Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey

University of Victoria - Faculty of Law

Professor

P.O. Box 1700, STN CSC

Victoria, B.C. V8W 2Y2

Canada

http://law.uvic.ca/faculty_staff/faculty_directory/adjintettey.php

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Protecting the Dignity and Autonomy of Women: Rethinking the Place of Constructive Consent in the Tort of Sexual Battery

University of British Columbia Law Review, Vol. 39, No. 3, 2006
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 22 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 10 Nov 2011
Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey
University of Victoria - Faculty of Law
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Torts, Sexual battery, Consent, Scalera

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Discriminatory Impact of Application of Restitutio in Integrum in Personal Injury Claims

CIAJ 2009 Annual Conference, TAKING REMEDIES SERIOUSLY - LES RECOURS ET LES MESURES DE REDRESSEMENT: UNE AFFAIRE SÉRIEUSE - CANADIAN INSTITUTE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE - INSTITUT CANADIEN D'ADMINISTRATION DE LA JUSTICE, p. 121, 2009
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 18 Feb 2012
Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey
University of Victoria - Faculty of Law
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Justice, legal remedies, law, Canadian, Canada, CIAJ, ICAJ, Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice, Institut canadien d’administration de la justice

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'Improving the Potential of Tort Law for Redressing Historical Abuse Claims: The Need for a Contextualized Approach to the Limitation Defence'

Ottawa Law Review, Vol. 42, No. 1, 2011
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 03 Oct 2011 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2011
Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey and Freya Kodar
University of Victoria - Faculty of Law and University of Victoria - Faculty of Law
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tort law, limitation dates, discoverability, historical abuse

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Claire L'Heureux-Dubé: A Life, Constance Backhouse (Vancouver: UBC Press for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History 2017) -- A Collective Review

Alberta Law Review, Vol. 56, No. 1, 2018
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 13 Oct 2018
Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey, Gillian Calder, Patricia Cochran, Maneesha Deckha, Freya Kodar, Hester Lessard, Pooja Parmar, Kate Plyley and Mark Zion
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Book Review, Legal History, Judiciary, Women Judges, Supreme Court of Canada, Feminism

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Potential for Genetic Discrimination in Access to Insurance: Is There a Dark Side to Increased Availability of Genetic Information?

Alberta Law Review, Vol. 50, No. 3, 2013
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 15 Nov 2013
Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey
University of Victoria - Faculty of Law
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insurance, genetic informaiton

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Postcard from the Edge (of Empire)

(2008) 17 (1) Social and Legal Studies 5
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 25 May 2013
Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey, Gillian Calder, Angela Cameron, Maneesha Deckha, Rebecca Johnson, Hester Lessard, Maureen Maloney and Margot E. Young
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academic convention, rigidities of academic convention, collaboration, embodiment, feminist methodology, image theatre, performativity, postcards, post-colonialism

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Protecting the Interests of the Innocent Insured

Lawyers Weekly, Vol. 31, No. 33, January 13, 2012
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 20 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 24 Aug 2012
Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey
University of Victoria - Faculty of Law
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insurance, criminal forfeiture, unintended losses

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Film as a Complement to the Written Text: Reflections on Using the Sterilization of Leilani Muir to Teach Muir v. Alberta

Alberta Law Review, Vol. 48, No. 3, 2011
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 24 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2011
Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey and Freya Kodar
University of Victoria - Faculty of Law and University of Victoria - Faculty of Law
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Study and Teaching of Law, Motion Pictures in Education

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Personal Responsibility for Intentional Conduct: Protecting the Interests of Innocent Co-Insureds Under Insurance Contracts

Alberta Law Review, Vol. 50, No. 3, 2013
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 15 Nov 2013
Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey
University of Victoria - Faculty of Law
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Navigating the Tripartite Relationship

The Lawyers Weekly, Vol. 32, No. 14, August 17, 2012
Number of pages: 2 Posted: 25 Aug 2012
Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey
University of Victoria - Faculty of Law
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Protecting Survivors of Domestic Violence within the Insurance Regime: Opportunities to Seek Termination or Variation of Insurance Contracts

(2014) 29(1) Cdn. Journal of Family Law, 211-238
Posted: 14 Jul 2016
Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey
University of Victoria - Faculty of Law

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life insruance contract, domestic violence

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Sexual Wrongdoing: Do the Remedies Reflect the Wrong

J. Richardson & E. Rackley, eds., Feminist Perspectives on Tort Law, c. 10 (Routledge, 2012)
Posted: 15 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 14 Jul 2016
Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey
University of Victoria - Faculty of Law

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Using Film in the Classroom

Canadian Journal of Women and Law, Vol. 21, p. 197, 2009
Posted: 24 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 25 Sep 2011
Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey and Freya Kodar
University of Victoria - Faculty of Law and University of Victoria - Faculty of Law

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Deducting Past Welfare Benefits May Unfairly Impact Aboriginal Claimants

The Lawyers Weekly, June 24, 2005
Posted: 23 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 09 Nov 2011
Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey
University of Victoria - Faculty of Law

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Personal Injury damages, Welfare benefits, Aboriginal

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How Genetic Information Affects Access to Insurance

The Lawyers Weekly, Vol 29(14), August 21, 2009
Posted: 22 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2013
Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey
University of Victoria - Faculty of Law

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Insurance Contract, Disclosure Duty

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Sentencing Aboriginal Offenders: Balancing Offenders' Needs, the Interests of Victims and Society, and the Decolonization of Aboriginal Peoples

Canada Journal Women & Law, Vol. 19, pp. 179-216, 2007
Posted: 22 Sep 2011
Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey
University of Victoria - Faculty of Law

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Film as a Complement to the Written Text: Reflections on Using the Sterilization of Leilani Muir to Teach Muir V. Alberta, Adjin-Tettey, Elizabeth & Kodar, Freya

Alberta Law Review, Vol. 48, No. 3, 2011
Posted: 22 Sep 2011
Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey
University of Victoria - Faculty of Law

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Promises and Challenges of Achieving Racial Equality in Legal Education in Canada

Canadian Legal Education Annual Review, 2010
Posted: 22 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 06 Oct 2011
Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey and Maneesha Deckha
University of Victoria - Faculty of Law and University of Victoria - Faculty of Law

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Law Scools Admission, Affirmative Action, Curricula

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Rethinking the Materiality Requirement for Non-Disclosure and Misrepresentation in Insurance Contracts

Posted: 22 Sep 2011
Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey
University of Victoria - Faculty of Law

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Replicating and Perpetuating Inequalities in Personal Injury Claims Through Female-Specific Contingencies

McGill Law Journal, Vol. 49, No. 309, 2004
Posted: 22 Sep 2011
Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey
University of Victoria - Faculty of Law

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Contemporary Approaches to Compensating Female Tort Victims for Incapacity to Work

Alberta Law Review, Vol. 38, pp. 504-535, 2000
Posted: 22 Sep 2011
Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey
University of Victoria - Faculty of Law

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Compensation, lost earnings, personal injury damages, sex discrimination

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Accountability of Public Authorities Through Contextualized Determinations of Vicarious Liability and Non-Delegable Duties

University of New Brunswick Law Journal, Vol. 57, p. 46, 2007
Posted: 22 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 18 Oct 2011
Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey
University of Victoria - Faculty of Law

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Vicarious Liability, Government Liability, Independent Contractors, Foster Parents

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Reforming the Disclosure Duty in Insurance Contracts - Online Applications Increase Risk of Inadvertent Disclosure Breaches

Posted: 22 Sep 2011 Last Revised: 11 Feb 2015
Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey
University of Victoria - Faculty of Law

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Social Host Liability: A Logical Extension of Commercial Host Liability?

Sask Law Review, Vol. 65, pp. 515-547, 2002
Posted: 21 Sep 2011
Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey
University of Victoria - Faculty of Law

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SSOCIAL HOST LIABILITY, HOSPITALITY LIABILITY (LAW), NEGLIGENCE TORTS

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Righting Past Wrongs Through Contextualization: Assessing Claims of Aboriginal Survivors of Historical and Institutional Abuses

Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice, Vol. 25, No. 1, 2007
Posted: 21 Apr 2011
Elizabeth Adjin-Tettey
University of Victoria - Faculty of Law

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