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Author: Lloyd Duhaime Created: Wednesday, June 06, 2007 2:52 PM

A blog monitoring and deciphering legal and justice system news and providing honest, candid commentary thereon.


By Lloyd Duhaime on Tuesday, January 08, 2008 10:29 AM

The news is full of daily glimpses of the evolution of the law. You just need to open your eyes to it.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Monday, November 05, 2007 5:16 PM

Still no "eureka" moment on how to deal with killers. But as all wait for that communal mystical moment - as when Banting invented insulin - we agonize and finger-point, each thinking the other barbarous or ignorant on our disparate views on capital punishment.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Sunday, November 04, 2007 8:18 PM

Pakistan plays with fire as it declares that oxymoron, martial law.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Monday, October 29, 2007 8:33 PM

Helping children get clean water ... by polluting through plastic manufacture and transportation emissions.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Sunday, October 28, 2007 5:48 AM

Law-making in Quebec is never a boring affair. A snapshot of a day in the life of "Politic-ville" runs the gamut; what would be a crisis in any other province is just another day at the office in Quebec.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Sunday, October 28, 2007 5:43 AM

As Martin Brodeur, star ice hockey player, is discovering, seeking judicial relief comes with a heavy privacy price.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Sunday, October 28, 2007 5:17 AM

Backrooms and computer servers never served humanity better than what those of Lexum and CANLii do for Canadians.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Friday, October 12, 2007 3:16 PM

Turkey plays chess with the USA in a dangerous game of brinkmanship.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Monday, September 17, 2007 4:32 PM

Any publicity is good publicity goes a old Kennedyesque expression. But some things ought to be just plain sacred!

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Friday, September 14, 2007 2:06 PM

"Anna Nicole Smith Law", keeps an army of lawyers busy to this day, jumping from jurisdiction to jurisdiction like a traveling circus of business suits.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Friday, September 14, 2007 2:06 PM

The justice system does not fare well on occasion of cataclysmic disaster. When will we learn that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure?

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Friday, September 14, 2007 2:03 PM

The less you know about plastic bags on the Planet the better except that ... you have to know! And the Government has to act with the hammer of law. Now.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Monday, September 03, 2007 9:24 PM

Jonathan Edington, attorney, spited his compass, lost his bearings and killed a man, leaving a whole profession disheartened.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Wednesday, July 25, 2007 1:07 PM

What is it with sexual abuse that punishment is not always commensurate to the offence? We cannot let down our guard until each sexual offender is put out of action and out of MySpace.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Monday, July 16, 2007 11:59 AM

The days run historic in Turkey as it toddles between a secular and Islam government in an election under the watchful and frightened eye of a powerful, paternal military.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Saturday, July 14, 2007 11:59 AM

Canada annual release of crime rates statistics ignore the lack of a real, effective national crime prevention agency.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Thursday, July 05, 2007 11:59 AM

The UK Island of Sark, and its quaint one-of-a-kind feudal legal system, reels from a human rights legal assault.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Thursday, June 28, 2007 11:59 AM

Scott Panetti's cries of insanity found an ear in the USA Supreme Court, and using the oldest refrain in the legal songbook.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Tuesday, June 26, 2007 11:59 AM

Better late than never: Egypt bans female circumcision.

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By Lloyd Duhaime on Monday, June 25, 2007 11:59 AM

Chris Benoit, animal: how could you? Read More »

Latest LawMag headlines:

Birthday Legal Information Ramblings

It only takes two psychiatrists to lock someone away. Birthday or not, here's enough to find ten.

Politically-Correct Is Dead! Long Live The Truth!

We speaketh prematurely but the lovely knoll of ditching political correctness- sweeter sounding still as it rings from the home of the common law - has been heard and struck a beacon of light upon the shadow of law which naively wants to be all things to all cultures.

Police: Would That Be Cowardice or Stupidity?

British Columbia experiences two shining examples of police inaction - either cowardice or stupidity - in less than nine months.


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Unless otherwise noted, this article was written by Lloyd Duhaime, Barrister, Solicitor, Attorney and Lawyer (and Notary Public!). It is not intended to be legal advice and you would be foolhardy to rely on it in respect to any specific situation you or an acquaintance may be facing. In addition, the law changes rapidly and sometimes with little notice so from time to time, an article may not be up to date. Therefore, this is merely legal information designed to educate the reader. If you have a real situation, this information will serve as a good springboard to get legal advice from a lawyer.

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