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LEGAL TRADITION [5 records]

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Record 1 2011-08-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
  • Rights and Freedoms
CONT

In the exercise of its powers the Commission shall recognize ... (d) the significance of Aboriginal oral and legal traditions in its activities ... 1

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie
  • Droits et libertés
CONT

Ce document de recherche analyse le « principe d’égalité des sexes » sous l’angle de son incidence sur l’exigence énoncée dans l’article 1.2 de la Loi canadienne sur les droits de la personne, c’est-à-dire tenir dûment compte des traditions juridiques des Autochtones et des règles du droit coutumier.

Key term(s)
  • tradition juridique des Autochtones

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-01-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Private-Sector Bodies and Committees
  • Sociology (General)
OBS

Small local organization founded in 1976 to provide assistance, information & orientation to the Portuguese-speaking communities to ensure full participation in Canadian society & equal access to service respecting uniqueness of their culture & tradition; to develop & implement strategies that enhance use of the Organization's services; to assist the Portuguese community in integration with new social, cultural & political environment; to provide counselling & appropriate referrals as required; to facilitate & develop educational workshops on such topics as health, language, citizenship, employment & legal matters; to encourage senior, youth & women involvement in social, recreational, & volunteer programs provided by the Organization; to assess community's changing needs & the Organization's resources to meet them; to collaborate with community & social agencies with respect to needs of the Purtuguese-speaking community.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités du secteur privé
  • Sociologie (Généralités)

Spanish

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Record 3 2009-10-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • National Bodies and Committees (Non-Canadian)
  • Christian Theology
DEF

Catholics for Choice(CFC) was founded in 1973 to serve as a voice for Catholics who believe that the Catholic tradition supports a woman's moral and legal right to follow her conscience in matters of sexuality and reproductive health.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organismes et comités nationaux non canadiens
  • Théologies chrétiennes

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-09-10

English

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

Reluctant as we have seen the common law to be in protecting economic interests against negligence, our legal tradition has displayed no similar coyness in furnishing legal sanctions against conduct deliberately aimed at impairing advantageous relations or causing other kinds of financial loss.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 5 2005-08-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Legal System
DEF

... a set of deeply rooted, historically conditioned attitudes about the nature of law, about the role of law in the society and the polity, about the proper organization and operation of a legal system, and about the way law is or should be made, applied, studied, perfected, and taught.

CONT

A legal tradition is... the general culture underlying a family of similar legal systems.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Théorie du droit
CONT

Héritier d'une tradition juridique à la fois française et britannique, le droit canadien repose sur deux systèmes différents, le droit civil et la Common law.

CONT

[...] le caractère sacré de la vie est un principe fondamental sur lequel repose une bonne partie de notre tradition juridique.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Régimen jurídico
OBS

tradición jurídica: Expresión reproducida del Glosario Provisional de Términos Jurídicos con la autorización de la Oficina de las Naciones Unidas en Ginebra.

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