Supreme Court of Canada

crimes before they even happen. The main goals are to get guns off the streets, solve crime sprees and mainly scare criminals. This policy of stop and frisk has been used in America since the early 1900’s, however, in 1968 it was brought to the Supreme Court and evaluated under the fourth…

ARGUMENT 1: The results of legal court cases allow women to receive appropriate behaviour and equality in the workplace. Fact : In 1999, a legal case between the Public Service Employee Relations Commission and British Columbia Government and Service Employees’ Union took place. In British Columbia, the provincial government had decided that a (minimum) physical fitness test was to be taken in order to be a forest fighters, and it included an aerobic standard. Rubin, a female forest fighter…

on the two process test(the gross disproportionality test) used in R.v.Smith (was also used in R.v. Nur later).The two steps involved where that the court first “the court must determine what constitutes a proportionate sentence for the offence having regard to the objectives and principles of sentencing in the Criminal Code” and secondly “the court must ask whether the mandatory minimum requires the judge to impose a sentence that is grossly disproportionate to the offence and its…

especially pronounced during the activist Warren Court of the 1960s (Friedman, 2002, 202). The counter-majoritarian difficulty…

Thus, it is evident that stereotypes are reinforced in the courts. Unfortunately, at least from what was observed during the very minimal period of eight hours, the common media-portrayed stereotypes have factual consequences. All of the people who were in custody and had to be escorted out by police officers…

prosecution was using his former friend’s testimony against him. Even though Nichol refused to say on the stand that she had seen David stab Gail, because she really did not see. That refusal led Crown prosecutor Bobs Caldwell to use a new section of the Canada Evidence Act pertaining to the use of prior inconsistent statements to cast doubt on a witness 's credibility (Injustice E Busters, 2006). But the prosecutor was still able to read her statement to the jury. If the jury believed that…

four children was Linda’s own fault. They had both agreed on the agreement, so it should stand as while Eric’s circumstances have changed, Linda’s were exactly as outlined in the agreement; she had custody of the kids. 3. The Supreme Court of Canada reversed the Ontario Court of Appeal’s judgement because each spouse had received independent legal advice over a length period, and had fairly divided their assets. 4. I support the thought that a major change in circumstances does not warrant a…

constructed (the pathologists’ statements). There is no doubt that not enough evidence was given to convict Clayton. Going back to my point, other cases appear to be handled very well. It seems that the quality of the Canadian Legal System varies on a court-to-court basis, and I believe that is something that should be fixed. Secondly, I don’t ever believe that spending as long a time in jail as Clayton did can be compensated with money. While he may have been paid a substantial amount of money,…

talks about the Supreme Court of Canada as a government institution which needs reform on the premises that Supreme Court of Canada is powerful, paternalistic, competent, undemocratic, and secretive. Slayton begins with the question of whether judges make or interpret the law and whether they should be doing only one of those things. Also, he describes the historical past of the Supreme Court, and how the 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms affected the cases which reach the Supreme Court.…

The Supreme Court of Canada is the foundation of Canadian Law in our society. It keeps the criminals at bay, and the innocent free. In my opinion, the Supreme Court of Canada does it’s job in upholding a high standard of effectiveness and success. It effectively balances the rights of individuals against the needs of society The case R v. Tran, 2010 SCC 58, [2010] 3 S.CE. 350 clearly portrays the effectiveness of the Supreme Court of Canada. As it doesn’t allow the use of provocation for…