Civil Rights

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Demonizing Youth, Marketing Fear

The New Politics of Crime

From: Disorderly People

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Equality

From: The Charter of Rights and Freedoms

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Chapter 6 deals with the Charter’s “equality rights,” perhaps the most challenging section of the document. Beginning in 1989, the Supreme Court set out a test for the … 64 $6.40 Add
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Evidence

From: Religious Institutions and the Law in Canada 4/e

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This chapter discusses providing evidence and testimony under oath. 10 $1.00 Add
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Immutability Hauntings

Socio-economic Status and Women's Right to Just Conditions of Work under Section 15 of the Charter

From: Advancing Social Rights in Canada

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Argument that Charter cases involving women’s work have been haunted by court findings that socio-economic status is not an analogous ground of discrimination under section 15(1), relying … 36 $3.60 Add
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Niqab-Wearing Women’s Resistance in the Face of Oppressive Governmental Tactics and Popular Beliefs

From: In Your Face

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In this chapter, Bahkt discusses how niqab-wearing women and their allies deploy multiple strategies to subvert dominant perceptions of who niqab-women are and what they stand for. 30 $3.00 Add
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Ontario and the Direct Access Model to Human Rights

From: 14 Arguments in Favour of Human Rights Institutions

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Examination of Ontario’s shift from a commission based system to a direct access model of human rights. 22 $2.20 Add
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Parents and Children

From: Freedom of Conscience and Religion

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Discussion of issues arising in the context of parents making religiously based decisions concerning their children. 9 $0.90 Add
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R. v. Butler, 1992

From: The Court and the Charter

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The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that while the obscenity provisions of the Criminal Code infringed the right to freedom of expression, they were justified as a reasonable limit under the … ; ; ; 15 $1.50 Add
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The Constrained Creativity of Judicial Law Making

From: Supreme Court on Trial

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Examination of the claims of judicial law making advanced by critics of judicial activism. 30 $3.00 Add
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The Significance of Section 7

From: Fundamental Justice

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Concludes by discussing the significance of section 7, looking at how it has opened up grounds for challenging state actions that would have otherwise been immune to review. A liberal-democratic … 8 $0.80 Add
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The Turning Point

From: Gay Marriage

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Examines the BC Court of Appeal decision in 2003 and order a stay of application just as the Ontario courts did and how this tipped the scales in favour of same-sex marriage at the federal level. … ; 19 $1.90 Add
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Trial Diary

From: Cruel Arithmetic

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Discusses the trial of the Polygamy Reference case, focusing in particular on the different stages of the trial and the different individuals involved with the trial, such as survivors and expert … 113 $11.30 Add
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Academic Freedom and Religious Conviction at Canada’s Faith-Based Universities and Colleges

From: Academic Freedom in Conflict

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William Bruneau examines religious conviction within universities, tracing the history of religious universities in Canada. He identifies major arguments made by defenders of religious … 32 $3.20 Add
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Chapter 8: When Is a Search Reasonably Conducted?

From: Search and Seizure

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A. Introduction B. Reasonable Search of the Person C. Reasonable Territorial Searches D. Reasonable Search Involving Information E. Post-collection Events Constituting an Unreasonable Search or Seizure ; 27 $2.70 Add
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Charter Litigation

From: Charter of Rights and Freedoms 6/e

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Review of jurisdictional and procedural issues regarding Charter disputes in tribunals and provincial and federal courts. ; 21 $2.10 Add
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Conclusion

Towards a New Future

From: In Your Face

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In the conclusion, the author suggests several "micro-practices" that can help shift away from attitudes that emphasize difference, fear, and misunderstanding to those that stress … 11 $1.10 Add