With little public discussion, the Canadian law of self-defence has become, in important respects, more permissive than Florida’s Stand Your Ground law. This article provides original historical research into the origins of the Canadian law of self-defence that reveals the evolution of its current conceptual features. It compares these features with the features of the Florida law and warns that in climates of fear, despite Canadian safeguards, Canada’s law is vulnerable to biased or unprincipled application. The Gerald Stanley case in Battleford Saskatchewan serves as a warning. The author argues that Stanley’s successful accident defence in the homicide of Colten Boushie was, in fact, predicated on dangerous notions of defence of property...
Canada is a protected country and the Canadian people have given little thought to the danger of war...
An alarming number of women are in abusive relationships where violence and threats of violence perv...
Peace bonds are a legal tool of governance dating back to 13th c. England. In Canada, a significant...
Climates of fear— depleted inner cities, segregated rural communities, contested international hotsp...
This article provides the first legal history of the regulation of “assault-style” weapons in Canada...
This article addresses the history and development of tort law generally, with particular reference ...
This article is the first step in a major research project on Canadian disaster law. As such, the ar...
Les femmes autochtones du Canada subissent de sérieuses violations des droits humains, en particulie...
The Safe Streets and Communities Act (SSCA), a recent and wide-reaching piece of the Conservative Pa...
The concept of dangerousness in Canadian and French criminal law is a central component in the devel...
The reticence of Canadian courts to substantively develop tort law beyond the ambit of English prece...
Cet article porte un regard critique sur les incongruités et les incohérences de la défense de contr...
In 2003, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released its unanimous reasons for judgment in R v Powley...
This thesis examines the operation of the doctrine in Canadian criminal law. The doctrine of failur...
This article examines popular dissatisfaction with the proportionality standard in self-defense law,...
Canada is a protected country and the Canadian people have given little thought to the danger of war...
An alarming number of women are in abusive relationships where violence and threats of violence perv...
Peace bonds are a legal tool of governance dating back to 13th c. England. In Canada, a significant...
Climates of fear— depleted inner cities, segregated rural communities, contested international hotsp...
This article provides the first legal history of the regulation of “assault-style” weapons in Canada...
This article addresses the history and development of tort law generally, with particular reference ...
This article is the first step in a major research project on Canadian disaster law. As such, the ar...
Les femmes autochtones du Canada subissent de sérieuses violations des droits humains, en particulie...
The Safe Streets and Communities Act (SSCA), a recent and wide-reaching piece of the Conservative Pa...
The concept of dangerousness in Canadian and French criminal law is a central component in the devel...
The reticence of Canadian courts to substantively develop tort law beyond the ambit of English prece...
Cet article porte un regard critique sur les incongruités et les incohérences de la défense de contr...
In 2003, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released its unanimous reasons for judgment in R v Powley...
This thesis examines the operation of the doctrine in Canadian criminal law. The doctrine of failur...
This article examines popular dissatisfaction with the proportionality standard in self-defense law,...
Canada is a protected country and the Canadian people have given little thought to the danger of war...
An alarming number of women are in abusive relationships where violence and threats of violence perv...
Peace bonds are a legal tool of governance dating back to 13th c. England. In Canada, a significant...