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UNREASONABLE ACTION [5 records]

Record 1 2022-02-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Rights and Freedoms
  • Security
  • Communication and Information Management
CONT

Reasonable expectation of privacy-Section 8 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms provides protection against unreasonable searches and seizures. The Supreme Court of Canada has defined as a "search" any state action that engages a reasonable expectation of privacy. The concept of a "reasonable expectation of privacy" is therefore employed to determine whether, as a threshold matter, the protections of Section 8 are engaged. The degree of this privacy expectation is then used in the balancing exercise to determine whether a law authorizing a search is reasonable – i. e. whether it is justifiable in light of the state's objective, taking into account any safeguards provided for in the law.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droits et libertés
  • Sécurité
  • Gestion des communications et de l'information
OBS

attente raisonnable en matière de vie privée : désignation tirée du mini-lexique «Intelligence artificielle et droit» et reproduite avec l'autorisation du Centre de ressources en français juridique de l'Université de Saint-Boniface.

Spanish

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Record 2 2015-10-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Law of Contracts (common law)
  • Law of Obligations (civil law)
CONT

Parties who consider that they have signed an "unreasonable" contract can, if necessary, commence a legal action to have "unreasonable" terms in such a contract declared unenforceable.

CONT

... by doing so, it may have rendered the law of contract more uncertain, and provided too clumsy or unpredictable an instrument for the courts to employ for the purpose of controlling what may be considered unsuitable, unreasonable, unfair, or unjust contracts.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droit des contrats (common law)
  • Droit des obligations (droit civil)

Spanish

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Record 3 2015-08-24

English

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

... the plaintiff must take all reasonable steps to mitigate the loss to him consequent upon the defendant's wrong and cannot recover damages for any such loss which he could thus have avoided but has failed, through unreasonable action or inaction, to avoid. Put shortly, the plaintiff cannot recover for avoidable loss.

French

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

Spanish

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Record 4 2008-09-10

English

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

The elements of the cause of action for negligence may... be itemized as follows : 1. A duty, recognized by law, requiring conformity to a certain standard of conduct for the protection of others against unreasonable risks. This is commonly known as the "duty issue".

French

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

Spanish

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Record 5 1991-01-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Human Behaviour
CONT

Heightened emotions can lead to unreasonable actions by some people.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Comportement humain

Spanish

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