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GENUINE EQUALITY [4 records]

Record 1 2015-05-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Tort Law (common law)
CONT

The absence of true bargaining equality between workman and employer increases the difficulty of establishing that the risk was voluntarily assumed, but... the defence cannot succeed... unless the evidence permits a genuine interference that the plaintiff consented not merely to the risk of injury, but also to the lack of reasonable care which may produce that risk.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des délits (common law)

Spanish

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Record 2 2010-10-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • International Bodies and Committees
  • Rights and Freedoms
OBS

The European Roma Rights Centre(ERRC) is an international public interest law organisation engaging in a range of activities aimed at combating anti-Romani racism and human rights abuse of Roma. The approach of the ERRC involves, in particular, strategic litigation, international advocacy, research and policy development, and human rights training of Romani activists. Since its establishment in 1996, the ERRC has endeavoured to give Roma the tools necessary to combat discrimination and win equal access to government, education, employment, health care, housing and public services. The ERRC works to combat prejudice and discrimination against Roma, and to promote genuine equality of treatment and equality of respect.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités internationaux
  • Droits et libertés

Spanish

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Record 3 2008-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
CONT

By relying on the principles stated in Bell ExpressVu, the Court of Appeal relegated the principle of the substantive equality of the two official languages to the status of a subsidiary principle for the interpretation of language rights which could be considered only in cases of genuine ambiguity in the NB [New Brunswick] OLA [Official Languages Act].

OBS

Term usually used in the plural

Key term(s)
  • subsidiary principle

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
CONT

En s'appuyant sur les principes énoncés dans l'affaire Bell ExpressVu, la Cour d'appel a relégué le principe de l'égalité réelle des deux langues officielles à un principe subsidiaire d'interprétation des droits linguistiques qui ne pourrait être considéré que dans les seuls cas d'ambiguïté véritable au sein de la LLO [Loi sur les langues officielles] du NB [New Brunswick].

OBS

Terme habituellement utilisé au pluriel.

Key term(s)
  • principe subsidiaire

Spanish

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Record 4 1976-06-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Translation
  • Language Problems

French

Domaine(s)
  • Traduction
  • Problèmes de langue

Spanish

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