Barbarous Lugs in a liquor-fuelled stupidity
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Criminal Law
Julian Assange: Why the world needs WikiLeaks
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Stacy Bonds Beaten, Stripped by Ottawa Police
James Morton gives the backdrop in The Ottawa Citizen: The facts of Bonds’s treatment bear repeating. She was walking on Rideau Street in downtown Ottawa. She was neither drunk nor behaving inappropriately. The police stopped…
Bringing Animal Rights to the Forefront of Correctional Services Reform
Why Animal Rights matter when there are so many legal issues concerning the well being of human beings?
Are prisons really about correcting people?
UWO Law Welcomes AIDWYC @ Western
AIDWYC. Â Does that mean anything to you? I, Ryan Venables, am very please to announce that thanks to Jonathan Thoburn and Lisa Lutwak, a couple of very keen and persistent (that’s a good thing) 1L…
Ontario Prostitution Laws Struck
I have to admit that when I first heard on AM980 that Justice Susan Himel stuck the prostitution laws for Ontario, I was a bit dismayed. Â Many people who think of prostitution think of the…
Police Powers and The G20: Why the Public Works Protection Act Was Unnecessary
In the following paper I advance the argument that the use of the Public Works Protection Act at the G20 by police was unnecessary and inappropriate. I suggest that they had ample existing authority under statute and common law to do the job they needed to do.
Talk Local on Project Samosa
Talk Local on Rogers TV with Sonia Chin discussed Project Samosa, the terrorism arrests this past summer. The guest is Ibrahim Hindy, a Toronto resident and local leader, who shares the impact of the arrests…
Failing to Produce Insurance Card
Failing to Produce Insurance Card. Don’t I have 24 hours to show it to someone at the police station? Simon says NO!
LEAF Intervenes in R. v. L.B. at Ontario Court of Appeal
On September 23 and 24, 2010 LEAF will be intervening at the Ontario Court of Appeal regarding the offence of infanticide in the Criminal Code. LEAF aims to offer the court a perspective that will…
Do Your Driving Convictions Really Disappear After 3 Years?
Do your driving convictions really disappear after 3 years? Simon says, "No!" Keep reading to find out more about how the government keeps provincial offence records and what happens to them after three years.
Careless Driver Convicted After Boasting Online: Issues Surrounding Internet Statement Evidence
News Article: Careless Driver Convicted After Boasting Online, issues surrounding electronic “statement evidence” and the anonymity of the internet.