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13 Dec 2013, 1:56 pm
SandwichThe first written usage of the English word appeared in Edward Gibbon's journal, in longhand, referring to "bits of cold meat" as a "Sandwich".[12] It was named after John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich, an 18th-century English aristocrat, although he was neither the inventor nor sustainer of the food. [read post]
12 Dec 2013, 2:55 pm
In this episode of Entertainment Law Update, Entertainment lawyers Gordon Firemark Tamera Bennett and Peter Kaufman review the ten most significant cases and controversies in the entertainment industry for 2013, and forecast what we’ll be seeing in 2014.. [read post]
11 Dec 2013, 4:00 am
Each Wednesday we tell you which three English-language cases and which French-language case have been the most viewed on CanLII and we give you a small sense of what the cases are about. [read post]
10 Dec 2013, 11:06 am
The English cat's idealhome is his castle ...That which is ideal is often contrasted in laudatory terms with that which is merely real or practical. [read post]
6 Dec 2013, 11:02 am
Other notable figures include Supreme Court Justices Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Benjamin Cardozo, and Lindley Murray, a lawyer best known as "the father of English grammar." [read post]
6 Dec 2013, 6:50 am
Text Copyright John L. [read post]
5 Dec 2013, 2:55 am
Mark Lindsay QC and John MacGregor were for the respondent. [read post]
5 Dec 2013, 2:55 am
Mark Lindsay QC and John MacGregor were for the respondent. [read post]
4 Dec 2013, 3:42 pm
A lot has happened since Monday night, when I posted a blog on the case which we now know as Re P (A Child). [read post]
2 Dec 2013, 8:59 pm
--Samuel Johnson, commenting on the life work of John Dryden (1631-1700), English poet, critic and playwright. [read post]
2 Dec 2013, 11:46 am
Here are some of my favorites, in no particular order: At the Coffee Shop my favorite audio clips: W.B.Yeats and James Joyce reading their own works; Virginia Woolf on the BBC delivering a talk titled “Craftsmanship;” the words to “A Hard Day’s Night” scribbled by John Lennon on the back of a birthday card to his son Julian; unique Beowulf manuscript (unique = original) that was saved from a fire in 1731; Jane Austen’s teenage journal, with an… [read post]
28 Nov 2013, 11:43 am
, Samuel Johnson, A Dictionary of the English Language (1755) (defining “happen” only as “to fall out; to chance; to come to pass”). [read post]
26 Nov 2013, 4:45 pm
Innovation is a major driver of economic growth. [read post]
26 Nov 2013, 3:14 pm
See JAMES SUTHERLAND,ENGLISH SATIRE 83–84 (1958). [read post]
26 Nov 2013, 8:50 am
This is known in English as “Gratian’s Decretum” and dates back to the twelfth century. [read post]
26 Nov 2013, 5:30 am
Recent winners include John Witt, Daniel Sharfstein, Amy Chazkel, Inga Markovits, Christopher Tomlins, and Peggy Pascoe. [read post]
21 Nov 2013, 6:13 am
." - John F. [read post]
21 Nov 2013, 4:22 am
Warenhandel [this sounds like the name of an American billionaire, by analogy with John D. [read post]
20 Nov 2013, 7:10 am
New media of communication such as radio, films, television, and the Internet may fit more naturally in lay English within the term “speech” rather than “press. [read post]
18 Nov 2013, 2:03 pm
Contributors include Timothy Endicott, Richard HS Tur, Pavlos Eleftheriadis, John Gardner, Grant Lamond, Nicos Stavropoulos, Leslie Green, John Tasioulas, Jeremy Waldron, John Finnis, Frederick Schauer, Pierluigi Chiassoni and Nicola Lacey. [read post]
