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The Index of Jurisprudence

A Supplement to the Digest of Benefit Entitlement Principles

Issues and Sub-Issues - Search and Display

Below is a list of main issues, generally paralleling the titles of chapters in the Digest of Benefit Entitlement Principles.

By clicking on one of the main issues, another screen appears. The main issue is briefly described and linked to the Digest. Below the brief description of the main issue is a table with three columns listing three sets of sub-issues. Sub-issue 1 in the left column lists main topics for the main issue. Sub-issue 2 in the middle column lists sub-topics related to a main topic and sub-issue 3 in the right column lists sub-topics related to sub-issue 2.

For example, click on Voluntarily Leaving. This will bring forth a screen listing three columns. Clicking on just cause in the left column will bring forth a listing of all decisions in the Index that offer information on just cause. Clicking on definition in the middle column relating to just cause will bring forth all decisions in the Index that offer information on the definition of just cause. Clicking on good faith in the right hand column relating to definition and just cause will bring forth a listing of all decisions in the Index relating to the expression "good faith" when it is used in relation to the "definition" of "just cause".

When you click on a sub-issue in the left column, a listing in rectangular form of all decisions in the Index relating to that sub-issue appears. The top boxes of the rectangle identify the decision, whether a full text of the decision is available (by clicking on Full Text) and the related issues. You will note a Summary within the rectangular box - this briefly describes the content of the decision. When you click on the decision number at the top left hand corner of the rectangular box, another layer appears within the box revealing additional information pertaining to the decision such as the originating language, the date of the decision, the name of the decision's author, the name of the claimant and the identity of the appellant and the result of the decision in regard to the appellant.