Déjà vu. Though political support for the party continues to grow, a consortium of Canadian broadcasters has yet again decided not to allow the Green Party to participate in the leaders’ debates. This is despite…
Linda McKay-Panos of UofA’s UofC’s ABlawg reviews the case in Coward v. Alberta (2008) that came out this summer. Mr. Coward was approached by the police and searched on the basis that he was black. …
(Via International Law Reporter) José Ernesto Medellín (the subject of International Court of Justice Cases) is scheduled to be executed today at 6pm in Texas. In the flurry of briefs surrounding Medellín petition for writ…
It’s true, we’ve heard this before. The Missing Sockpuppet compares the case of Abrams v. North Shore Press at a B.C. human rights tribunal to the complaint against Maclean’s. The similarities are uncanny. So why…
(Via Jacob Katz Cogan at International Law Reporter) It’s received almost no coverage in the US, but Representative Howard L. Berman (D-California) has presented a bill to complement the International Court of Justice’s decision in…
The horror stories of the hours of a working lawyer are infamous. But they can’t be that bad, because this lawyer had enough time to pick up a second legal job. Diane Way was gainfully…
Warren Winkler, chief justice of the Ontario Court of Appeal, raises the issue in today’s Star of the problem of access in our justice system due to rising costs and lengthening delays. He identifies measures…
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We’ve all been waiting for this since forever. The understandably busy articling students from Osgoode Hall make time to debate Mark Steyn on TVO. A point of note: the poster of the videos introduces them…
When “free speechers” publish letters by lawyers or put legal proceedings online, they themselves are attacking free speech by attempting to intimidate legal proceedings.
The Ahenakew affair: a bad law, an opportunity missed By Marjaleena Repo The David Ahenakew Affair, after five years in the courts, has sprung back with full force after the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations…
Although the OHRC decided not to hear the complaint against Maclean’s, they have issued a strong condemnation of Islamophobia in the media. The Human Rights Code in Ontario covers: (1) goods, services and facilities (2)…
