• Whose water is it anyway? Indigenous water sovereignty in Canada: an Indigenous resurgence analysis of the case of Halalt First Nation v British Columbia 

  Zakrison, Michelle (2018-12-19)

  Colonialism is ongoing in Canada and continues to affect Indigenous-state relations in a number of political and social areas, including water governance. Few other studies link colonial and decolonizing concepts to ...
• (Re)Imagining 'justice': documentation of sexual violence against Rohingya women and girls in Myanmar 

  Etmanski, Theressa (2018-10-02)

  The Rohingya population of Myanmar have been called one of the most persecuted ethnic minorities on earth. Beyond the systemic discrimination and ongoing violations of basic human rights, Tatmadaw operations against Rohingya ...
• Competition Law and the Possibility of Private Transnational Governance 

  Phan, Thanh Cong (Houston Journal of International Law, 2018-03-07)

  Under economic globalization, anti-competitive acts transcend national borders and become a challenge for competition law as traditionally conceived. Most countries have been dealing with cross-border competition problems ...
• Community corrections in China: problems, political goals, and the way forward 

  Kong, Qi (2018-08-30)

  In this thesis, I examine the implementation of community corrections in China with a focus on the factors preventing it from functioning effectively, as well as the possible way forward for the system. I introduce the ...
• Comparative law gets entitled: the 1900 Paris Congress in contexts 

  Fournier, Mireille (2018-08-30)

  This thesis examines the intellectual context of the first international congress of comparative law held in Paris, at the occasion of the 1900 World Fair. In particular, it articulates some of the unstated assumptions ...
• Finding law about life: a cross-cultural study of indigenous legal principles in Nishnawbe Aski Nation 

  Daniel, Meaghan (2018-05-14)

  This is a cross-cultural study of Indigenous legal traditions in Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN), a political territorial organization in northern Ontario. By analyzing NAN’s resolutions (passed by NAN Chiefs-in-Assembly to ...
• Patterns of protest: property, social movements, and the law in British Columbia 

  Isitt, Benjamin (2018-05-01)

  Embracing a spatial and historical lens and the insights of critical legal theory, this dissertation maps the patterns of protest and the law in modern British Columbia―the social relations of adjudication—the changing ...
• Victory Through Honour: reconciling Canadian intellectual property laws and Kwakwaka’wakw cultural property laws 

  Udy, Vanessa (2018-04-25)

  Kwakwaka’wakw laws surrounding cultural property and Canadian intellectual property laws often treat art objects differently. How can the divergences between the two legal systems be reconciled? This thesis attempts to ...
• Seeking justice beyond legalism: cultural appropriation of totem poles on the Pacific Northwest Coast 

  Lefroy, Isabelle (2018-04-11)

  This thesis attempts to illuminate and problematize the marriage of capitalism and colonialism that results in the widespread appropriation of Indigenous expressions of culture, and in particular, totem poles. This project ...
• Law's hidden canvas: teasing out the threads of Coast Salish legal sensibility 

  Boisselle, Andrée (2017-12-22)

  This dissertation seeks to illuminate key aspects of Coast Salish legal sensibility. It draws on collaborative fieldwork carried out between 2007 and 2010 with Stó:lō communities from the Fraser Valley in southern British ...
• Physician engagement with family and close others of patients during the informed consent process 

  Veerapen, Richard (2017-12-14)

  The participation of family members or close others of a competent adult patient during pre-consent discussions with physicians challenges the integrity of confidential, dyadic interactions ordinarily regulated by ethico-legal ...
• “For here or to go?” Migrant workers and the enforcement of workplace rights in Canada: temporary foreign workers in the British Columbia hospitality sector 

  Allen, Danielle (2017-09-14)

  Why do temporary foreign workers employed in the British Columbia hospitality sector have difficulty enforcing their workplace rights? Using the themes of people, place and time, this thesis explores the demand and supply ...
• kihcitwâw kîkway meskocipayiwin (sacred changes): transforming gendered protocols in Cree ceremonies through Cree law 

  Lindberg, Darcy (2017-08-09)

  Engaging in Cree ceremonies, in one manner, is a legal act. It is also a gendered act as well. Thus, ceremony is one avenue to seek both legal and gendered transformations. The transformational processes this thesis ...
• Challenging the binary of custom and law : a consideration of legal change in the Kingdom of Tonga 

  McKenzie, Debra (2017-06-01)

  The starting point for a consideration of law in former colonies is often a law/custom binary whereby law is the formal legal system imposed during the colonial occupation and retained at independence, and custom the local ...
• Law, sexual harassment, and restaurants: exploring the experiences of women working in the British Columbia restaurant sector 

  Matulewicz, Kaitlyn (2017-05-09)

  Sexual harassment in the workplace is both illegal discrimination under human rights law and a part of the everyday experiences of women working in the full-service restaurant industry in British Columbia (BC). This ...
• Re-embodying jurisprudence: using theatre and multimedia arts-based methods to support critical thinking, feeling and transformation in law 

  Dhaliwal, Manpreet (Preeti) Kaur (2017-05-01)

  This thesis offers theoretical and practical explorations of how multimedia arts-based methods and embodied storytelling support critical and transformative understandings of law. Using theatre as both subject and method, ...
• International investment law and the evolving codification of foreign investors' responsibilities by intergovernmental organizations 

  Marcoux, Jean-Michel (2017-04-24)

  In a context of neoliberal globalization, have the processes of elaboration and implementation of foreign investors’ responsibilities by intergovernmental organizations reached the realm of legality? By relying on an ...
• Reconciliation and the foundations of aboriginal law in Canada 

  Nichols, Joshua Ben David (2017-04-18)

  The current framework for reconciliation is based on the Court’s accepted the Crown’s assertion of sovereignty, legislative power and underlying title. The basis of this is their interpretation of Section 91(24), which ...
• Hope for murderers? Lifelong incarceration in Canada 

  Spencer, Matthew Derek (2016-11-22)

  This thesis explores the issue of lifelong incarceration in the Canadian context. Lifelong incarceration, defined as a criminal sentence which forecloses hope of prospective release from its outset, is a new sentencing ...
• Refugees, citizenship and state sovereignty 

  Kim, Seunghwan (2016-08-24)

  This dissertation examines two different perspectives on refugee status and state sovereignty respectively, and their bearings on refugee protection regimes. It reveals how dominant views of refugee status and state ...

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