Marcoux, Stiking a New Balance in Medical Decision Making –
Informed Consent, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.
Karen Dawn Markham, Protection or Punishment?: Towards a New Ap-
proach for Dealing with Dangerous Offenders, Osgoode Hall Law School,
York University.
Stephan Marquardt, The Right to Self-Government of the Aboriginal Peoples
of Canada under Domestic and International law, Institute of Comparative
Law, McGill University.
Georges Massol, La lsion entre majeurs en droit queb&ois, Universit6 de
Montreal.
Jean McBean, Conflicts of Laws and Matrimonial Property Redistribution
Laws, Institute of Comparative Law, McGill University.
Joel McInnis, A Commentary on the International Commercial Arbitration
Act of British Columbia, Institute of Comparative Law, McGill University.
Thomas McIver, Federal Regulation of the Ontario Securities Market, Uni-
versity of Ottawa.
Dominique Melangon, Le statut des territoires du Nord-Ouest et du Yukon
et la question du contr6le du domaine public et des ressources naturelles,
Universit6 Laval.
McGILL LAW JOURNAL
[Vol. 33
Deborah Jean Meredith, Consumer Protection in the Condominium Pur-
chase – The Purchaser’ Perspective, University of British Columbia.
John Clement Milligan-Whyte, Evolving American, Canadian and English
Taxation Responses to Offshore Insurance Units, Osgoode Hall Law School,
York University.
Kiyoshi Nakayama, Transfer Pricing Taxation – Canadian Perspective and
Japanese Perspective, University of British Columbia.
Claude Normand, Probl~mes &hiques inherents aux enqutes criminelles,
Universit6 de Montr6al.
Grace Ntieyong Akpan, The Living Tree: A Study of Constitutional Devel-
opments in Canada and Nigeria, with Particular Reference to the Develop-
ment of the Power of the Executive under the Parliamentary System in
Canada and the Different Systems that have Operated in Nigeria, University
of Ottawa.
James O’Reilly, The Charter of Rights and the Canadian Correctional Sys-
tem, University of Ottawa.
Won-Hwa Park, Boundary of the Airspace and the International Law, In-
stitute of Air and Space Law, McGill University.
Abdullah Abdul Patah, Controlling Industrial Water Pollution: North Amer-
ican Legal Techniques and Potential Relevance to Indonesia, Dalhousie
University.
Penelope Alice Pengilley, Judicial Decision-Making: The Limits of Theory,
Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.
William Pentney, The Aboriginal Rights Provisions in the Constitution Act
1982, University of Ottawa.
Suzanne Pilon, L’abandon de l’enfant : source de d6chance et d’adoptabilit6,
Universit6 de Montr6al.
Marcia Pinet, Marques de commerce: action en passing-off, Universit6
d’Ottawa.
Marie Pinsonneault, Brevetabilit6 des matires vivantes, Universit6 de
Montreal.
David Pouliot, Groundwork for a Critique ofJurisprudential Categories: The
Occlusion of the Theory of the Performative in Positivist and Post-Positivist
Legal Theory, Queen’s University.
1988]
THESIS SURVEY
Mario Provost, L’abus physique et sexuel de l’enfant : perspectives ltgislatives
sur la protection de la jeunesse en droit compar, Institute of Comparative
Law, McGill University.
Suzanne Racine, L’impact de la d~r~glementation sur les conditions de travail
du personnel navigant atrien, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill
University.
Hala Ragab, Legal Controls for Contemporary International Terrorism, Uni-
versity of Ottawa.
Takdir Rahmadi, Environmental Mediation: The North American Experi-
ences and Potential Applicability in Indonesia, Dalhousie University.
Stephen Rawson, Crisis or Opportunity? System Interconnection, Regulatory
Jurisdiction, and the Alberta Government Telephones Case, University of
Toronto.
Henri Richard, Aspects juridiques du contrat de courtage immobilier au
Qutbec, Universit6 de Montreal.
Randall Richmond, La responsabilitt ptnale des corporations, Universit6
de Montreal.
Jean Robitaille, L’apprtciation de l’inttret public par l’Office national de
l’nergie lors de la d~livrance de licences d”exportation d’electricit6, Universi-
t6 Laval.
Beatriz Rodriguez-Perez, International Civil Aviation and Discretionary
Powers ofAeronautical Authorities, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill
University.
Harold Rousselle, La radiodiffusion directe par satellite: ses implications
juridiques et politiques au Qutbec et au Canada, Institute of Air and Space
Law, McGill University.
Lenore Ruth Rowntree, Innovations in the Law of Lending: A Study of the
Participation Mortgage and a Proposalfor Reform of the Law of Commercial
Mortgages, University of British Columbia.
Lisette Roy, Le fiduciaire en vertu d’un acte de fiducie a-t-il l’obligation
d’acquitter les cr~ances prioritaires d la sienne ?, Universit6 de Montreal.
Mary Louise Ruhl, The Case for a Second Look at Canadian Bank Insol-
vency Legislation, University of British Columbia.
Frederique Sabourin, La convention de La Haye du lerjuillet 1985 relative
d la loi applicable au trust et t sa reconnaissance: une rtponse aux problmes
de qualification et de validit6 posts par le trust 6tranger en droit international
privt canadien?, Institute of Comparative Law, McGill University.
REVUE DE DROIT DE McGILL
[Vol. 33
Clement Samson, La conditionnalit des accords de confirmation du fonds
montaire international, Universit6 Laval.
Kelly Marie Shuba, The Exclusion of Evidence Pursuant to Subsection 24(2)
ofthe Canadian Charter ofRights and Freedoms, Osgoode Hall Law School,
York University.
Tobias Schulze, The Ship Mortgage – A Comparison of the Common Law
and Civil Law Approaches to Maritime Securities and a Proposal for Inter-
nationally Unified Legal Provisions, Dalhousie University.
Michael Siebold, Post-Employment Restraint Agreements, A Comparative
Analysis of the Law with Respect to Restrictive Covenants, University of
Toronto.
Danielle Simard, La loi 65 : protection des renseignements personnels dans
le domaine de la santt, Universit6 de Sherbrooke.
Odette Jocelyne Snow, The Bankruptcy Act – An Outdated View of Com-
mercial Realities; Bankruptcy Planning – A Solution for the Small Busi-
nessman, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.
Peter Daniel Swan, Critical Legal Theory and the Public/Private Distinction,
Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.
Normand Tamaro, Qualification de la notion de servitude administrative en
droit comparbfranqais et qub cois, Universit6 de Montreal.
Frangois Toth, Inviolability of the Human Person and the Doctrine of In-
formed Consent in the Province of Quebec, University of Toronto.
Benoit Trotier, La distribution de masse des progiciels de micro-
informatique: de l’opposabilit du contrat au standard de licence et de la
responsabilit6 contractuelle dufabricant en cas de d~fectuosit~s intrins~ques,
Universit6 Laval.
Sharon Jane Turner, Female Dependency: Divorce and the Duty to Support,
Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.
Kitipong Urapeepatanapong, Legal Aspects of Countertrade under the Gen-
eral Agreement on Tariffs and Trade and the National Laws of Canada and
Thailand, University of British Columbia.
Zheng Wang, Legal Aspects of Credit Union Movement – An Analysis of
the Saskatchewan Union Legislation, University of Saskatchewan.
Kernaghan Webb, Legal Aspects of Grants in the Field of Nature Resources,
University of Ottawa.
1988]
RECENSION DES THESES
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Graeme James Wiffen, Consumer Credit Law Reform in Australia: Impli-
cations for Regulatory Design, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.
Joseph Victor Williams, Te Mana Motuhake Me Te Iwi Maori: Indigenous
Self-Determination, University of British Columbia.
Ulrich Wolff, Reducing Damages Claims for Beneficial Events – Compar-
ative Thoughts in German Civil Law and Common law, Institute of Com-
parative Law, McGill University.
Maria Wouters, Impact of Changing Regulatory Environment on Labour
Relations Between Pilots and Airlines. The Belgian and Canadian System,
Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University.
Guanghua Yu, Joint Venture Investment in the Peoples Republic of China:
Law and Administration, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.
