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Y 'LD AR "00 BR ':0o>0 W LI •Nco. A o L N to Materials for KI o S A •to A| 0fJ ^ » LEGAL PROCESS (SECTIONS I AND II) FIRST YEAR 2003-2004 FALL 2003 VOLUME I Professor Ayelet Shachar Faculty of Law University of Toronto Storage KE 8348.5 .343 als reproduced herein are solely for the educational use of students at the University 2003 of Toronto, Faculty of Law and are not for commercial sale or use. v. 1 c. 1 nr' LB,, AUG 2 8 2003 FACIH.IV ur lmH UNIVERSITY«TCBO Materials for LEGAL PROCESS (SECTIONS I AND II) FIRST YEAR 2003-2004 FALL 2003 VOLUME I Professor Ayelet Shachar Faculty of Law University of Toronto The materials reproduced herein are solely for the educational use of students at the University of Toronto, Faculty of Law and are not for commercial sale or use. Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2018 with funding from University of Toronto https://archive.org/details/materialsforlega01shac_1 LEGAL PROCESS Fall 2003 Professor AveSet Shachar 1 Introduction to the common law system LI boundaries of C ivil Litigation Kenneth E. Seott, “Two Models of the Civil Process," Vol. 27 Stanford Law- Review 937 (1975) (excerpt).I Adria Vasil. “Fast Food's Big Choke." Vol.22. No.43 NOW (2003) .4 Albie F. Sachs. “Human Rights in the Twenty-First Century: Real Dichotomies, False Antagonisms" (excerpt).......9 1.2 Precedent; stare decisis; binding authority ; persuasive authority G. F. Gall, “The Doctrine of Precedent and Stare Decisis" .14 ( 'hart of Ontario 's C ourt System in Garry D. Watson, The civil litigation process cases and materials (Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 1999) at 38.18 ( harts of Persuasive and Binding Authority in Comparative Context in Gerald L. Gall, The Canadian legal system (Toronto: Carswell, 1995) at 182-186...........19 Ha/pern v. Canada (Attorney General), Court of Appeal for Ontario, File C39172, decision given on June 10.2003 .22 Claire Hoy. "Doing it democratically" Law Times, July 29, 2002, 7 .29 Department of Justice, “Minister of Justice Announces Reference to the Supreme Court of Canada." July 1 7. 2003.30 “No Same Sex Marriage in N.B. until Law Passes." The Chronicle-Herald. July 24. 2003 D18.32 Recommended: Eleanor Brown. “Why be Wedded to Gay Marriage?" The Globe and Mail. August 8. 2002 A7.33 i 1.3 Philosophies of law and government; analytical frameworks Purposive interpretation; positive law; legal realism; formalism; law and economics; anti-subordination approaches (critical legal studies, feminism, critical race theory) Lon L. Fuller. "The Case of the Speluncean Explorers" (1999) 112 Harvard Law Review 1834.....34 Recommended: Paul N. Cox. ‘'An Interpretation and (Partial) Defense of Legal Formalism,” 36 Indiana Law Review 57 (2003) (excerpt).....51 Brian Leiter. “American Legal Realism,” forthcoming in The Blackwell Guide to Philosophy of Law and Legal Theory (excerpt)...56 Nicholas Mercuro & Steven G. Medema, Economies and the Law: from Posner to post-modernism (Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 1997) at 5-25.60 Patricia .1. Williams. The alchemy of race and rights (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press. 1991) at 146-148...70 1.4 Legal Reasoning Catherine A. MacKinnon, “Equality Under Law,” in Sex Equality (Foundation Press, 2001) (excerpt)...72 Allan C. Hutchinson. The law school hook: succeeding at law school, 2nd ed. (Toronto: Irwin Law, 2000) at 25-38.76 Law Society of British Columbia v. Andrews, [1989] 1 S.C.R. 143....90 Lavoie v. Canada, 2002 SCC 23...96 2 The litigation process and the Rules of Civil Procedure 2.1 Parties to the litigation; amici curiae; standing; intervention Rules of Civil Procedure, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 194, r. 13, amended to O. Reg. 263/03....106 Borowski v. Canada (Minister of Justice) (1983), 144 D.L.R. (3d) 657 (Sask. Q.B.).........107 Canadian Council of Churches v. Canada, [1992] 1 S.C.R. 236.....109 Cristin Schmitz, "Intervenors set record. Supreme Court ’restrained' in 2000" The Lawyers Weekly 20:46, April 13, 2001, 7.....113 Harvard University et. al. “Interest of Amici Curiae” (2002).114 Charles R. Lpp, "Do Bills of Rights Matter? The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms" (1996) 90:4 American Political Science Review' 765.121 n Recommended: (anadian Civil Liberties Association v. Canada (A C ). 1I998| O.J No. 2856.126 Jacques Steinberg, “After 25 Years, a Road Map for Diversity on Campus," The .Yen York Times. June 24, 2003.147 2.2 Where to litigate; jurisdiction and forum non conveniens Rules of ( ivil Procedure. R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 194. r. 17. amended to O. Reg. 263/03.150 Morguard Investment Ltd. I J)e Savoye..I 55 Bill Miller & Christine Haughney, "Old Law Creates Forum for War-Crimes T rials" The Toronto Star. August 13, 2000, B1.157 Santa ( 7ara Pueblo v Martinez. 436 U.S. 49 (1978).159 ('arnival ('raise Lines v. Shute. 499 U.S. 585 (1991).166 Recommended: Hague Conference, Preliminary Draft Convention on Jurisdiction and the Effects of Judgments in ( 'ivil and ('ommercial Matters. October 30, 1999.1 76 2.3 When to litigate; limitation periods ('onsumers Glass v. Foundation Company of Canada (1985). 51 O.R. (2d) 385 (Ont. C.A.)...181 Janet E. Mosher. "Challenging Limitation Periods: Civil Claims by Adult Survivors of Incest" (1994) 44 University of Toronto Law Journal 169.184 M(K.) v. M.(H.).{ 1992] 3 S.C.R. 6.189 Fox Butterfield, “789 Children Abused by Priests Since 1940. Massachusetts Says," New York Times. July 24, 2003.195 Limitations Act 2002.198 Recommended: Andrew T. Kenyon & Simon Mackenzie, Recovering Stolen Art: Australian, English and US Law on Limitations of Action (Public Law & Legal Theory Working Paper No. 23. Faculty of Law, University of Melbourne. 2002).216 William K. Rashbaum, “New York Pursues Old Cases Based Just on DNA." The New York Times, August 5, 2003.227 iii 2.4 Multi-party litigation; joinder; counterclaims; cross-claims; third- party claims Rules of Civil Procedure, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 194, r.5, amended to O. Reg. 263/03.229 Rules of Civil Procedure, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 194. r.27. amended to O. Reg. 263/03 .232 Rules of Civil Procedure, R.R.O. 1990. Reg. 194. r.28. amended to O. Reg. 263/03.. 236 Rules of Civil Procedure, R.R.O. 1990. Reg. 194. r.29. amended to O. Reg. 263/03..240 Teledata Communications v. Westburne Industrial (1990), 71 O.R. (3d) 466 (H.C.).245 Marc Edge, "SLAPPed Down" National (Canadian Bar Association) (June-July 2000) 11. 247 2.5 Class proceedings Rules of Civil Procedure, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 194, r. 12, amended to O. Reg. 263/03......252 Class Proceedings Act, 1992, S.O. 1992, c. 6.255 Kirk Makin, “Class-action Suits Explode into 'National Phenomenon'” The Globe and Mail, July 19, 2003 .279 Anderson v. Wilson. (1999] O.J. no. 2494 (C.A.)...281 Nantais v. Telectronics Proprietary (1995), 25 O.R. (3d) 331 (Gen. Div), affd (Div. Ct.), at 347... 286 Hollick v. Toronto (City), 2001 SCC 68...288 Thomas Claridge, “Appeal Court Narrowly Rejects Proposed Mohawk Class Action.” The Lawyers Weekly, July 18. 2003 ..294 Deborah Glendinning & Meredith Gardiner. "International Class Action: Fact or Fiction?" The Lawyers Weekly, June 7, 2002, 17.295 Recommended: Garry D. Watson. "Class Actions: The Canadian Experience" (2001) 11 Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law 269.297 Michelle Taruffo, "Some Remarks on Group Litigation in Comparative Perspective" (2001) 1 1 Duke Journal of Comparative & International Law 405.307 IV 2.6 financing litigation; contingency lees; paralegals; insurance plans Justice Statute Amendment Act. 2002. 3 16 Poonam Puri. "I inancing of Litigation b\ Third-Part} Investors: A Share of Justice?" (1008) 36 Osgoode Hail Law Journal 515. McIntyre I state \ Ontario (Attorne) (ieneral). 320 Julius Melnitzer. “ I he Business of' Running a ('lass Action." Law limes. July 14.2003. > > A Ministrv of the Attorney (ieneral. "Regulation of Contingency Pees in Ontario." 2002....*..*.*. 337 "Private Insurance". 330 "Paralegals". 341 "Legal soft ware". 342 Recommended: Peter deC. Cory, J Framework For Regulating Paralegal Praeliee in Ontario Executive Summary and Recommendations (Ministry of the Attorney General. Ontario. Canada. 2000). 344 Gillian K. Hadfield. "The Price of Law: How the Market for Lawyers Distorts the justice System." 08 Miehigan Law Review 053 (2000) (excerpt) . .346 2.7 Access to justice Lucie L. White. "Subordination. Rhetorical Survival Skills, and Sunday Shoes: Notes on the Hearing of Mrs. G." (1000) 38 Buffalo Law Review 1.366 Stephen Ellman, "Client-Centredness Multiplied" (1002) 78 Virginia Law Review 1 103 at 1104-1170.378 Legal Aid Ontario, "About Legal Aid Ontario"!2003).384 Kirk Makin, "A taste of life in the legal aid trenches" The Globe and Mail. July 8 2002. B0.385 Recommended; John D. McCamus. "The Reshaping of Legal Aid" in William A. Bogart. Access to affordable and appropriate legal services in 2021) (Windsor. Ontario: Canadian Bar Association. 2000) 41.386 v 2.8 Discovery; privilege and confidentiality Rules of Civil Procedure, R.R.O. 1990, Reg. 194, r.30. amended to O. Reg. : 263/03 .399 ■ Rule.v of Civil Procedure, R.R.O. 1990. Reg. 194. r.31. amended to O. Reg. | 263/03.. 407 Rules of Civil Procedure, R.R.O. 1990. Reg. 194. r.34. amended to O. Reg. 263/03.416 Grossman v. Toronto General Hospital (19839, 146 D.L.R. (3d) 280 (Ont. H.C.) .426 Rainbow Industrial Caterers v. Canadian National Railway (1986). 6 B.C.L.R. (2d) 268 (S.C.). 429 Smith v. Jones, [1991] 1 S.C.R. 455.430 Ontario (Ministry of Environment) v. McCarthy Terault.438 Gavin Mackenzie, "Is keeping secrets in client's best interest?" Law Times, February 28. 2000, 8.441 Robert A. kagan, “Adversarial Legalism and Civil Justice,”’ in Adversarial Legalism (Harvard, 2001) (excerpt). 443 Recommended: Jonathan Harr, A Civil Action (New York: Vintage Books) at 149-193.451 Cynthia Day Wallace, "'Extraterritorial' Discovery': Ongoing Challenges for Antitrust Litigation in an Environment of Global Investment" (2002) 5 Journal of International Economic Law 353.476 2.9 Settlement Owen M. Fiss, "Against Settlement" (1984) 98 Yale Law Journal 1073 at 1075- 1090.485 Chris A. Carr & Michael R. Jencks, "The Privatization of Business and Commercial Dispute Resolution: A Misguided Policy Decision" (2000) 88 kentucky Law Journal 183 .488 Michael P. Silver. Mediation and negotiation: representing your clients (Markham, Ontario: Butterworths. 2001) at 3-14.496 Daniel Girard, "Teen bully finds justice, healing and the courage to apologize" The Toronto Star. May 15. 2002. A7.502 Rules of Civil Procedure, R.R.O. 1990. Reg. 194, r.24.1, amended to O. Reg. 263/03 .503 Superior Court of Justice. “Civil Case Management: Toronto Update,” Summer 2003.511 vi