Professional responsibility and the defence of extractive corporations in transnational human rights and environmental litigation in Canadian courts

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Legal Ethics 24 (1):24-48 (2021)
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Lawyers defending extractive corporations in transnational human rights and environmental cases tend to reflect the dominant ‘resolute advocacy’ model of litigation, which directs lawyers to aggres...

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