Court system of Canada

Schools in Canada and the authors of the article are David B. MacDonald and Graham Hudson. The main point of this article is to question whether residential schools were a form of genocide towards Indigenous peoples of Canada. The United Nations Genocide Committee’s is used to interpret claims of genocide. This article looks at the different interpretations of the term genocide. The article then takes those different interpretations, and applies them to the residential school system. The…

the democratic government in Canada, and protects citizens. Within the constitution is the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The Charter is what sets out these rights and freedoms in the free democratic society. The Canadian Constitution is an appropriate blueprint for the structure of Canada, proving that it protects us from the government, each other, and provides basic human rights. If one were to think of the Constitution as a design or plan for the framework of Canada, it can be proven that…

the current social structure in places such as Canada, that right can be taken away or even stolen by professionals. Nils Christie further proves his thesis by comparing two different legal systems. There is the system of local neighborhood courts, which are represented in Tanzania, and there are complex courts in Scandinavia, similar to those in Canada. The author outlines that the Tanzanian…

Sentencing is defined as “the judicial determination of a legal sanction to be imposed upon a person found guilty of an offence” (Goff, 2014, p. 432). In Canada, we have the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA, 2003) instead of the Youth Offenders Act (YOA, 1984) that helps within regards to the punishment of the child between the ages of twelve and seventeen. There will be discussion of the Youth Offenders Act that was replaced and the Youth Criminal Justice Act and the Youth Offender Act. There…

Does Canada comply with the right not to testify against oneself or confess guilt? The Charter of Rights and Freedoms in Canada is a bill of rights that guarantees the rights and freedoms of Canadian citizens from the policies and and actions of all levels of government (the Charters). Section 7, 11, and 13 of the Charter protects guilty as well as innocent individuals when accused of a crime. It allows cizitens to remain silent and not testify against oneself during an interrogation process.…

The Canadian justice system faces controversies set out and displayed in a series of articles by Edward Greenspan, who is a Toronto criminal lawyer and Anthony Doob, who is a professor of criminology at the University of Toronto. The first pointed out that currently The federal government is wanting to reintroduce controversial penalties for the organized crime act that was shot down when the spring election was called, such as minimum sentences for growing marijuana or selling it around youth…

LAWS 10125–INTRODUCTION TO THE LEGAL SYSTEM ASSIGNMENT Citation: McAteer v. Canada (Attorney General), 2014 ONCA 578. Summary: The Supreme Court of Canada rejected the Leave to Appeal from the Ontario Court of Appeal decision in McAteer v Canada (Attorney General), 2014 ONCA 578. The case challenged the requisite, under the Citizenship Act, RSC 1985, c C-29, of swearing an oath to Queen Elizabeth during Canadian citizenship ceremonies. The appellants, Michael McAteer, Simone Topey and Dror…

After the consideration of the origin of law, we then also have to consider the development of the legal system. Law is a very complex subject; It has different meanings and parts to the word. When most people think of the word law, they picture a court room with a lawyer defending his/her client, while talking to the very stern looking judge. But in fact law doesn’t have to be about court rooms and judges it can be as simple as the rules or regulations we follow on a daily basis as we are…

enforcing the importance of ensuring equality and protection towards all women in Canada particularly in regards to sexual assault. For instance, LEAF’s legal background helped create Section 15 and Section 28 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which has enabled them to advocate and intervene in many legal cases where they believe women are at risk of mistreatment and discrimination not only in the legal system, but in society as well (“History”). Since LEAF’s establishment in 1985, LEAF has…

Technical Communications, as a Group Presentation Report. The report looks at the status of Physician Assisted Suicide (PAS) in Canada. Being a contemporary medical, ethical and legal issue, we found it to be an apt report topic. SCOPE This report includes the history of legalization, the current stance and the ethical perspectives Physician Assisted Suicide in Canada. It covers various cases and laws dealing with PAS. The sources were journal articles, news websites and books. The college…