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AFFIRMATIVE REMEDY [2 records]

Record 1 2007-11-29

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
  • Tort Law (common law)
  • Labour Relations
CONT

... The implementation of any affirmative remedy for redress of racial discrimination is likely to affect persons differently depending upon their race.

OBS

Remedy: The manner in which a right is enforced or satisfied by a court when some harm or injury, recognized by society as a wrongful act, is inflicted upon an individual.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)
  • Droit des délits (common law)
  • Relations du travail
CONT

L'action de l'association repose sur quelques convictions fortes : la petite délinquance appelle des réponses sociales ou éducatives; la détention destructure et désocialise la majorité des personnes qui y sont contraintes - il faut donc privilégier la réparation concrète des préjudices causés aux victimes [...]

Spanish

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Record 2 2007-09-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Decisions (Practice and Procedural Law)
CONT

The Supreme Court properly observed that “the affirmative promise contained in s. 23 of the Charter and the critical need for timely compliance will sometimes require courts to order affirmative remedies to guarantee that language rights are meaningfully, and therefore necessarily promptly, protected”.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Décisions (Droit judiciaire)
CONT

La Cour suprême a rappelé avec justesse que « la promesse concrète contenue à l'article 23 et la nécessité cruciale qu'elle soit tenue à temps obligent parfois les tribunaux à ordonner des mesures réparatrices concrètes destinées à garantir aux droits linguistiques une protection réelle et donc nécessairement diligente ».

Spanish

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