This content is not available in the selected language. In our last column, we announced that, over the coming months, we would share the results of the research conducted by members of the Towards Cyberjustice project. Although this is still planned for future entries, we chose to postpone these posts to take the time to […] Read more
This content is not available in the selected language. Canada is consistently touted as one of the best countries in which to live, but it ranks an unimpressive 112 out of 190 countries according to the World Bank’s enforcing contracts indicator. For good reason: Our civil-justice system is on the fritz. Litigating a civil claim […] Read more
This content is not available in the selected language. Three University of Ottawa law professors have uploaded an article entitled Mobile and Web-Based Legal Apps: Opportunities, Risks and Information Gaps to the SSRN website: “Mobile and web-based apps are one technology with the potential to improve access to justice, either by helping lawyers increase the […] Read more
This content is not available in the selected language. As most lawyers would agree, few recent court cases have had the impact of last year’s Supreme Court decision in R. v. Jordan. A quick look at the CanLII website tells us that it has already been cited in over 200 other decisions in the 8 […] Read more
This content is not available in the selected language. Predicting the outcome of Supreme Court decisions has long been a favorite parlor game for political scientists, attorneys, and legal-system junkies. People have built statistical models, predictive algorithms, and flow charts, and have used machine learning to try to guess what the justices will decide. Some […] Read more
This content is not available in the selected language. The increase in the number of self-represented litigants demonstratesd the need for a “wide ranging” examination on the barriers to accessible justice, the New Zealand Law Society president Chris Moore has said. Reports about increasing court costs and other barriers to justice are leading to a […] Read more
This content is not available in the selected language. Blog sur l’informatique libre au Québec tenu par Cyrille Beraud Il n’est pas possible de nous soustraire à l’ordre « corrompu » de l’État : y introduire une torsion supplémentaire, y inscrire notre fidélité à un Événement, voilà ce qui nous reste. Nous demeurons alors dans les frontières […] Read more
This content is not available in the selected language. Par Antoine Guilmain (Ph.D. Candidate in Law (LL.D.) Université de Montréal and Université Paris 1) « Ne pas planifier, c’est programmer l’échec. » (Auteur inconnu, mais plein de bon sens !) Depuis plusieurs années, l’entente sur le déroulement de l’instance est devenue la pierre de touche de […] Read more
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This content is not available in the selected language. Par Antoine Guilmain (Ph.D. Candidate in Law (LL.D.) Université de Montréal and Université Paris 1) « Audi alteram partem »… Encore une veritas qui est utilisée ad nauseam pour justifier la moindre ratio legis, me direz-vous ! Et bien, pas cette fois. Cet adage entretient un lien de filiation […] Read more
