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Author : Sanda Rodgers,Sheila McIntyre
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Judgements
ISBN : 0433462728
Author : Joel Bakan
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2017-06-22
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781487516727
The Canadian Charter of Rights is composed of words that describe the foundations of a just society: equality, freedom, and democracy. These words of justice have inspired struggles for civil rights, self-determination, trade unionism, the right to vote, and social welfare. Why is it, then, that fifteen years after the entrenchment of the Charter, social injustice remains pervasive in Canada? Joel Bakan explains why the Charter has failed to promote social justice, and why it may even impede it. He argues that the Charter's fine-sounding words of justice are 'just words.' Freedom, equality and democracy are fundamental principles of social justice. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms entrenches them in Canada's highest law, the constitution. Yet the Charter has failed to promote social justice in Canada. In Just Words, Joel Bakan explains why. Sophisticated in its analyses but clearly written and accessible, Just Words is cutting-edge commentary by one of Canada's rising intellectuals.
Author : Canadian Judicial Council
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Judges
ISBN : UIUC:30112045263024
This publication is the latest in a series of steps to assist judges in carrying out their onerous responsibilities, and represents a concise yet comprehensive set of principles addressing the many difficult ethical issues that confront judges as they work and live in their communities. It also provides a sound basis to promote a more complete understanding of the role of the judge in society and of the ethical dilemmas they so often encounter. Sections of the publication cover the following: the purpose of the publication; judicial independence; integrity; diligence; equality; and impartiality, including judicial demeanour, civic and charitable activity, political activity, and conflicts of interest.
Author : Margaret E. Beare
Publisher : University of Toronto Press
Page : 513 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2008-01-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780802097514
These essays provide an illuminating introduction to the background of important social causes, and describe dedicated examples of how to effectively champion calls for social justice.
Author : Trevor C.W. Farrow,Lesley A. Jacobs
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2020-09-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780774863605
Unfulfilled legal needs are at a tipping point in much of the Canadian justice system. The Justice Crisis assesses what is and isn’t working in efforts to strengthen a fundamental right of democratic citizenship: access to civil and family justice. Contributors to this wide-ranging overview of recent empirical research address key issues: the extent and cost of unmet legal needs; the role of public funding; connections between legal and social exclusion among vulnerable populations; the value of new legal pathways; the provision of justice services beyond the courts and lawyers; and the need for a culture change within the justice system.
Author : Louise Bélanger-Hardy,Sanda Rodgers,Rakhi Ruparelia
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Remedies (Law)
ISBN : 0433457058
Author : Patricia Cochran
Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-27
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780773552326
What does it mean when a judge in a court of law uses the phrase “common sense”? Is it a type of evidence or a mode of reasoning? In a world characterized by material and political inequalities, whose common sense should inform the law? Common Sense and Legal Judgment explores this rhetorically powerful phrase, arguing that common sense, when invoked in political and legal discourses without adequate reflection, poses a threat to the quality and legitimacy of legal judgment. Often operating in the service of conservatism, populism, or majoritarianism, common sense can harbour stereotypes, reproduce unjust power relations, and silence marginalized people. Nevertheless, drawing the works of theorists such as Thomas Reid, Antonio Gramsci, and Hannah Arendt into conversation with rulings by the Supreme Court of Canada, Patricia Cochran demonstrates that with careful attention, the democratic, egalitarian, and community-sustaining aspects of common sense can be brought to light. A call for critical self-reflection and the close scrutiny of power relationships and social contexts, this book is a direct response to social justice predicaments and their confounding relationships to law. Creative and interdisciplinary, Common Sense and Legal Judgment reinvigorates feminist and anti-poverty understandings of judgment, knowledge, justice, and accountability.
Author : William R. Lederman,Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice
Publisher : Osgoode Hall law School, York University
Page : 272 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105043706550
Author : James W. St. G. Walker,Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
Publisher : Wilfrid Laurier Univ. Press
Page : 474 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1997-10-27
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015040556667
Drawing on four cases relating to race between 1914 and 1955, Walker (history, U. of Waterloo) explores the role of the Canadian Supreme Court and the law in racializing Canadian society. He demonstrates that the justices were expressing the prevailing common sense in their legal decisions, and argues that the law has created the conditions for the country's chronic racism. He projects past and current trends into the future. Co-published by the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History. Canadian card order number: C97-931762-2. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Carissima Mathen,Michael Plaxton
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2020-06-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780774864305
The process by which Supreme Court judges are appointed is traditionally a quiet affair, but this certainly wasn’t the case when Prime Minister Stephen Harper selected Justice Marc Nadon – a federal court judge – for appointment to Canada’s highest court. Here, for the first time, is the complete story of “the Nadon Reference” – one of the strangest sagas in Canadian legal history. The Tenth Justice offers a detailed analysis of the background, issues surrounding, and legacy of the Reference re Supreme Court Act, ss 5 and 6.
Author : James G. Snell,Frederick Vaughan,Osgoode Society
Publisher : Published for the Osgoode Society by University of Toronto Press
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : History
ISBN : UCAL:B4351104
This history traces the development of the Supreme Court of Canada from its establishment in the earliest days following Confederation, through its attainment of independence from the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in 1949, to the adoption of the Constitution Act, 1982.
Author : Kim Brooks
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 347 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2010-07-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780774859141
Bertha Wilson’s appointment as the first female justice of the Supreme Court of Canada in 1982 capped off a career of firsts. Wilson had been the first woman lawyer and partner at a prominent Toronto law firm and the first woman appointed to the Ontario Court of Appeal. Her death in 2007 provoked reflection on her contributions to the Canadian legal landscape and raised the question, what difference do women judges make? Justice Bertha Wilson examines Wilson’s career through three distinct frames and a wide range of feminist perspectives. The authors evince Wilson’s contributions to the legal system in “Foundations,” examine her role in high-profile decisions in “Controversy,” and assess her credentials as a feminist judge and her impact on education and the profession in “Reflections.” This nuanced portrait of a complex, controversial woman will appeal to lawyers, judges, policy makers, academics, and anyone interested in law and women’s contributions to Canadian society.
Author : Elizabeth A. Sheehy
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Feminist jurisprudence
ISBN : 1552210855
The nineteen essays in this volume celebrate the judicial career of Justice Claire L'Heureux-Dube and consider the unique ways in which her work as a judge of the Supreme Court of Canada enhanced women's legal and social equality in Canada. Written by leading legal scholars, jurists, and social activists, these essays examine Justice L'Heureux-Dube's substantive contributions to areas of the law including family law, taxation, human rights law, immigration law, and criminal law, as well as examining the ways in which her judgments advanced access to justice and the rights of Aboriginal people, gays and lesbians, and people with disabilities in Canada. Finally, they look at the influence her decisions have had in jurisdictions beyond Canadian borders. As the papers in this collection demonstrate, Justice L'Heureux-Dube's work--both on the bench and as a public figure--advanced a feminist analysis of law that served to enhance the quality of life for Canadian women. As importantly, they document her approach to judging, which was defined by human compassion and an ability to see and understand the lived reality of people's lives. During her fifteen years on the Supreme Court from 1987 to 2002, Justice L'Heureux-Dube participated in over six hundred "Charter of Rights" decisions, many of which were profoundly significant and often controversial. Anyone interested in the enterprise of judging generally and in the history of the Court and its role in Canadian society during these turbulent times will find this book a most important addition to their library.
Author : Martha Jackman,Bruce Porter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 441 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Law
ISBN : 1552213749
This book explores how the Charter and administrative decision making should protect social rights to health, housing, food, water and the environment; and much more. It provides inspiration as well as an indispensable resource for all those who share an interest in advancing human rights and social justice in Canada.
Author : C. L. Ostberg,Matthew E. Wetstein
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 290 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780774841313
This book provides a comprehensive exploration of ideological patterns of judicial behaviour in the Supreme Court of Canada. Relying on an expansive database of Canadian Supreme Court rulings between 1984 and 2003, the authors present the most systematic discussion of the attitudinal model of decision making ever conducted outside the setting of the US Supreme Court. The groundbreaking discussion of the viability of this model as a unifying theory of judicial behaviour in high courts around the world will be essential reading for a wide range of legal scholars and court watchers.
