Public Broadcasting and the Problem of Government Influence: Towards a Legislative Solution

This article will explore the problems raised by the emergence of the federal government as a television sponsor. It will argue that fundamental structural reform is needed to promote the constitutional values at issue, that such reform will also promote the interests of local control sought by the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, and that legislative action in furtherance of this structural solution is desirable. In this context this article will consider the proposed Public Broadcasting Financing Act of 1974 and will argue that any bill modeled on it would not eliminate the problems despite its salutary innovations. Not considered, except by implication, is the parallel national public radio structure, the use of public money for television by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare or the somewhat remote issues raised by activities of the National Endowment for the Arts

Public Broadcasting and the Problem of Government Influence: Towards a Legislative Solution

This article will explore the problems raised by the emergence of the federal government as a television sponsor. It will argue that fundamental structural reform is needed to promote the constitutional values at issue, that such reform will also promote the interests of local control sought by the Public Broadcasting Act of 1967, and that legislative action in furtherance of this structural solution is desirable. In this context this article will consider the proposed Public Broadcasting Financing Act of 1974 and will argue that any bill modeled on it would not eliminate the problems despite its salutary innovations. Not considered, except by implication, is the parallel national public radio structure, the use of public money for television by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare or the somewhat remote issues raised by activities of the National Endowment for the Arts

Common Law, Civil Law and the Future of Categories

Around the world, there are signs that the traditional categories of civil and common law may be collapsing in the wake of procedural reform spurred by a new range of concerns and aspirations for procedure. In the United Kingdom, the reviews being conducted 10 years after the Woolf Reforms and in Canada, civil procedure rules in British Columbia, Ontario, and the Federal Court are all undergoing major reforms. Reforms in Europe and the United States are also challenging the traditional categories. These changes give rise to a host of questions, such as: Will the age-old categories of common law and civil law continue to be relevant? What new categories have emerged? How do changes affect the roles of parties, judges, counsel, and witnesses? What procedural developments have proven to be effective - regardless of categories? How will disputes be resolved in the future? Common Law, Civil Law and the Future of Categories presents the first comprehensive and structured study of the divide between civil and common law. The essays in this collection were originally presented at the 2009 International Association of Procedural Law conference in Toronto. Each essay tackles a topic significant for litigators and other procedural lawyers in a bijural country, underscoring the important impact this has on Canadian law.https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/faculty_books/1173/thumbnail.jp