• Contemporary Approaches to Compensating Female Tort Victims for Incapacity to Work 

  Adjin-Tettey, Elizabeth (Alberta Law Review Society, 2000)

  This article explores the developing area of the compensation of female tort victims. This area has been marked by the under-compensation of female victims. The author examines some of the reasons for this under-compensation. ...
• Improving the Potential of Tort Law for Redressing Historical Abuse Claims: The Need for a Contextualized Approach to the Limitation Defence 

  Adjin-Tettey, Elizabeth; Kodar, Freya (University of Ottawa, 2010-01-01)

  This paper examines the broad question of whether the limitation defence as currently constructed and applied in the context of tort actions for historical abuse in Canadian common law jurisdictions leads to unfairness and ...
• Shield or Shackles: The Pitfalls of Stronger Dispute Resolution Provisions in Insurance Legislation 

  Adjin-Tettey, Elizabeth (Canadian Bar Foundation, 2016-04-01)

  The dispute resolution mechanism for resolving claims-related disputes in jurisdictions like Alberta, British Columbia and Manitoba replaces the appraisal process still in other Canadian jurisdictions. The DR process ...
• Personal Responsibility for Intentional Conduct: Protecting the Interests of Innocent Co-Insureds under Insurance Contracts 

  Adjin-Tettey, Elizabeth (Alberta Law Review Society, 2013)

  An insured who wilfully damages insured property cannot seek indemnification under an insurance policy because the loss was not a fortuitous one and likely falls within an exclusion clause in the policy. This has historically ...
• Multi-Party Disputes: Equities Between Concurrent Tortfeasors 

  Adjin-Tettey, Elizabeth (Alberta Law Review Society, 2016-09-24)

  A several concurrent tortfeasor that satisfies a plaintiff’s entire damage under liability in solidum will pay more than their fair share of the plaintiff’s loss. Apportionment legislation attempts to remedy this injustice ...
• Candidacy exams: are they important? 

  Johnson, Rebecca; Vallianatos, Mary Anne; Saha, Himaloya (2021-02-24)

  The candidacy exam is required of all PhD students and is taken no later than two years after a student's first registration in a PhD program at UVic. This academic requirement helps graduate programs to determine if a ...
• Research ethics: why it matters 

  Miskelly, Kenna (2021-02-24)

  Did you know that all researchers at the University of Victoria, including students, faculty, and staff, need an ethics approval or exemption to conduct research involving human participants, personal information, and ...
• Transsystemic administrative law 

  Promislow, Janna (2021-02-23)

  In this talk, Dr. Promislow addressed key questions and challenges in pursuing a transsystemic approach to research and teaching administrative law. By outlining some of the moves involved in toggling between state and ...
• Transsystemic constitutional law 

  Borrows, John (2021-02-23)

  The University of Victoria follows a transsystemic method of teaching and thinking about law to educate across different legal orders, emphasize the relevance of Indigenous legal traditions to Canada, and contribute to ...
• Experiences of grief-bereavement after a medically assisted death in Canada: Bringing death to life 

  Beuthin, Rosanne; Bruce, Anne; Thompson, Marney; Andersen, A. E. (Betty); Lundy, Sarah (Death Studies, 2021)

  Medical assistance in dying (MAiD) legislation was passed in Canada in 2016, yet the bereavement experience of family and friends is not well understood. Using interpretive description, we interviewed nine bereaved ...
• Secwepemc Lands and Resources Law Analysis Project Summary 

  Asch, Jessica; Broadhead, Kirsty; Lloyd-Smith, Georgia; Owen, Simon (University of Victoria Indigenous Law Research Unit (ILRU), 2016)
• Gender Inside Indigenous Law Toolkit 

  Lindberg, Darcy; Asch, Jessica (University of Victoria Indigenous Law Research Unit (ILRU), 2016)
• Gender Inside Indigenous Law Casebook 

  Lindberg, Darcy; Asch, Jessica (University of Victoria Indigenous Law Research Unit (ILRU), 2016)
• A Toolkit for On-Reserve Matrimonial Real Property Dispute Resolution 

  Friedland, Hadley; Asch, Jessica; Napoleon, Val (University of Victoria Indigenous Law Research Unit (ILRU), 2015)
• IBA Accessing Justice and Reconciliation Project: Final Report 

  Friedland, Hadley (University of Victoria Indigenous Law Research Unit (ILRU), 2014)
• Cree Legal Summary 

  Friedland, Hadley (University of Victoria Indigenous Law Research Unit (ILRU), 2012)
• Secwepemc Lands and Resources Law Research Project 

  Asch, Jessica; Broadhead, Kirsty; Lloyd-Smith, Georgia; Owen, Simon (University of Victoria Indigenous Law Research Unit (ILRU), 2018)
• Adat Iban: a living traditional wisdom? 

  Edward, Ronnie (2020-12-22)

  Adat Iban are Indigenous law of the Iban people of Sarawak, Malaysia. This dissertation explores the wisdom of Adat Iban and examines whether the Adat and the underlying wisdom are living Adat. Currently, the interpretation, ...
• Meaning of the expression "Common Law" 

  Gillen, Mark (2020-12-22)

  Whether one is immersed in the study of a civil law system or a common law system, a question that may arise is just what does the expression "common law" mean. This is a question I have examined in the context of teaching ...
• Statues, names, memories, and reconciliation: revisiting UVic’s Begbie Building, a roundtable discussion 

  Johnson, Rebecca; Rose-Redwood, Reuben (2020-12-22)

  Within the last few years, communities, groups, and institutions have striven to remove controversial names and monuments from public and private spaces. Intense debates have focused on why and how those names and monuments ...

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