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Commercial and Contract Law Senior Citizens and the Law Family Law Legislation, Procedure and Courts Medical-Legal Tort and Insurance Law Wills, Trusts, and Probate Administrative Law Annual Reports Other COMMERCIAL AND CONTRACT LAW Personal property security legislation Background Paper, Reform of Personal Property Security Law in Saskatchewan, May 1975 Tentative Proposals for a Saskatchewan Personal Property Security Act, February 1976 Report to the Attorney General, Proposals for a Saskatchewan Personal Property Security Act, 1977 A Handbook on the Saskatchewan Personal Property Security Act, August 1987 Tentative Proposals for a New Personal Property Security Act, 1991 Proposals for a New Personal Property Security Act, June 1992 Consumer credit Tentative Proposals for a Consumer Credit Act, Part I: Background and Underlying Considerations, Part II: Statistics, August 1980 Tentative Proposals for a Consumer Credit Act, Part III: Secured Consumer Credit Transactions, Summary of Recommendations, May 1981 Proposals for a Consumer Credit Act, February, 1989 Frustrated contracts Tentative Proposals for a Frustrated Contracts Act, April, 1987 Proposals for a Frustrated Contracts Act, November, 1988 Other The Bulk Sales Act, June 1990 Validation of Electronic Documents (background Paper), 1994 Reform of Fraudulent Conveyances and Fraudulent Preferences Law: Part I Transactions at Undervalue (2007) Reform of Fraudulent Conveyances and Fraudulent Preferences Law: Part II Preferential Transfers (2008) SENIOR CITIZENS Consultation Paper on Reverse Mortgages ( 2006) Report on Reverse Mortgages ( 2006) Consultation Paper on Family Loans and Guarantees ( 2006) Report on Family Financial Arrangements: Guarantees (2006) Consultation Paper: Consultation Paper on Corporate Fiduciary Services: Should corporate trustees and fiduciaries other than trust companies be permitted? (September 2007) FAMILY LAW Matrimonial Property First Mini-Working Paper, Division of Matrimonial Property, Problems Within the Present Law, June 1974 Second Mini-Working Paper, Division of Matrimonial Property, Possible Solutions to Problems Within the Present Law, September 1974 Third Working Paper, Division of Matrimonial Property, Tentative Proposals for Reform of Matrimonial Property Law, October 1974 Report to the Attorney General, Proposals for a Saskatchewan Matrimonial Homes Act, May 1976 Tentative Proposals for Reform of The Matrimonial Property Act, September 1984 Proposals Relating to Matrimonial Property Legislation, December 1985 Matrimonial Property Act: Selected Topics, 1996 Common law Relationships Under the Matrimonial Property Act, 1997 Maintenance Background Paper, Family Maintenance Between Husband and Wife, November 1975 Background Paper, Children's Maintenance, January 1976 Tentative Proposals for an Enforcement of Maintenance Orders Act, March 1982 Custody Tentative Proposals for Custody Law Reform, Part I: Substantive Law, August 1979 Tentative Proposals for Custody Law Reform, Part II: Procedures and Support Services, May 1980 Proposals on Custody, Parental Guardianship and the Civil Rights of Minors, December 1981 Tentative Proposals Relating to Testamentary Custody and Guardianship of Children, October 1984 Civil rights in the family Tentative Proposals Relating to the Civil Rights of Children, December 1979 Tentative Proposals for an Equality of Status of Married Persons Act, May 1981 Proposals for an Equality of Status of Married Persons Act, May 1982 Other Proposals Relating to the Change of Name of Children of Divorced Parents, March 1985 LEGISLATION, PROCEDURE AND COURTS Limitation of actions Tentative Proposals for Changes in Limitations Legislation, Part I: The Effect of Limitations on Title to Real Property, July 1981 Saskatchewan Limitation Periods (Sask. Law Review), 1982 Tentative Proposals for Changes in Limitations Legislation, Part II: The Limitation of Actions Act, May 1986 Proposals for a New Limitation of Actions Act, April 1989 Comparison of Proposals for the Reform of Limitations of Actions, 1998 Jury Act Tentative Proposals for Reform of The Jury Act, May 1979 Proposals for Reform of The Jury Act, December 1979 English statutes The Status of English Statute Law in Saskatchewan, February 1990 Proposals Relating to Distress for Rent, May 1993 The Statute of Frauds, 1996 Co-ownership of real property, 2001 Report on Disposal of English Statute Law in Saskatchewan, 2006 Evidence Research Paper: The Saskatchewan Evidence Act (2004) MEDICAL-LEGAL Consent of minors to health care Tentative Proposals for a Consent of Minors to Health Care Act, November 1978 Proposals for a Consent of Minors to Health Care Act, February 1980 Legal definition of death Tentative Proposals for a Definition of Death Act, June 1980 Proposals for a Definition of Death Act, December 1980 Commitment of the mentally ill Tentative Proposals for a Compulsory Mental Health Care Act, November 1981 Proposals for a Compulsory Mental Health Care Act, March 1985 Tentative Proposals for a Lieutenant Governor's Review Board in Saskatchewan, January 1984 Adult guardianship and related matters Tentative Proposals for a Guardianship Act, Part I: Personal Guardianship, January 1981 Proposals for a Guardianship Act, Part I: Personal Guardianship, January 1983 Ensuring Continuity, March 1995 Enduring Powers of Attorney (Discussion Paper), 1999-2000 Enduring Powers of Attorney (Consultation Paper) 2001 Artificial insemination Tentative Proposals for a Human Artificial Insemination Act, November 1981 Proposals for a Human Artificial Insemination Act, March, 1987 Coroners Proposals for a New Coroners Act, September, 1984 Living Wills Proposals for an Advance Health Care Directives Act, December 1991 Consultation paper: Vaccination and the Law (September, 2007) TORT AND INSURANCE LAW Guest passengers and other automobile insurance matters Proposals Relating to Guest Passenger Legislation, August 1983 Proposals for Restoring Civil Remedies Lost Upon Forfeiture Under The Automobile Accident Insurance Act, October 1984 Occupier's liability Tentative Proposals for an Occupiers' Liability Act, June 1980 Proposals for an Occupiers' Liability Act, October 1980 Survival of actions Proposals for a Survival of Actions Act, May 1985 Joint liability Proposals Relating to Joint Obligations, June 1990 The Insolidum Doctrine and Contributory Negligence, 1998 Interspousal tort immunity Tentative Proposals for Reform of the Law Affecting Liability Between Husband and Wife and Related Insurance Contracts, March 1979 Proposals for Reform of the Law Affecting Liability Between Husband and Wife and Related Insurance Contracts, November 1979 Structured judgments Proposals for a Structured Judgments Act, April 1993 Liability of volunteers Liabilities of Volunteers and Organizations in the Not-for-profit Sector (Discussion paper), 1999 Liability of Board Members in the Not-for-profit sector (Consultation Paper) (2001) Report on the Liability of Directors and Officers of Non-Profit Organizations (2003) Title Insurance Consultation Paper: Private Title Insurance (July, 2005) WILLS, TRUSTS, AND PROBATE Proposals Relating to the Rules Against Perpetuities and Accumulations, June 1987 The Rule in Saunders v. Vautier and the Variation of Trusts, 1994 Report on Electronic Wills (2004) Consultation Paper: Revocation of Wills (2004) Discussion Paper on the Consolidation of Certain Rules and Statutory Provisions in The Administration of Estates Act (2005) Report on Revocation of Wills (2006) Trustees Act The Investment Powers of Trustees, 1995 Retirement and Removal of Trustees, 1996 (not released) Proposals for Reform of the Trustees Act (2002) ADMINISTRATIVE LAW Consultation Paper: A Model Code of Procedure for Administrative Tribunals (2003) Draft for Consultation: Handbook of Professional Disciplinary Procedure (2004) Model Code of Administrative Procedure for Saskatchewan Administrative Tribunals (2005) Consultation Paper: Appeals from Exercise of Statutory Powers of Decision (June 2009) Consultation Paper Administrative Penalties (June 2009) OTHER Annual Reports Annual Report 2005-06 Annual Report 2006-07 Strict liability in provincial statutes Working Paper, Provincial Offences: Tentative Recommendations for Reform, April 1977 Tentative Proposals for Defences to Provincial Offences, February 1981 Compensation on acquittal Tentative Proposals for Compensation of Accused on Acquittal, July, 1987 Conflict of interest in government Report to the Attorney General, Conflict of Interest, March 1977 Unclaimed property Unclaimed Intangible Property: Constitutional and Conflict-of-laws issues, 1998 (prepared for the Uniform Law Conference) Environment Background Paper: Solar Access Legislation (October 2007) Background Paper: Light Pollution Abatement Legislation (November 2007) Ademption by equitable conversion Proposals Relating to Ademption by Equitable Conversion, October 1984
Aboriginal Self-government Federalism and the First Nations: Making Space for First Nations’ Self-Determination in the Federal Inherent Right Policy (2005) The Role of the Uniform Law Conference in relation to Aboriginal Laws, 2002 (Prepared for the Uniform Law Conference of Canada)