THESES SURVEY
RECENSION DES THESES
I. Doctoral Theses/Theses de doctorat
Ebow P. Bondzi-Simpson, The International Regulation of Relationships
between Transnational Corporations and Host States: Conceptual Analyses
and an Inquiry into Attempts at Codification and Control, University of
Toronto
In this study, a juridical examination is made of the relationships between
transnational corporations (TNCs) and host states, especially developing coun-
tries as hosts. It notes the positive contributions that TNCs make to host states
and encourages this trend. But more especially, it notes the tensions that have
existed between them and endeavours to provide legal responses that take into
account the legitimate interests of these two main actors. A harmonization
approach is adopted in developing the said responses.
Some of the specific subjects that have received attention, and for which
responses have been provided, include: the scope of the right to renegotiate
investment contracts; the conditions for reference of international investment
disputes to international dispute settlement machinery; closing loop-holes on
transfer pricing practices; providing more certain and uniform consumer and
environmental protection standards, and restricting the grounds for nationaliza-
tion of foreign property and assessing appropriate compensation therefor.
as well as former socialist countries –
However, while the thesis attempts to develop some juridical responses to
regulate some of the inhospitable features of foreign direct investment, it must
also be pointed out that the increasingly developing country hosts are seeking
to attract foreign investors on reasonable terms. Indeed, many developing coun-
tries –
are becoming market-oriented
in their policies, either voluntarily or subject to domestic pressures or pressures
from international business concerns or even from multilateral agencies such as
the International Monetary Fund (IMF) or the International Bank for Recon-
struction and Development (IBRD). All of these developments, however, are
fully consistent with the harmonization approach adopted in the thesis.
This study is undertaken against the backdrop of international law and rela-
tions. Some important developments within which this study may be posited
include the (supposed) challenges to certain (conventional) doctrines of interna-
tional law such as nationalization and compensation; the concept of the new
international economic order; the global-village view of the world today which
demonstrates both the extent to which national actions have international
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dimensions and the extent to which international intercourse has national
impact; the promotion and protection of international investment; the increased
importance of regional and multilateral institutions; and the development of
codes of conduct and other international standards to regulate the activities of
their addressees.
By the jurisprudence advanced –
and the exercise in progressive develop-
ment of international investment law that is undertaken –
the thesis makes a
contribution to the general theory of legal relationships between TNCs and host
states. At the same time, a commitment is maintained to two principles: (i) the
integrity of states (which includes safeguarding them against a mortgaging of
their rights to or interests in the maximum possible degree of economic devel-
opment and a recognition of and respect for their national objectives and sys-
tems); and (ii) the promotion of international intercourse (which in the interna-
tional economic field includes promoting and protecting foreign investment).
The objective of this study, therefore, is not to revisit the controversy about
the legal relationships between TNCs and host states but, rather, to contribute
to the resolution of those controversies. This is done, first, by advocating that
certain normative principles be established more firmly in the mainstream of
international law, and second, by supporting the multilateral agencies –
partic-
ularly the UN Commission and Centre on TNCs, the Multilateral Investment
Guarantee Agency, and the International Centre for the Settlement of Invest-
ment Disputes –
that seek to promote more harmonious arrangements in the
matter of international investments.
Jean-Carol Boucher, De la Commission de police du Quebec au Comitj de
d~ontologie policire (Evolution du mandat), Universit6 Laval
R~sum6 non disponible/no abstract available
Andr6 Braen, Le droit maritime au Quebec, Institut de droit compare,
UniversitO McGill
L’industrie maritime joue un r61e important dans l’6conomie qu~b~coise.
Ses entreprises sont nombreuses et vari6es. La pr6sente 6tude porte sur l’iden-
tification du droit qui leur est applicable ainsi que des sources de ce droit. De
par sa nature, le droit maritime se rattache en grande partie au syst~me de droit
privY. Lorsqu’un litige maritime nait au Qudbec, quelle place peut, au niveau de
sa solution, pr6tendre y occuper le droit maritime et quels sont ses rapports avec
le droit priv6, notamment le droit civil ? L’identification des sources du droit
applicable dans un tel cas est un processus complexe du fait de l’existence de
deux facteurs particuliers, t savoir le f~d6ralisme et le bijuridisme. L’objet de
cette these vise donc
la fois pour
repfrer les sources du droit applicable et pour en d6gager le contenu. Dans une
l’Alaboration du cadre th~orique n~cessaire
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premiere partie, l’auteur fait ressortir le caract~re diversifi6 des activitrs de Fin-
dustrie maritime. Puis, il analyse les sources historiques et actuelles du droit
applicable aujourd’hui au Qubec. A cet 6gard, il remet en question la perti-
nence d’appliquer les r~gles de la common law dans un litige maritime de droit
priv6 au Qubec. En particulier, il soul~ve le bien-fond6 sur le plan juridique de
l’approche adoptre par la Cour supreme du Canada qui, pour des raisons d’uni-
formisation du droit maritime au Canada, a conclu
l’application de ces r~gles.
Dans la seconde partie, l’auteur analyse les r~gles qui ont traditionnellement
compos6 le droit maritime. I1 les met en relation avec celles du droit civil. Pour
d6gager le contenu des r~gles applicables lorsqu’elles drivent du dioit com-
mun, l’auteur adopte une approche comparative entre le droit civil et la common
law.
Kathy-Ann Brown, The State of the Deep Seabed Beyond National Jurisdic-
tion: Legal and Political Realities, Osgoode Hall Law School
The primary issue of this thesis is the status of the deep seabed beyond the
limits of national jurisdiction. The focus of the debate is on the legal signifi-
cance of the common heritage of humankind. The discussion examines the sta-
tus of this neologism as a general principle of international law and a rule of
customary law. It also addresses the influence of other important concepts in the
law of the sea in defining a universal regime to govern the abyssal plains. The
focus is, however, part and parcel of a greater concern as to the use of traditional
notions of freedom and justice in preserving existing power structures. It is clear
that innovative yet realistic initiatives must be pursued to ensure a more just and
stable interdependent international society.
The methodology used seeks to appropriate the wisdom of the past, and so
repeatedly turns to history: the history of traditional concepts associated with
the seabed; and the history of the freedoms asserted in relation to the seas and
as regards the global laissez-faire economy. Principles of justice, equity and rea-
sonableness provide the means for challenging the legitimacy of all rules of law,
and are the criteria used to evaluate proposals for resolving the common heri-
tage dispute.
The analysis highlights the value of the sources of international law as evi-
denced in the realpolitik in addition to the pronouncements of the World Court.
Significantly, due regard is paid to the work of the Preparatory Commission on
the Law of the Sea which is still attempting to iron out a universally acceptable
regime in keeping with that proposed in Part XI of the 1982 Convention on the
Law of the Sea. An alternative to negotiation as the route to conflict resolution
is litigation. As such, the merits of an appeal to the International Court of Justice
are assessed. Additionally, what remains for the moment a largely hypothetical
venture is pursued in further examining the possibility of a role for municipal
courts in the preservation of the common heritage of humankind. The basic
hope is that among the things common to humanity is a spirit of reasonableness,
and that it is this which will govern the deep seabed.
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Mary Condon, Ideas and Regulatory Practice: The Ontario Securities Com-
mission: 1945-1978, University of Toronto
This thesis uses the history of securities regulation in Ontario between
1945 and 1978 as a case study to explore two central issues: first, the role of
ideas in regulation and second, the relationship between regulation and securi-
ties markets. The claims made about these two issues are the following. First,
the regulatory process involves dispute over and negotiation of the significance
and meaning of ideas. This negotiation is undertaken by actors, including orga-
nisations, regulators and individuals, interested in the outcome of regulatory
deliberations. To fully understand the relationship between interests and regula-
tory outcomes, sensitivity to the influence of ideas on both the positions of inter-
est groups and regulatory decision-making is required. Second, by creating
understandings of how markets should operate and framing the set of opportu-
nities and resources available to actors to participate in them, regulation consti-
tutes markets.
These claims are elaborated in the following five ways: (1) close examina-
tion of interest group positions reveals that their apparent stability, consensus
and consistent reasoning was much more complex and contingent than initially
appeared; (2) ideas had a currency or an independent effect not reducible to spe-
cific interest positions; (3) the regulatory agency studied was actively engaged
in both reinforcing the power of certain ideas and using them to achieve out-
comes; (4) the interpretation of the same idea varied according to the form of
rationality through which it was expressed. The main alternative forms of ratio-
nality examined are those of economics and law; (5) in making regulatory ideas
work, the Ontario Securities Commission consistently favoured legal forms of
rationality over market-oriented or economic ones.
Kathleen Glass, Elderly Persons and Decision-Making in a Medical Context:
Challenging Canadian Law, Institute of Comparative Law, McGill Univer-
sity
The subject of this thesis is the investigation and critical evaluation of how
Canadian legal institutions approach substitute decision-making in the particular
context of making medical choices for incompetent elderly persons. Underlying
the inquiry is an acknowledgment of the right of competent persons to have their
autonomy recognized and the duty to protect from harm those with reduced
competence. Statutes, case law and custom are examined to determine how well
they serve older persons when choices concerning medical treatment and parti-
cipation in research protocols are required. The adequacy of current Canadian
law relating to informed consent to medical treatment and competency assess-
ment is evaluated in light of the special characteristics of elderly persons.
Recent and proposed law reforms are examined for their appropriateness in
addressing the questions of who should make substitute decisions for incompe-
tent persons and how these decisions should be made. The three foremost cri-
teria used as the basis for making substitute decisions – best interest, substi-
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tuted judgment and advance directives –
are analyzed. A final proposal is made
that would redefine the notion of a person’s “interests,” allowing us to view the
criteria for substitute decision-making not as competing, but as complementary,
the appropriateness of each varying with the situation in question. Ethical prin-
ciples have been employed both as a critical framework for assessing the fair-
ness and acceptability of particular laws and as complementary to these laws,
since law by its nature can never be crafted to address adequately every question
we may pose.
The statutes, case law and legal literature referenced in this thesis are up
to date as of December 25, 1991.
Kazi Hamid, Self-Determination and the Right to Resistance: The Case Study
of Hawaii, University of Ottawa
The thesis examines, first, the juridical nature of the right to self-
determination as a human right, evolving primarily from the nationalist feelings
of a group of people. Secondly, an examination has been undertaken in order to
find out the basic reasons for a claim to the right to self-determination, out of
which unequal treaty and forceful annexation have been argued to be the impor-
tant elements in contemporary international conflicts. Third, an argument has
been submitted that the right to self-determination and resistance are inter-
twined, and the right to resistance matures when all other negotiations for
restoring the rights of a group of people fail. Fourth, the whole discussion of the
right to self-determination and resistance is applied to Hawaii, which was
annexed by the United States through a coercive and unequal treaty in 1894.
Thus the thesis examines the validity of the said treaty and supports the idea that
the native Hawaiians have a right to self-determination under international law,
and that these people never gave up their right to remain independent as
opposed to becoming a part of America. Finally, the thesis recommends some
measures to be adopted in the process of regaining their stolen independence.
Dongdong Huang, Delimitation of Maritime Boundary between Vietnam and
China in the Gulf of Tonkin, University of Ottawa
The thesis tries to answer three questions: (1) What rules and principles of inter-
national law are applicable to the delimitation of the territorial seas, exclusive
economic zone, and continental shelf in the Gulf of Tonkin? (2) Did the 1887
Sino-French Convention establish the maritime boundary between Vietnam and
China in the Gulf of Tonkin? (3) What is the course of the single maritime
boundary between Vietnam and China in the Gulf of Tonkin from the eastern
point of Tra Co to the closing line of the Gulf? By applying the rules on mar-
itime delimitation, a boundary line is finally drawn in the Gulf of Tonkin to
illustrate the equitableness of the result. The hierarchical structure and norma-
tive character of the rules on maritime delimitation are also explored.
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Maureen Irish, The Harmonized System and Tariff Classification in Canada,
Institute of Comparative Law, McGill University
This thesis examines the principles of tariff classification in Canadian cus-
toms law. Tariff appeals prior to implementation of the Harmonized System in
January 1988 are analyzed. The General Rules for Interpretation of the Harmo-
nized System are then discussed. The thesis throughout is that interpretation
should not be limited to physical characteristics such as material composition.
The naming of goods requires a contextual approach to interpretation which
also takes into account their use in application.
Marcel Liz~e, La responsabiliti sociale de la socifte commerciale, Universit6
de Montr6al
R6sum6 non disponible/no abstract available
Sheilah Martin, Legal Controls on Human Reproduction in Canada: A His-
tory of Gender Biased Laws and the Promise of the Charter, University of
Toronto
The purpose of this thesis is to explore how gender biased laws on human
reproduction have contributed to the social, sexual and reproductive subordina-
tion of women and to examine how the Canadian Charter of Rights and Free-
doms provides the opportunity and mandate to accommodate the biological dif-
ferences between men and women and to establish gender inclusive legal
protections. I analyze certain past and present legal controls on human repro-
duction to illustrate the many ways in which sexist laws on human reproduction
have contributed to women’s second class citizenship and controlled women in
the name of regulating reproduction. I also argue that for women to share in the
full amplitude of the Charter’s protections there must be a constitutionally rec-
ognized right not to be forced to procreate.
Marko Pavliha, Implied Terms of Voyage Charters, Institute of Comparative
Law, McGill University
This thesis is a comparative study of English, American, French, Canadian
and Quebec law relative to the implied terms of voyage charterparties.
It addresses specifically the implied terms in the general law of contract
demonstrating the similarity between the civil and common law systems as well
as the need to convert the implied terms into rules of law not subject to exclu-
sion by agreement. The latter proposal is also supported by the doctrine of frus-
tration which has evolved from the notion of implied terms into a principle of
law.
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The thesis treats the implied undertakings of the shipowner which are to
provide a seaworthy vessel, to go to the port of loading with reasonable des-
patch, to exercise reasonable care and to proceed without deviation.
In addition, it studies the implied undertakings of the charterer being,
essentially, the obligation to nominate a safe port and/or berth, and the under-
taking not to ship dangerous goods.
The thesis takes into account the impact of the transportation of goods
under voyage charterparties upon the environment and suggests how this impact
and its effect might be prevented by international law.
Finally, it is submitted that because implied terms have been and are part
of the fundamental legal structure of the voyage charterparty in both common
and civil law, they should become express rules of international law, not subject
to exclusion by contract.
Martin Shain, The Right of Employees to Participate in the Organization and
Design of Work: A Legal and Social Analysis, University of Toronto
The law of employment contributes significantly to poor mental health
among employees through the enforcement of rules which permit minimal par-
ticipation in the organization and design of work. Lack of participation, through
its effect on employees’ sense of efficacy and worthwhileness, contributes to
major losses in efficiency, productivity and the ability of individuals to function
as fully competent members of a democratic society.
Mental health losses are observed primarily when work is organized and
designed in such ways that employees can have little or no influence over their
day to day work and over their fate as it entwines with strategic decisions
involving plant closures, reorganizations, downsizing, relocations and the like.
Particularly implicated in the defeat of employee mental health are those
legal rules which assign to employers, as an implied term of the contract, the
right to unilaterally govern the organization and design of work. Such rules
characterize not only the common law of employment, but also collective bar-
gaining and occupational health and safety law where ideology would lead us
to believe that the fundamental imbalance introduced by the implied manage-
ment rights theory had been redressed.
In conducting a detailed examination of the substance and origin of the rel-
evant rules, it is found that the basic, legally contrived skew which they bring
about in the employment relationship cannot be justified in a society that claims
to value autonomy and democracy. Indeed, the democratic imperative requires
that the exercise of managerial authority be conditional upon the input and
influence of employees. This imperative lies at the heart of a proposed contrac-
tarian employment relationship described as Division of Labour in Good Faith.
The legal incidents of this relationship are described in the framework of a draft
statute called the Participation at WorkAct which is to serve as the basis for dis-
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cussion among key stakeholders in a proposed provincial Dialogue on Partic-
ipation. The object of the proposed reform is to introduce a basic employee right
to participate in the organization and design of work as a minimum standard for
employment.
Peter Strahlendorf, Evolutionary Jurisprudence: Darwinian Theory in
Juridical Science, University of Toronto
so as to promote the individual’s own reproductive success –
If the human mind was designed through Darwinian natural selection to be
a highly and intrinsically structured solver of predictable problems of human
then
existence –
we may ask whether there are any significant implications for legal philosophy
which flow from this vision of human nature. It is argued that: 1) the pursuit of
happiness; 2) the “self-evidence” of certain categories of phenomena as being
“good”; 3) the ability of the individual to mentally abstract from personal sen-
timent so as to be objectively concerned for others’ interests; 4) the ability to
perceive certain categories of problems as structured according to the forms of
justice (distributive, commutative, retributive and procedural); and 5) the pos-
session of a “sense of justice” that recognizes distortions in the forms of justice
–
are all the result of design features of the human mind that function, ulti-
mately, to promote individual reproductive success. It is proposed that these
capacities, along with others, are the basic building blocks used to construct the
forms of “social control.” Law is a specialized form of “social control.” As a
type of biocultural adaptation, law functions to regulate the proximate pursuits
of individuals and, ultimately, to regulate the pursuit of individual reproductive
success. If this perspective is accepted, then we can ask, in different types of
societies, whose reproductive interests are promoted through law, and whose
reproductive interests ought to be promoted through law?
Diane Veilleux, La representation syndicale selon le Code du travail < Pou- voir et devoir de representation >, UniversitM Laval
Rrsum6 non disponible/no abstract available
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H. Master Theses/M6moires de maitrise
Francis Abiew, The Rights, Interest and Duties of Host Countries and Interna-
tional Oil Companies Under International Petroleum Agreements, University of
Alberta
Mary Adede, The Impact of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms on
Abortion Regulation, University of Saskatchewan
Elizabeth A. Adjin-Tettey, Abuse of Diplomatic Privileges and Immunities,
Queen’s University
Mohammed Alem, The Applicable Law to International Commercial Contracts:
Harmonization Perspectives for Civil and Common Law, Institute of Compara-
tive Law, McGill University
Ei-Tayeb Markz Ali, Some Aspects of the Environmental Problems in the
Sudan: A Legislative Analysis, University of Saskatchewan
Kerry Allbeury, Biotechnology and the Environment: Towards Internationaliza-
tion in the Regulation of Deliberate Releases of Genetically Engineered Orga-
nisms, University of Toronto
Paul 0. Anyoti, Law and Policy Governing Foreign Investment in Botswana,
Queen’s University
Kenneth Armstrong, Legitimating the Actions of the Ontario Securities Com-
mission: The Evolution of Administrative Law, University of Toronto
Wahyuni Bahar, Coordination of Separate Communications Satellite Systems
under the INTELSAT Agreements: Legal Analysis, Institute of Air and Space
Law, McGill University
Nancy Kathleen (Sam) Banks, All I’m Asking For Is A Little Respect: Equality
Rights and Same-Sex Spousal Benefits, University of British Columbia
Daniel Martin Bellemare, The Relevance of the Structure-Conduct-Performance
Paradigm to Horizontal Merger Analysis under the Competition Act, Institute of
Comparative Law, McGill University
Claire Bernard, La ligitimit6 de la recherche medicale avec les enfants non
dougs de discernement, Universit6 de Montr6al
Peter Bernhardt, The Contempt Power of the Canadian House of Commons –
The Case for Reform, University of Ottawa
Thomas Bloeink, International Mergers and Extraterritoriality (United States,
Germany and the EEC), Institute of Comparative Law, McGill University
John Borrows, A Genealogy of Law: Inherent Sovereignty and First Nations
Self-Government, University of Toronto
Richard Bouchard, “The Confession Role” -Conflicting
Dalhousie University
Interests and Values,
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Olivier Boyer, Le silence et le contrat: approche compar6e, Institut de droit
compar6, Universit6 McGill
John Bozzo, The Exclusion of Evidence under Section 24(2) of the Canadian
Charter of Rights and Freedoms, University of Toronto
Frangois Brochu, Micanisme de fonctionnement de la publicit6 des droits ‘i la
lumire du Projet de Code civil du Quibec et r6le des principaux intervenants,
Universit6 Laval
Christian Brunelle, L’application de la Charte canadienne des droits et libertis
aux institutions gouvernementales, Universit6 d’Ottawa
Jean Buchanan, Fisheries Management in the South Pacific, Dalhousie Univer-
sity
Wayne Douglas Bums, Thailand and International Law, University of British
Columbia
Mark Carter, The Judicial Response to the Impoverishment of Divorced Women:
Freedom and Constraint Represented by the “Pelech Trilogy”, University of
Saskatchewan
Eduardo Castillo, Le commerce international des services: quelques ldlments
d’un cadre juridique multilatiral, Universit6 Laval
Lubomyr Chabursky, A Critical Examination of the “Employment Equity Act”,
Institute of Comparative Law, McGill University
Juliette Champagne-Bennett, L’tat de droit, les droits de la personne et la con-
firence sur la sicuritj et la cooperation en Europe, Universit6 de Montr6al
Deborah Chappel, Adoption: Reassessment and New Alternatives, University of
Toronto
Michael Code, A Comparative Study of the Impact of Constitutional Instruments
on the American and Canadian Criminal Justice Systems: Procedure Governing
Constitutional Hearings and Trial within a Reasonable Time, University of
Toronto
Alastair Collin, Forests and International Law, University of Toronto
Monica Cordovez Loucel, Transfer of Technology to Latin America: The Devel-
opment of Indigenous Technology as the Basis for Economic and Social Prog-
ress, Institute of Comparative Law, McGill University
Neil Cummings, Court-Ordered Obstetrical Interventions in Aids-Infected
Pregnancy, University of Toronto
Michel D6sch~nes, Le cadre juridique applicable a l’intervention des pouvoirs
publics, pour la protection de la sdntj et de la scurit6 de la population lors
d’un sinistre ou d’une crise grave, Universit6 Laval
Richard Desgagn6, La participation des Atats dans le commerce international:
les contrats gouvernementaux en droit compard et en droit international, Insti-
tut de droit compar6, Universit6 McGill
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Boniface Diarra, Les caractiristiques de la fraude et leurs impacts sur les
garanties bancaires, Universit6 Laval
Mary J. Eaton, Theorizing Sexual Orientation, Queen’s University
Chilezie Eboe-Osuji, Aviation Incidents and the Earth-Based Victims: A Review
ofAnglo-Canadian Tort Law, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill University
Jean-Marc Fournier, La procddure de modification de la Constitution d Cana-
da, Universit6 de Montrdal
Jocelyn Gagn6, Entitlement of the Rights of Aboriginal Peoples, University of
Ottawa
Christine Gagnon, Le contentieux de la copropritj divise en droit quibdcois:
responsabilitis, actions en justice et arbitrage, Universit6 Laval
Suzanne Gilbert, L’utilisation thirapeutique des tissus foetaux: les enjeux ithi-
ques et juridiques, Universit6 de Sherbrooke
Diane Girard, Le moddle sichelte: un exemple d’autonomie gouvernementale
autochtone t suivre?, Universit6 Laval
Nathalie Girard, Le consentement du mineur doug de discernement en matidre
de soins et traitements medicaux ou chirurgitaux selon le droit civil qudbdcois,
Universit6 de Sherbrooke
Diane Goodman, Children’s Freedom from Sexual Exploitation: International
Protection and Implementation, University of Toronto
George Hacket, Liberalization of Air Transport in the EEC and its Implications
for Non-EEC European Countries, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill Uni-
versity
Judith Halyk, Initial Screening and the Crown Prosecutor in Canada, Univer-
sity of Toronto
Terry Hancock, Regulated Competition: An Analysis of Resale and Sharing
Competition in Telecommunications, University of Toronto
Judith Hanebury, The Federal Role in Environmental Impact Assessment, Uni-
versity of Calgary
John Harrison, The Mareva Injunction -A Comparative and Critical Analysis,
Institute of Comparative Law, McGill University
Helmut Hofbauer, A Critical Analysis of International Supervisory Structures
Established Pursuant to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and
Cultural Rights, Dalhousie University
Karen Hogarty, Legal Education in Scotland and Quebec, Institute of Compar-
ative Law, McGill University
Annemieke Holthuis, The Emergencies Act, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms
and International Law: The Protection of Human Rights in States ofEmergency,
Institute of Comparative Law, McGill University
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France Houle, The Documentation Centre of the Immigration and Refugee
Board: A Study of the Use of Documentary Evidence in the Determination of
Claims for Refugee Status, Queen’s University
Marie-Jos6e Houle, Le contr6le de l’activitj midicale en centre hospitalier,
Universit6 de Sherbrooke
John Hunt, Kant and Freud on Freedom, University of Toronto
Christian Huon, La responsabilit6 des fabricants de matiriel a6ronautique en
Europe, Institut de droit a6rien et spatial, Universit6 McGill
Eugene Christopher Jamieson, The Legality of the New Industrial Relations,
University of British Columbia
Perpetua Karanja, The Relationship between the Legal Status of Women and
Land Ownership Rights in Kenya: A Survey, University of Toronto
Jennifer Klimek, Liability for Environmental Damage in Insolvencies, Univer-
sity of Calgary
Alain Klotz, La grossesse contractuelle : aspects juridiques et sociaux, Univer-
sit6 de Sherbrooke
John Kutkevicius, The Taxation of Divisive Reorganizations, Osgoode Hall Law
School
Claude Laferri~re, L’utilisation d’une information confidentielle en droit des
compagnies: perspective de droit comparg, Universit6 de Montreal
Virginia Lajeunesse, Section 7 of the Charter and Administrative Procedures:
Renewed Demand for Uniformity?, University of Ottawa
Sylvie Lambert, Les r6gimes enregistr6s d’6pargne-retraite dans le contexte du
droit civil, Universit6 de Montr6al
Michel Le Bel, La doctrine constitutionnelle amiricaine de l’impricision
(< void-for-vagueness >): 6ldments constitutifs et fondements constitutionnels,
Universit6 de Montr6al
Mathieu L’Ecuyer, Le m6canisme de r6f6ri 6dictJ t l’ article 105 de la Loi sur
la flscalit6 municipale (L.Q. c F-2.1), Universit6 Laval
Simon Ledoux, L’influence du droit constitutionnel dans l’6mergence et l’vo-
lution du droit auxprestations de maternit, d’adoption etparentales au sein de
la Loi sur l’assurance, Universit6 de Montr6al
Brigitte Leduc, Le r6gime juridique de la formation professionnelle des corpo-
rations rigies par le Code des professions du Qu6bec, Universit6 Laval
J.A. Martin L6ger, Le contrat de vente C.A.F (coat, assurance, fret) au Quebec,
Universit6 de Montr6al
Charlotte Lemieux, Healing the Mind: Current and Dormant Problems in Psy-
chotherapy, University of Toronto
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Magali Lewis, Les obligations du fabricant de technologies midicales, Univer-
sit6 de Montr6al
Willfried Ley, Forwarder, Multimodal Transport Operator and Cargo Owners’
Interests: A Comparative Study of Selected Legal Aspects of Freight Forward-
ing and Multimodal Transport under Common Law and Civil Law, Dalhousie
University
Yunhai Liu, Legal Framework for the International Transfer of Technology,
University of Ottawa
Dominique Lizotte, La ridaction des lois en droit civil et en common law, Insti-
tut de droit compar6, Universit6 McGill
Lorraine Locas, Probl~mes soulevis par le VIHISIDA en santj mentale ail Qtua-
bec et en Ontario, Institut de droit compar6, Universit6 McGill
Sabine Lowe, Responsibility and Liability in General Public International Law
and in the Law of Outer Space, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill Univer-
sity
Stephen Lyons, The Role and Responsibilities of the Lawyer in the Securities
Law Context, University of Toronto
Rose Ann MacGillivray, Services: Domestic Regulation and International
Trade, University of Toronto
Ellen MacKenzie, Wrongful Birth -An Emerging Tort in Canada, University
of Alberta
Betty Campbell Madden, The European Economic Community: Common or
Uncommon Market? The Harmonization Issue and Company Law, University of
Toronto
Sheena Mahaffey, A Comparative Study of Rules and Practices Regulating the
Admissibility of Confession Evidence, Queen’s University
Stefan Martin, La privention contractuelle des litiges dans le cadre du contrat
international de construction, Universit6 Laval
Sifuni E. Mchome, Towards a Communitarian Approach to Crimes, The Quest
for an Effective, Less Expensive but Understandable Community Oriented
Criminal Justice System, Queen’s University
Ronalda Murphy, The Pornography Debate in Feminism, Lessons for the
Future, University of Toronto
Miyako Nakamura, Women Workers in Export Processing Zones in Asia: A
Political Economy Perspective, University of British Columbia
Valerie Nixon, Valuation and Distribution of Pension Benefits Under the Family
Law Act, 1986, University of Ottawa
Brian Norton, Domestic Violence: Law and its Administration, Dalhousie Uni-
versity
1992]
THESES SURVEY
1185
Shannon O’Byme, The State Contract: Public Power and Private Obligation,
University of Alberta
Rosemary Ofei-Aboagye, Addressing Domestic Violence in Ghana, Queen’s
University
Marc Paquin, Le droit de l’environnement et les administrateurs d’entreprises,
Institut de droit compar6, Universit6 McGill
Bruce Pardy, Environmental Harm as Actionable Damage: A Theory for Liabil-
ity in Tort, Dalhousie University
Martin-Frangois Parent, La chanson populaire comme activitg protdgde par la
libertd d’expression, Universit6 de Montreal
Lisa Philipps, Taxing Inherited Wealth: Ideologies about Property and the Fam-
ily in Canada, Osgoode Hall Law School
Martin Phillipson, The Regulation of Deep Seabed Mining: The Need for a New
Approach, University of Saskatchewan
Monique Pinsonneault, Medical Examination and Testing in the Workplace,
University of Toronto
Onoora Poungthong, Fisheries Access Agreements among Selected Asian Coun-
tries: The Access Provisions under the 1982 Convention on the Law of the Sea
from a Thai Perspective, Dalhousie University
Henry Prempeh-Eck, State Responsibility for Injuries to Aliens: Suggestions for
Updating a Longstanding Doctrine, Queen’s University
Denis Racine, L’Etat et le secret bancaire, Universit6 Laval
Arie Reich, International Government Procurement Under GATT and Under
the Canada-US and Israel-US Free Trade Agreement, University of Toronto
Jenni Richards, Purposive Interpretation: The Supreme Court and the Charter,
University of Toronto
Marja Kristiina Riihijarvi, Penalizing Corporations for Environmental
Offences: A Comparative Study of the Canadian Experience and the Finnish
Law Proposal, University of British Columbia
Judith Rochette, Le phinomdne des mddecines alternatives au Quibec: probl-
mes et esquisses de solutions, Universit6 de Sherbrooke
Fernande Rousseau, Le diagnostic prenatal: source de conflits de droits entre
la mere et le foetus, Universit6 Laval
Regena Kaye Russell, Welfare Reform in Quebec: Implications for Single Moth-
ers and their Children, Institute of Comparative Law, McGill University
S6bastien Saillard, Les institutions et aspects juridiques relatifs au contr6le
agrien en Europe: EUROCONTROL, Institut de droit a6rien et spatial, Univer-
sit6 McGill
1186
REVUE DE DROIT DE McGILL
[Vol. 37
Patrick Salin, Selected Legal Aspects of Commercial Remote Sensing -Bilat-
eral Regulations and Proprietary Provisions Relative to LANDSAT, SPOT,
MOS-1, ERS-1 and RADARSAT, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill Univer-
sity
Micheline Samson, Le divorce, la Loi, les jugements et les juges: patriarcart,
paradoxe et sexisme, Universit6 Laval
Masatoshi Sasaki, Abstract Norm Control in Constitutional Review -A Com-
parative Perspective, University of Toronto
Alison Scott-Butler, Charter Challenges to Income Tax Provisions: Selected
Problems and Possible Solutions, Dalhousie University
Jeanne Simard, Riglementer le marchd des valeurs mobilidres par le biais d’in-
structions ginirales; le cas de la Commission des valeurs mobilires du Qud-
bec, Universit6 Laval
Isabelle Sonntag, La concurrence et le transport airien en Europe, Institut de
droit adrien et spatial, Universit6 McGill
L. Charmaine Spencer, The Use of Tort Law in the Protection of Human Rights:
An Alternative to Human Rights Boards, University of Saskatchewan
Cecily Strickland, Vessel Traffic Services: Evolution, Implementation, Enforce-
ment and Liability in the Canadian Context, Dalhousie University
Ewa Swiecicki, Legal Aspects ofLicensing ofAirline Transport Pilots: Interna-
tional Standards Versus Canadian Aviation Safety Regulations, Institute of Air
and Space Law, McGill University
Paulos Tesfagiorgis, Human Rights, Development and Non-Governmental
Organizations in the Horn ofAfrica, Institute of Comparative Law, McGill Uni-
versity
Yeshak Teshome, Principles of Criminal Liability: A Comparative Study, Dal-
housie University
Kiyomi Tomita, Informed Consent and the Right to Refuse Medical Treatment:
A Comparative Study of Common-Law Canada and Japan, Institute of Compar-
ative Law, McGill University
Eric Tremblay, Le congidiement pour incompdtence dans la jurisprudence arbi-
trale qubdcoise, Universit6 Laval
Marie Trousdell, The Psychiatric Evaluation of Dangerousness: Individual vs
Collective Rights, Universit6 de Sherbrooke
Lutando Tswanya, Analysis of the Convention on the Marking of Plastic Explo-
sives for the Purpose of Detection, Institute of Air and Space Law, McGill Uni-
versity
Gabrielle Turner, The Role of Tort Law in the Medical Context, Institute of
Comparative Law, McGill University
1992]
RECENSION DES TH-ESES
1187
Obina Unegbu, Disputes’ Resolution in International Investment: A Study of the
ICSID Arbitral Regime, University of Toronto
Philip Van Caenegem, La rdglementation des offres publiques d’acquisition au
sein de la communautj jconomique europdenne: l’expirience anglaise, fran-
gaise et belge, un premier frein aux OPA, Universit6 Laval
Dirk Vanheule, Converging Trends in Constitutional Review in Federal States:
A Comparative Study of Canada and Belgium, University of Toronto
Cristina Vilao, Air Cabotage: Current Legal Issues, Institute of Air and Space
Law, McGill University
Thorsten Vormann, Cultural Sovereignty and Broadcasting Canadian Content
Rules, Institute of Comparative Law, McGill University
Christoph Weber, The Evolving International Regime of Trade in Financial Ser-
vices under the Auspices of the GATT, Institute of Comparative Law, McGill
University
Gang Wu, Socialist States and GATT, University of Ottawa
Dusica Zdravic, The Legal Aspects of Access to the Geostationary Orbit, Insti-
tute of Air and Space Law, McGill University
