Laverne Jacobs, University of Windsor

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COMBATING DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION BY REGULATION: A CASE STUDY OF THE AODA
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$47,364
The Nature of Inquisitorial Processes in Administrative Regimes: Global Perspectives
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$22,493

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COMBATING DISABILITY DISCRIMINATION BY REGULATION: A CASE STUDY OF THE AODA

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Jacobs, Laverne

Keywords: disability and the law; disability studies; disability discrimination; disability accessibility standards; regulations; law-making process and consultation; administrative law; human rights law; qualitative empirical analysis; disability community groups

$47,364

The Nature of Inquisitorial Processes in Administrative Regimes: Global Perspectives

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Jacobs, Laverne A.

Keywords: comparative law; inquisitorial process; adversarialism; administrative state; administrative law; legal procedure; polyjuralism; legal theory

$22,493

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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