Party of Appointment, Gender & Court Outcomes
The study by Professors James Stribopoulos of UofT, and Moin Yahya of UofA, has finally been published. Law is Cool did a post that cited their work while it was still underway, and commented on…
December 2007
Religious Promises may be Binding
The new Supreme Court Case ruling, Bruker v. Marcovitz, has some interesting implications for Jewish family law. The case was considered by The Lawyers Weekly to be the “most timely and topical” of all the…
Limits to Hockey Violence
Kevin “Killer” Kaminski’s recent concussion has revived much of the debate over violence in Canadian hockey. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgH3YYrOXSg[/youtube] Interesting enough it is cases in hockey that have led to the test used in Canada for criminal…
Reducing 6 life terms…
Protecting Minorities in Canada from Free Speech
We’ve had over two thousand new visitors in the past 24 hours. We can track how people get to our site, so we know they are mostly readers of Mark Steyn or affiliated sites. Part…
Steyn responds to Law is Cool
As expected, Mark Steyn has responded within a day to Daniel Simard‘s last post on hate speech in Maclean’s. Perhaps not as expected, he makes some snide remarks about the Canadian Human Rights Commission. But…
UK Lawyers join Canadian Critique of Khadr
Law groups in the UK, including the Bar of England and Wales, Criminal Bar Association, Bar of Human Rights Committee and Commonwealth Lawyers’ Association, have joined in the critique of Canada’s handling of the Omar…
CBA Tips for Exams
The Canadian Bar Association (CBA) shared in their September edition of Addendum some sites with tips for exam preparation. Though most schools have concluded their first semester exams by this point, many are re-evaluating the…
Human Rights: Freedom of Expression
Four students, one current and three recent graduates of Osgoode Hall, have launched human rights complaints against Maclean’s magazine for an article entitled, “The Future Belongs to Islam,” by Mark Steyn. Below is a recent…
Absolute Liability of Corporations
When Areas of Law Intersect The Re B.C. Motor Vehicle Act eluciated some interesting challenges in the intersection of different areas of law. The court cited Joseph Eliot Magnet of the University of Ottawa, The…
Limiting Absolute Liability
Common Law Presumptions Due to the challenges inherent to absolute liability offences, the Supreme Court provided that regulatory offences would be presumed as strict liability. In R v. Sault Ste. Marie, the city was charged…
Absolute Liability & the Charter
Principles of Fundamental Justice The proof requirement for these offences is beyond a reasonable doubt, without any additional fault element. In R v. Pontes, the defendant was convicted of driving without a licence, without knowing…