Publications
Limitations, Report for Discussion 4
This report is to identify and to analyze the policy considerations upon which a limitations system should be based and to derive from that analysis a limitations system which will be as fair and as easily comprehensible as the subject matter permits. This report recommends that Alberta enact a completely new limitations statute, based on recommendations in this report the new Alberta Act will be fairer for all persons and simpler and more comprehensible. A draft Limitations Act is […]
| AREA OF LAW | Administration of Justice Procedure |
| TAGS | time, laches, accrual, acknowledgment, action, agency, evidence, Limitation |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | rfd4.pdf |
September 2, 1986
Empirical Study on the Clerk of the Court’s Office
| AREA OF LAW | Administration of Justice Courts |
| TAGS | |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | urp-83_2-Clerk-of-the-Court_Kyte-Marshall.pdf |
August 2, 1983
The Role of a Judge in Matrimonial Support Upon Divorce: A Profile of Mr. Justice Miller
| AREA OF LAW | Administration of Justice Courts Family Law |
| TAGS | |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | urp-79_2-Profile-Justice-Miller_Kwasniak.pdf |
August 2, 1979
Statute of Frauds and Related Legislation, Research Paper 12
This report examines the provisions of the Statue of Frauds and the Guarantees Acknowledgment Act, an Alberta statute. Where the provisions of these Acts are still useful, the report recommends that it be retained and reformed, where they are not useful that they be abolished. The Statue of Frauds was enacted by the English Parliament in 1677 to prevent false claims being accepted by the courts by requiring that a number of kinds of contracts and dispositions of interest in […]
| AREA OF LAW | Administration of Justice Corporate and Commercial Procedure Property Real Property |
| TAGS | contract, evidence, goods, guarantee, Land, Property, real, sale, Statute of Frauds |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | RPNo.12.pdf |
March 4, 1979
Family Law Administration: Court Services, Final Report 26
This report recommends that court services outlined in this report, if acceptable, be given effect to without waiting for the establishment of a unified family court so that they can serve the people of Alberta and so that they can be adapted to the structure of a unified family court when that structure is decided upon and the court established. This report is concerned primarily with the social and legal services which have been developed […]
| AREA OF LAW | Administration of Justice Courts |
| TAGS | amicus, child, Court, divorce, family, legal aid, maintenance, social services |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | fr026.pdf |
| ENACTMENT |
Some recommendations carried out by administrative action. |
April 2, 1978
Judicial Notice
| AREA OF LAW | Administration of Justice Courts Procedure |
| TAGS | |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | urp-78_11-Judicial-Notice_Flanz.pdf |
January 11, 1978
Credibility of Witnesses: Reputation for Veracity
| AREA OF LAW | Administration of Justice Court Rules & Procedure Courts Procedure |
| TAGS | |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | urp-78_6-Cred-of-Witnesses_Shone.pdf |
January 6, 1978
Judicial Discretion to Exclude Admissible Evidence
| AREA OF LAW | Administration of Justice Courts |
| TAGS | |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | urp-78_1-Exclude-Admissible-Evid_Flanz.pdf |
January 1, 1978
Exemption of Income and Assets From Garnishment and Execution
| AREA OF LAW | Administration of Justice Corporate and Commercial Procedure |
| TAGS | |
| FORMAT | Publications |
| FILE | urp-76_6-Exemption-from-Garnishment_Dunlop.pdf |
January 6, 1976
A Study of the Role of Arbitrators in Commercial Arbitration Proceedings
January 3, 1975