Reading Time: 5 minutes In Ipeelee, the Supreme Court of Canada again considered the Gladue Principles. Over a decade has passed since this Court issued its judgment in Gladue. As the statistics indicate, s. 718.2(e) of the Criminal Code has not had a discernible impact on the overrepresentation of Aboriginal people in the criminal justice system … The failure […]
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FAMOUS CASES | Criminal Sentencing of Aboriginal Offenders: Gladue
Reading Time: 5 minutes In the Gladue case, the Supreme Court of Canada considered Aboriginal sentencing provisions in the Criminal Code. … the jail term for an aboriginal offender may in some circumstances be less than the term imposed on a non aboriginal offender for the same offence. R v Gladue, [1999] 1 SCR 688 (SCC) at para 93 […]
What is ‘Self-Dealing’ in Employment?
Reading Time: 4 minutes Introduction While they have human bosses, most employees work for corporations, which are legal fictions with no physical existence. That renders employers technically vulnerable to their own employees who might want to take advantage of them. It is both impossible and undesirable to scrutinize every employee during every minute on the job. There are many […]
