In Bedford v. Canada, two levels of Ontario courts ruled that a selection of criminal laws prohibiting prostitution-related activities unjustifiably deprive sex workers of their right to liberty and security of the person.The courts struck down or modified some of the offending provisions to ensure that sex workers are better able to take precautions against violence. While sex workers consider the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruling a victory and the Ontario Court of Appeal ruling a partial victory, the government, some women’s rights groups, and other defenders of the provisions argue that courts ventured into a “policy thicket”, which is to suggest that they had stepped outside of their legitimate institutional role. Associated conc...
Canadian prostitution laws adopt a paternalistic approach that contradicts the objective of safeguar...
In 2007, one current and two former sex workers, Amy Lebovitch, Terri-Jean Bedford and Valerie Scott...
In Canada (A.G.) v. Bedford, the Supreme Court of Canada invalidated three prostitution-related prov...
In Bedford v. Canada, two levels of Ontario courts ruled that a selection of criminal laws prohibiti...
The recent Ontario trial decision in Bedford suggests three interrelated principles that municipal l...
The recent Ontario trial decision in Bedford suggests three interrelated principles that municipal l...
In Canada, the sale of sex for money was not illegal under the former legislative structure. Regardl...
In Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, the Supreme Court struck down Canada’s prostitution laws on...
Prostitution, sex in exchange for consideration, has never been illegal in Canada; however, activiti...
Following the 2013 landmark Bedford decision, the Conservative government, under Harper, enacted the...
The jurisprudence of prostitution in Canada suggests laws surrounding the practice have to date crea...
Until recently, Canada criminalized anyone who lived "wholly or in part on the avails of prostitutio...
The future of Canada’s laws related to prostitution has become an urgent public policy issue in the ...
The debate over how to regulate sex work in Canada has long occupied courts, governments, policymake...
This paper provides an analysis of the social and legal construction of prostitution in Canada, the ...
Canadian prostitution laws adopt a paternalistic approach that contradicts the objective of safeguar...
In 2007, one current and two former sex workers, Amy Lebovitch, Terri-Jean Bedford and Valerie Scott...
In Canada (A.G.) v. Bedford, the Supreme Court of Canada invalidated three prostitution-related prov...
In Bedford v. Canada, two levels of Ontario courts ruled that a selection of criminal laws prohibiti...
The recent Ontario trial decision in Bedford suggests three interrelated principles that municipal l...
The recent Ontario trial decision in Bedford suggests three interrelated principles that municipal l...
In Canada, the sale of sex for money was not illegal under the former legislative structure. Regardl...
In Canada (Attorney General) v. Bedford, the Supreme Court struck down Canada’s prostitution laws on...
Prostitution, sex in exchange for consideration, has never been illegal in Canada; however, activiti...
Following the 2013 landmark Bedford decision, the Conservative government, under Harper, enacted the...
The jurisprudence of prostitution in Canada suggests laws surrounding the practice have to date crea...
Until recently, Canada criminalized anyone who lived "wholly or in part on the avails of prostitutio...
The future of Canada’s laws related to prostitution has become an urgent public policy issue in the ...
The debate over how to regulate sex work in Canada has long occupied courts, governments, policymake...
This paper provides an analysis of the social and legal construction of prostitution in Canada, the ...
Canadian prostitution laws adopt a paternalistic approach that contradicts the objective of safeguar...
In 2007, one current and two former sex workers, Amy Lebovitch, Terri-Jean Bedford and Valerie Scott...
In Canada (A.G.) v. Bedford, the Supreme Court of Canada invalidated three prostitution-related prov...