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Ten Years after Jane Doe: Vol 22(2) of the CJWL now out
Well – it’s a lot more than 10 years, isn’t it? Depends how you count. It is about 15.5 years since the events which led to the lawsuit. The court decision came down July 3, 1998. Jane Doe...
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Roundup of IFLS Recent Tweets
In case you aren’t a twitter person, I sometimes put news up on our twitter feed at @osgoodeifls – and I often retweet news from others – here’s a recent roundup. We also tweet all our posts, if you...
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There are mistakes and there are mistakes:...
I’m finding this difficult to sort through, although I’m sure some of you aren’t. I thought I would try to lay out some of the context of the issue (transcripts, and more about the judge’s record) and...
View ArticleSCC releases J.A.: No “advance consent” in Canadian sex assault law
Since the SCC released J.A. today, allowing the appeal and restoring the conviction, with three judges dissenting (Binnie, LeBel and Fish JJ., and oh yes, Facebook comments see a pattern there), I’m...
View ArticleRethinking Rape: Murphy recommends Capers at Jotwell
Rethinking Rape – Jotwell: Criminal Law. Rethinking how? By thinking about male victims of rape. Both the commentary by Prof. Erin Murphy of NYU Law, and the article, Real Rape Too, 99 Calif. L. Rev....
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160 Girls Fundraiser October 25 at Fasken Martineau, Toronto
The “160 Girls” project is a legal initiative that aims to achieve justice and protect against rape for all girls in Kenya. The 160 Girls project will initiate litigation to secure legal remedies...
View ArticleWinnipeg FP on Crown Appeal/LEAF interest in ‘Clumsy Don Juan’ case
‘Clumsy Don Juan’ appeal eyed – Winnipeg Free Press. A national legal group hopes to convince the Manitoba Court of Appeal to uphold the conviction of a rapist infamously dubbed a “clumsy Don Juan” by...
View ArticleSCC decision in D.A.I.: Tomorrow
The Supreme Court of Canada will be releasing a decision in D.A.I. tomorrow. Here is a link to the Ontario Court of Appeal decision in this case. The Supreme Court summary says: Criminal law –...
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Birth Control Sabotage
Was interested to hear on CBC radio’s The Current this morning about the appeal in this Nova Scotia case, now on reserve at the NSCA. R v. Hutchinson, 2011 NSSC 361 involved a man who deliberately and...
View ArticleNS: Veiled Rejection [a very cursory roundup]
NS Finally came out today, as you probably know. The Supreme Court cases considered how law should deal with the claim of a niqab (don’t know what that is? check here) wearing woman who was to testify...
View ArticleMyths about Myths…about Myths?
Helen Reece, reader in law at LSE recently published “Rape Myths: Is Elite Opinion Right and Popular Opinion Wrong?” in the Oxford Journal of Legal Studies (H Reece, ‘Rape Myths: Is Elite Opinion Right...
View ArticleMore talkback: METRAC to Wente
I was blissfully unaware of this helpful Margaret Wente column published recently: Rape on Campus: is it an epidemic? until I saw a response on the METRAC (Metropolitan Action Committee on Public...
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Talking back on race, space and sexual assault
Last post, I promised more talk on sexual assault on campus and media. Here it is. The October 2013 edition of Toronto Life Magazine includes, amongst the stories about new artisanal foods, how the...
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Twitter Roundup for those who don’t do Twitter: Opportunities, Tips, Cases,...
With thanks to the wonderful people who tweet out these gems for me to collect, and a special note for the always interesting and now much more active site http://www.bloggingforequality.ca ”run by a...
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Twitter Roundup (for those who are picky about the bandwagons they jump on)
(unless otherwise noted, tweets are from @OsgoodeIFLS) Conferences/Workshops/Summer Schools Judicial Philosophy @JudicialPhil Reminder: Job: Post-Doctoral Fellowships 2014-2015 – University of...
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brief followup on Talking Back to Toronto Life on Race/Space/SexualAssault
Toronto Life published our letter, friends. November 2013 [for the background to this issue, see this post from late September (which includes the full text of the letter we sent). They didn’t...
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question everything?: rape law/free speech | davina cooper
QUESTION EVERYTHING?: RAPE LAW/ FREE SPEECH | davina cooper. Do read this. I found it really helpful and i wonder what others will think. Davina Cooper (Kent Law School) includes links which explain...
View ArticleContraception & Consent: Hutchinson v. The Queen comes out this Friday
The SCC is set to release Hutchinson this Friday, so here’s a brief note + some links. Hutchinson was committed for trial by Justice Derrick in the NSPC R. v. Hutchinson, 2008 NSPC 79 (CanLII) The...
View ArticleElaine Craig in the Globe & Mail and elsewhere.
In recent months there has been an animated public conversation around issues of sexual violence. Many people feel that the increased media attention on sexual violence is a positive thing, because it...
View ArticleNIP: Why Some Men Are Above the Law by Martha C. Nussbaum
Famous men standardly get away with sexual harms, and for the most part will continue to do so. They know they are above the law, and they are therefore undeterrable. What can society do? Don’t give...
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