![]() ![]() ![]() That is to say that one's action taken under the colour of law adjusts, or colours, the law to the circumstance although the action may technically contravene the law. Under the common law, the term colour of law refers to the mere semblance of a legal right. This article describes several ways colour appears in the law, namely concepts of colour and colourability, blackmail, legal blacklining, blue-pencil severance and red circling. Gray, C.B., "The Colour of Law: Law is Constituted from the Colour of Right," (2008) Les Cahiers De Droit, 49:3 at p. 2018 Legal Resource Centre of Alberta Ltd. MLA style: "The Colour of the Law." The Free Library. ![]()
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