Domestic violence – or family violence or intimate partner violence, call it what you will – is a serious problem in both intact and separated families. According to a 2013 report from Statistics Canada, there are 252.9 victims of domestic violence per 100,000 population, and domestic violence makes … [Read more...]
The #MeToo Movement Hasn’t Led to a Better Understanding of Consent
If you had to define what constitutes consent in sexual situations, what would you say? Is it something you could explain to your children? If you're feeling awkward or hesitating, you're not alone. And even if you think you know how to define consent, our latest survey at the Canadian Women's … [Read more...]
Registered Charities and the Charter
Over the past twenty-five years or so, commentators have lamented the sometimes inordinate influence of tax policy considerations in the administration and adjudication of the federal registered charities regime. There is no doubt fiscal implications ought to be taken into account in structuring … [Read more...]
Putting Trials on Trial: Sexual Assault and the Failure of the Legal Profession – Book Review
“That the process is likely to always be difficult for complainants does not make it any less important both to recognize the ways in which lawyers and judges contribute to the trauma of the trial, and to take whatever steps are reasonably possible to make the process more humane.” -- Elaine … [Read more...]
New & Updated Resources at CPLEA – Vol. 43-1
LawNow has created a Department called New Resources at CPLEA, which is now a permanent addition to each issue. Each post will highlight what's new, updated/revised or popular at CPLEA. All resources are free and available for download. We hope that this will raise awareness of the many resources … [Read more...]
The Barbra Schlifer Legal Clinic and Ontario’s Independent Legal Advice Project
In the last few years, we have witnessed a revitalized global movement to challenge the status quo and demand that institutions that are perpetuating the deleterious effects of patriarchy be dismantled. We have seen a mass collective of women from Canada, the United States, Paris, Brazil, India and … [Read more...]
BenchPress – Vol 43-1
Judges are Human Too This case involved sexual interference by the defendant against a young person. The offender had pled guilty to sexual interference of an 8 year old girl, and the mother presented an emotional and moving victim impact statement. The defendant’s lawyer applied to request … [Read more...]
43-1: #MeToo Movement
Full PDF of this issue Table of Contents Featured Articles: #MeToo Movement Special Report: Colours of the Law Departments Columns Perspectives on the intersection of law and the #MeToo Movement. Featured Articles: #MeToo Movement It's a Movement, … [Read more...]
#MeToo is a Movement, Not a Moment
For those contemplating the origins of the #MeToo movement and the current climate around sexual assault and harassment, they might remember October 11, 1991. On that day, a young, black female lawyer from Oklahoma and Yale law school graduate walked into a U.S. Senate Confirmation Hearing for … [Read more...]
Lawyers in Revolutionary Times: Doctor Zhivago
A remarkable manuscript was bundled out of the Soviet Union in the late spring of 1956. An Italian Communist journalist named Sergio d’Angelo had visited Boris Pasternak to discuss possible publication of his latest work. Pasternak was the famed Russian poet and survivor of the various purges and … [Read more...]
