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January 2, 2015
Legal Sourcery Named Best Canadian Law Library Blog!
By Melanie Hodges Neufeld The 2014 Canadian Law Blog Awards (Clawbies) were announced on December 31 and we were the proud recipient of Best Law Library Blog: As a law library blog newcomer, Legal Sourcery made a serious impression in 2014. The hard-working blogger team (whose members double as the reference team) at the Law Society of Saskatchewan Library jumped into the...
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October 22, 2014
Aboriginal Sentencing Principles Debated in Saskatchewan
By Alan Kilpatrick Three recent articles from the StarPhoenix debated Aboriginal sentencing principles in Saskatchewan courts. A StarPhoenix editorial from September 27, 2014 commented that Cunliff Barnett, a retired British Columbia judge, had recently criticized Saskatchewan courts for failing to take cultural factors into account or use Gladue reports when sentencing Aboriginal people. WJ Vancise, a retired Saskatchewan Court of...
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