Gary Bauslaugh

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The Right to Die

The courageous Canadians who gave us the right to a dignified death

"Who owns my life?" Sue Rodriguez was dying of a form of ALS (or Lou Gehrig’s disease) when she asked this question of the Supreme Court of Canada in 1993. She was fighting for … 290 View

The Secret Power of Juries

What jurors in Canada aren't being told about their rights -- and what we can do about it

Canadians know that the jurors at a trial decide the defendant’s guilt or innocence according to the law of the land. What they don’t know is how far that right actually goes, and … 216 View
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Foreward & Preface

From: The Secret Power of Juries

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Outlines the Core Principles of law as outlined by Tom Bingham in The Rule of Law ; 11 $1.10 Add
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Introduction

On Matters of Life, Death and the Law

From: The Right to Die

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Examines different types of assisted death and lays out the purpose of this book 8 $0.80 Add
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A Book on . . . Jury Nullification?

From: The Secret Power of Juries

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The first chapter of this book explains how I became interested in the matter of jury independence as it relates to justice, and clarifies some of the terms used 12 $1.20 Add
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Forty Shades of Mercy

From: The Right to Die

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In all of the examples in this chapter we see deaths caused by acts of mercy, and we see mercy shown to those who caused the deaths. In none of these cases was the full force of the law applied … 28 $2.80 Add
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A Mixed History of Jury Nullification

From: The Secret Power of Juries

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The second chapter shows how the practice of jury nullification has been a factor in some well-known trials in Canada and in several other countries. 38 $3.80 Add
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Robert Latimer:

Justice Goes Awry — 1993

From: The Right to Die

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The Robert Latimer story was one of the most widely covered news stories in Canadian history. It is a story, unlike some of the previous ones, where the justice system found no way of mitigating … 17 $1.70 Add
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How it All Began

Jailing Jurors

From: The Secret Power of Juries

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Chapter 3 looks at the origins of jury independence 15 $1.50 Add
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Sue Rodriguez:

Who Owns My Life? — 1993

From: The Right to Die

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A landmark event in the history of the movement to legalize assisted death in Canada began with a videotaped statement issued to a parliamentary committee in 1992. In November of that year, a … 18 $1.80 Add
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John Hofsess and his Underground Railroad

From: The Right to Die

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John Hofsess, who founded the Right to Die Society of Canada in 1991, is an intriguing and controversial figure. He was a friend of artists and intellectuals such as Margaret Atwood, Claude Jutra … 33 $3.30 Add
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Morgentaler:

Not Guilty

From: The Secret Power of Juries

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Looks at the trial of Henry Morgentaler and how the jury returned a verdict of not guilty and how this had far-reaching effects on laws in Canada 24 $2.40 Add
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The Supreme Court of Canada Nullifies Nullification

From: The Secret Power of Juries

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Looks at how the Supreme Court nullified the nullification of Morgentaler by decriminalizing abortion in 1988 and the effects this decision had. Analyzes Chief Justice Dickson’s ruling in … 14 $1.40 Add
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The Trial of Evelyn Martens — 2004

From: The Right to Die

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Evelyn Martens, a seventy-four-yearold grandmother, was facing the prospect of as much as twenty-eight years in prison.This chapter examins Martens trial which took place on September 20, 2004. 40 $4.00 Add
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A Breakthrough in the B.C. Courts — 2012

From: The Right to Die

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By 2011 the public interest in a change in the law on assisted suicide again started to gain momentum. Parole Board slights to Robert Latimer continued to gain public attention. The experience of … 18 $1.80 Add
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Latimer

Guilty

From: The Secret Power of Juries

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Looks at the trial of Robert Latimer and the jury’s verdict of guilty in the mercy killing of his terminally ill daughter Tracy 24 $2.40 Add