March/April Issue of LawNow on Environmental Causes

The most recent issue of LawNow is available online.

The magazine is published by the Centre for Public Legal Education Alberta.

The current issue is devoted to environmental causes and the law:

• The Constitutional Right to a Healthy Environment
  Environmental rights enjoy constitutional protection in over 100 countries. Canada is not one of them, but it should be.
• The Oil Sands: Westward – How?
  There are many obstacles: technical; legal; constitutional; and political that stand in the way of transporting Alberta’s bitumen out of the province.
• Civil Disobedience, Environmental Protest and the Rule of Law
  Civil disobedience can strengthen the Rule of Law by leading to the correction of unjust or seriously wrong laws before disrespect for the system has a chance to take hold.
• The Difference a Year Makes: Changes to Canadian Federal Environmental Assessment Law in 2012
  The omnibus budget bill of 2012 contained many measures that profoundly changed Canada’s environmental protection laws, and not for the better.
• Nickel Shower: An Environmental Class Action
  The case of Smith v. Inco Ltd. is the first Canadian environmental class action lawsuit to proceed through a trial and appeal.

LawNow provides credible legal information and interpretation to help Canadian citizens understand law and better protect their interests.