Religious Promises may be Binding

lawiscool | Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Contracts, Family Law, Torts | 23rd December - 2007

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 appeals reviewed by the court last year.
Background
In Judaism, a couple can only get a divorce when the man […]

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Bias in the Judiciary?

lawiscool | Civil Rights, Constitutional Law, Family Law, Legal Reform, Politics | 19th July - 2007

Politics and Gender
The Toronto Star reported today that political affiliation and gender may affect certain rulings in the Ontario Court of Appeal.
The study by Yahya and Stribopoulos found the greatest variance on cases related to Charter challenges and family law cases. The findings appear to confirm an earlier American study which suggested that judges are […]

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