Legal Ease: Relatively speaking, be certain you have a clear mandate
A mandate is a contract by which a person, the mandator, gives power to another person, the mandatary, to represent him. This contract is called a power of attorney.
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Legal Ease: Taking stock of end-of-life care
Until recently, it was a crime in Canada to assist others in ending their lives. Those grievously and irremediably ill and in pain could not seek a physician’s assistance in dying. A person facing this prospect had two options: take his own life prematurely, often by violent or dangerous means, or suffer until death occurred from natural causes.
Legal Ease: Did the city deny freedom of speech?
We live in a democracy, a system by which a society governs itself through its elected representatives. This is how citizens participate, albeit indirectly, in making decisions that affect them and which become law.
Legal Ease: Resolutions for peace of mind in the new year
As the year nears its end, I am in the habit of making New Year’s resolutions and I have been thinking of a few I would like to share.
Legal Ease: Give animals the rights sentient beings deserve
It has been scientifically shown that many animals are cognitively and emotionally advanced, self-aware, experience pleasure and pain, and can remember and choose.