B.C.’s highest court has dismissed a constitutional challenge to the province’s Access to Abortion Services Act, which restricts protesters around abortion clinics to a distance of 30 meters. The law was enacted by the provincial legislature in…
This statement summarizes the personal attitude that Prime Minister Stephen Harper takes on “the abortion issue.†This was during the 2006 election campaign, at a time when the Liberals raised alarm over the Conservatives’ position…
The Toronto Star, among others, reports that Omar Khadr’s lawyers have launched a suit against the Canadian government to try and force the repatriation of their client. The illegality of Khadr’s detention at Guantanamo Bay…
Tim Naumetz of The Star reports, “This use of legal action to silence the opposition is characteristic of authoritarian governments,” Russell says in an expert opinion obtained by Toronto lawyer Chris Paliare, representing the Liberals….
by Hicham Safieddine and Diana Younes Development of violence among the colonized people will be proportionate to the violence exercised by the threatened colonial regime Frantz Fannon A lot of ink has and is being…
Ian Lee describes changes to France’s constitutional law to improve citizen standing.
On June 28 2008, the Canadian Human Rights commission dismissed the complaint against Maclean’s magazine (Rogers Media) concerning an article by Mark Steyn, and rightly so. (The complainants held that the article, among others, established…
(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…
Background In June 2008, the New York Times published this article: “Unlike Others, U.S. Defends Freedom to Offend in Speech” by Adam Liptak. In the article (which caused a big todo in Canada, since we…
As part of my series on the Tackling Violent Crime Act, I’d like to discuss the new changes to the drunk driving provisions of the Criminal Code. The need for reform To begin, the extent…
A 36-year-old man in Singapore has been jailed for 14 years for molesting residents of the country over the past 15 months. His offence was forcefully sniffing the armpits of random women. As you can…
Justice of the Peace Gustavo “Gus” Garza has a unique approach to justice. He ordered the step-father of a 14-year old girl to spank his daughter in his Texan court, or threatened to fine her…
