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Category Archives: Legal Explorations
Shysters be Gone! part II
We ended the first post in this series with the question, “Whence comes the ethical imperative, ‘Don’t be a Shyster!’?” Now we will get into it: I would like to draw an ephemeral line between moral and ethical laws – … Continue reading
Posted in Business Law, Legal Explorations
Tagged Business, contract, ethics, lex mercatoria, mercantile law, positive duty, shysters be gone
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Of Words, and Acts, and Ministers
However, this post is not about the new copyright act directly, nor is it about consumer rights or even election promises. Rather it is about the drastic impact that a single word (or the absence thereof) can make, and the difference between what is said and what is written. Or, in other words, it is example how apparently commendable goals are implemented in dysfunctional ways.
Last week, the Vancouver Sun reported on the effect that 2003 amendments to the B.C. Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act have had on medical research in this province. Continue reading
Shysters be Gone! part I
Contract law has, at its core, the ethical imperative, “Don’t be a Shyster!” We impose a lot of positive duties with law in a complex “evolved” society. These are the things we tell people they are expected to do, in … Continue reading
Posted in Business Law, Legal Explorations
Tagged Business, contract, ethics, lex mercatoria, mercantile law, positive duty, shysters be gone
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