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2 May 2013, 6:00 am by Yosie Saint-Cyr
There is increasing concern among Canadians that recent events, new legislation and court decisions have caused our country to fall way behind in human rights and civil liberties, even if our accusers have worse records than us. [read post]
29 Apr 2013, 10:51 pm by Dan Flynn
Old legislative wags say that’s how a law becomes a suggestion. [read post]
17 Apr 2013, 8:48 am by admin
 Like law societies, for example, which have mandatory association dues that are tax deductible. [read post]
10 Apr 2013, 8:24 pm by Larry Catá Backer
  (See, e.g., Backer, Larry Catá, Sovereign Investing and Markets-Based Transnational Legislative Power: The Norwegian Sovereign Wealth Fund in Global Markets (November 18, 2012). [read post]
6 Apr 2013, 6:11 pm by Larry Catá Backer
Private power is deployed toward the ends of public governance; public power is deployed in turn toward the ends of private governance across the global marketplace for corporate ownership; markets become sites for legislation. [read post]
22 Mar 2013, 11:47 am by Michael Markarian
 Since the launch of the Humane Society Legislative Fund in 2005, we and our partners, including The HSUS, Doris Day Animal League, and state and local animal welfare groups around the country, have helped to reshape the legal landscape for animal protection in the states. [read post]
17 Mar 2013, 8:00 am by Clay
From the Bike Fed: "As the state budget is being debated later this spring, 2013 is a critical year for securing vital bicycling funding and passing Vulnerable Users’ legislation. [read post]
12 Mar 2013, 8:37 am by Steve Honig
  Twenty states are considering legislation to limit the use of domestic drones, including Massachusetts. [read post]
20 Feb 2013, 9:00 am by Guest Blogger
” The state may seek to persuade through school curricula, withholding funding to organizations, and many other means Jim and Linda discuss. [read post]
11 Feb 2013, 6:00 pm by Georgialee Lang
When you live in a country where human rights and the equality of every man and woman is revered, it is difficult to comprehend a society where Parliamentarians debated and considered imposing the death penalty for people who are gay, lesbian or transgendered. [read post]
7 Feb 2013, 11:47 am by Jordan Furlong
"Our objective is to humanize the lawyer, to take them off the pedestal." [read post]
6 Feb 2013, 8:25 am by Rick St. Hilaire
This reporting requirement helps uncover money laundering that could aid terror funding, drug trafficking, or tax evasion. [read post]
4 Feb 2013, 1:31 pm by WIMS
Redefine clean energy as "less intensive in global lifecycle impacts on human health and the environment than its likeliest alternative." [read post]
1 Feb 2013, 7:59 pm by Larry Catá Backer
Endorsed by the United Nations Human Rights Commission in 2011, the Guiding Principles of Business and Human Rights provided a comprehensive structuring of national and private obligations toward evolving international standards and expectations relating to the human rights effects of business conduct. [read post]
17 Jan 2013, 2:34 pm
Researchers concluded that the findings "clearly indicate that many major brands are not aware that they are, in fact, the key source of funds for the piracy industry". [read post]
14 Jan 2013, 8:58 am by Michael Markarian
We made some modest progress, but the 112th Congress left a lot of unfinished business on animal protection issues, paving the way for a challenging new session.I’m pleased to announce today that the Humane Society Legislative Fund has posted the final version of the 2012 Humane Scorecard, where you can track the performance of your federal lawmakers on key animal protection issues during the two-year session of the 112th Congress. [read post]
13 Jan 2013, 4:09 pm by INFORRM
Kickstarter has highlighted a selection of journalism projects, crowd-funded across the world. [read post]