With regards to the discussion we had at the beginning of last class around ethics, I feel it is helpful to point out 3.2-7 & 3.2-8 of the BC Law Society ‘s Code of Professional Conduct. They read as follows: “DISHONESTY, FRAUD BY CLIENT 3.2-7  A lawyer must not engage in any activity that the […]

This post is in regard to this week’s Discussion Activity regarding the barbershop. The agreement is between two barbers (X and Y) as to how they will conduct Z. While the agreement describes X and Y as “each Partner” in sections 2.7 through 2.10, there may be more than meets the eye. A partnership is […]

Video and slides of the entire class below. jon

Video of our first hour but not “Adventures in TV Land”. Slides for both. jon

Video and Slides below. Logistics segment at the front end edited out. jon  

Here are some previous exams in the course (not authored by me) for you to check out when time permits. https://law-library.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2015/09/14d459i.pdf https://law-library.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2015/09/14d459ii.pdf https://law-library.sites.olt.ubc.ca/files/2015/09/15a459iii.pdf jon

So I finally watched The Corporation (late to the party, I know), and got through it with the disappointed, slightly scrunched up face of someone who found it deeply flawed. I agreed with it in many aspects, including the solutions proffered at the end, to do with changing the incentives of corporations to be more […]

A corporation is not a person: although I obviously do not have knowledge of the full range of jurisprudence on this issue, there seems to be little ground to support the notion that a corporation is a person. There is legislation in place, section 15(1) of the CBCA and section 30 of the BCBCA, that gives corporations […]

While I enjoyed watching The Corporation, I agree with some of the other posts that it presented a fairly one-sided picture of the corporate world. Personally, what I have witnessed in the past few years in social media, the news and in chatting with friends has been a general indictment of large corporations. The Corporation is […]

The other stuff being logistics. The slides are amended to reflect that we did not get to “Corporate Adventures in TV Land”, but other than that and correcting some typos they are what we went though today including the slides pertaining to “The Corporation” even though that discussion is not in the video. The rest […]

There were two discussion points in the film that I found particularly interesting in relation to the idea that the human version of a corporation is a psychopath. First, the idea that corporations often only obey the law when it is cost-effective to do so. An example given was corporations not following environmental policies that […]

Like many of my classmates, I was intrigued by the idea of corporate personhood after viewing The Corporation. The idea of corporate personhood is strangely familiar and pervasive, despite being something I have not given much thought to in the past (beyond acknowledging a vague discomfort with the idea whenever it was raised). Following Monday’s […]

Video and Slides below: jon

Slides from our first class below. jon

Having jumped into this discussion relatively late, I appreciate that a lot of my peers have rather succinctly captured my first impression of the film.  I find one of the most interest parts of the film is that it has been 13 years since the film premiered and basically nothing has changed.  It is an […]