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The Legal Dimensions Initiative

Results of the 2003 Annual Legal Dimensions Initiative

The Canadian Association of Law Teachers, the Canadian Law and Society Association, the Canadian Council of Law Deans, and the Law Commission of Canada are pleased to announce the results of the fifth Annual Legal Dimensions Initiative.

The theme for the 2003 competition was "Law and Risk". A selection committee comprising members from each co-sponsoring organization examined the proposals. As a result of this process, contracts have been awarded to the individuals listed below.

1. Dayna Nadine Scott
   D. Jur. Candidate, Osgoode Hall Law School
   The Precautionary Principle and its Potential for the "Democratization" of Risk
   
   
2. Duff R. Waring and Trudo Lemmens
   Faculty of Law, University of Toronto
   A Legal Approach to Value Frameworks in Risk/Benefit Assessments of Biomedical Research
   
   
3. Mariana Valverde
   Centre of Criminology, University of Toronto
   Legal Knowledges of Risk
   
   
4. Danielle Pinard
   Faculté de droit, Université de Montréal
   Les principes de preuve en matière de contrôle de constitutionnalité vus sous l'angle d'une gestion de risques
   
   
5. David MacAlister
   School of Criminology, Simon Fraser University
   Use of Risk Assessments by Canadian Judges in the Determination of Dangerous and Long-Term Offender Status from 1997-2002
   
   
6. Fu Jingkun
   Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia
   The Transplantation of Law and Risk Based on the Drafting of the Civil Code of China -- A Comparative Perspective

2003 Annual Legal Dimensions Initiative,
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