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    Law and risk / edited by the Law Commission of Canada.

    • Title:Law and risk / edited by the Law Commission of Canada.
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    • Other Contributors/Collections:Law Commission of Canada.
    • Published/Created:Vancouver : UBC Press, ©2005.
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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Law--Canada.
      Risk assessment--Canada.
      Risk management--Canada.
      Risk communication--Canada.
    • Description:viii, 208 p. ; 24 cm.
    • Series:Legal dimensions series 4.
    • Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
    • ISBN:0774811919 :
    • Contents:1. On proof and probability : introduction to "law and risk" / William Leiss and Steve E. Hrudey
      2. Use of risk assessments by Canadian judges in the determination of dangerous and long-term offender status, 1997-2002 / David MacAlister
      3. Shifting the burden of proof : the precautionary principle and its potential for the "democratization" of risk / Dayna Nadine Scott
      4. Legal knowledges of risk / Mariana Valverde, Ron Levi and Dawn Moore
      5. Evidentiary principles with respect to judicial review of constitutionality : a risk management perspective / Danielle Pinard
      6. Integrating values in risk analysis of biomedical research : the case for regulatory and law reform / Duff R. Waring and Trudo Lemmens.
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