Law and Risk

The Law Commission of Canada is an independent federallaw reform agency that advises Parliament how to improve and modernizeCanada's laws.

• ContentsPreface1. On Proof and Probability: Introduction to "Law andRisk" / William Leiss and Steve E. Hrudey2. Use of Risk Assessments by Canadian Judges in the Determinationof Dangerous and Long-Term Offender Status, 1997-2002 / DavidMacAlister3. Shifting the Burden of Proof: The Precautionary Principle and ItsPotential for the "Democratization" of Risk / DaynaNadine Scott4. Legal Knowledges of Risk / Mariana Valverde, Ron Levi, and DawnMoore 5. Evidentiary Principles with Respect to Judicial Review ofConstitutionality: A Risk Management Perspective / DaniellePinard6. Integrating Values in Risk Analysis of Biomedical Research: TheCase for Regulatory and Law Reform / Duff R. Waring and TrudoLemmensContributorsIndex

This in-depth collection highlights the complexities and problems association with legislating and prosecuting offences based on risk ... This collection provides a very persuasive and analytical discussion in an area of emerging significance ... in highlighting the competing values in this area, the authors generate discussion which will hopefully prompt a movement towards a more coherent and workable approach to risk in law. - Meghan R. McAvoy (Saskatchewan Law Review, vol. 69, 2006)