Appeal

 Submissions for Volume 17 Finalized

APPEAL is pleased to announce its Volume 17 (2011-2012) contributors:

Rebecca Crookshanks, Marginalization through a Custom of Deservingness: Sole Support Mothers and Welfare Law in Canada

Jeff Miller, Net-Neutrality Regulation in Canada: Assessing the CRTC’s Statutory Competence to Regulate the Internet 

Sarah Nykolaishen, The Significance of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples with Respect to Customary International Law

Rebecca Ross, Blasphemy and the Modern, “Secular” State

Christopher Scott, Our Digital Selves: Privacy Issues in Online Behavioural Advertising 

Chanakya Sethi, Beyond Irwin Toy: A Proposal for a New Section 2(b) Methodology

Claire Truesdale, Apology Accepted: How the Apology Act Reveals the Law’s Deference to the Power of Apologetic Discourse 

We are now accepting submissions for Volume 18 (2012-2013) on a rolling basis. For more information, visit our submissions page.

 About APPEAL

APPEAL: Review Of Current Law And Law Reform is the only law journal published through the University of Victoria’s faculty of law. APPEAL is student-run and features student legal writing from across Canada.

APPEAL offers insightful commentary on contemporary issues. The journal publishes articles that demonstrate a timely analysis of current legal issues and that address possibilities for Canadian law reform. APPEAL recognizes and supports students whose legal writing demonstrates a high level of academic excellence by publishing their writing in an annual journal that is read by legal practitioners, students, and the general public.

APPEAL was founded in 1993; the 2012 issue will be the 17th volume. The journal is available by subscription.

The current Editorial Board consists of:

Co-Editor-in-Chief:	Lyndsey Delamont
Co-Editor-in-Chief:	Meaghan McWhinnie
Business and Public Relations Manager:	Miriam Isman
Production Managers:	Mila Shah & Kaley Dodds
Submissions Managers:	David Girard & Shannon Montgomery
Subscriptions Managers:	Rachel Corder & Taus Haider

Volunteers are important to the success of APPEAL. Volunteers are recruited to read and critique submitted papers. If you would like to volunteer with APPEAL, please contact us at appeal@uvic.ca. APPEAL also thanks the members of past Editorial Boards.

Submissions

APPEAL invites the submission of articles, commentaries, essays and book reviews. APPEAL does not consider submissions that are simultaneously under consideration for publication elsewhere. Submissions must be in MS Word Document format and citations must be footnoted and accord with the Canadian Guide for Uniform Legal Citation, 7th Ed. (the “McGill Guide”). Submissions must have been completed by the author at the undergraduate or graduate level. Submissions may be any length, but in previous volumes submissions have averaged between 2000 and 8000 words. For more information on submission guidelines, please email the Editorial Board at appeal@uvic.ca.

Subscriptions

APPEAL is published once annually. Annual subscriptions to APPEAL are $20.00. Student subscriptions are $10.00. Please direct any subscription inquires to appeal@uvic.ca.

Advertising and Donations

APPEAL is grateful to the Law Society of British Columbia, the University of Victoria Faculty of Law and its patrons and sponsors for their ongoing encouragement, support and assistance. Advertising rates are available upon request. All advertising correspondence should be directed to appeal@uvic.ca.

MORE INFORMATION: Please email us at appeal@uvic.ca