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March 10, 2020
New on CanLII: Les Cahiers de droit
From Canlii blog We are delighted to announce the addition of Les Cahiers de droit to CanLII’s commentary section. The journal is published quarterly by the Université Laval Faculty of Law with a mission to ensure the dissemination of research that contributes to a deeper understanding of the law and its evolution in relation to society. Les Cahiers de droit is read by...
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March 9, 2020
Does the Jordan Framework Apply to Young Offenders? Three Separate Approaches to the Law of Delay
Owen Pennock* SUMMARY In R. v. K.J.M., three justices of the Alberta Court of Appeal came to three very different conclusions on the application of the R. v. Jordan framework for delay in cases involving young offenders. Because of the disparate nature of these judgments, it remains unclear whether the presumptive ceilings established in Jordan have any application in proceedings...
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March 6, 2020
Dispelling the Myth of Spinsters and Shushers: The Role of Women in Shaping the Law Society Library
By Alan Kilpatrick, Reference Librarian Saskatoon librarian Peta Bates worked for the Law Society from 1979 to 2012. This article was originally published in the Benchers' Digest, Volume 30, Issue 3. The Law Society of Saskatchewan Library has been an innovator and a leader among Canadian law libraries since the 1970s. No history of our library is complete without acknowledging...
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March 6, 2020
Friday Tip: Case Law Searching in WestlawNext – Have Your Cake and Eat it Too!
Photo by Will Echols on Unsplash By Ken Fox, Research Librarian The great thing about searching case law digests, as opposed to full-text judgments, is that your search terms are applied only to a brief summary of the decision, not a full account of the case details. You get fewer results, and they are of higher quality. Since the cases have been digested,...
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March 5, 2020
10,000 pieces of legal commentary are now on CanLII
We are thrilled to share that CanLII now has 10,000 pieces of legal commentary that are openly accessible in our commentary section. Taken together with posts on CanLII Connects, we now have more than 67,000 pieces of commentary in our database. CanLII’s commentary section offers legal information in the form of books, journals, reports, articles, newsletters, and conference proceedings. This content covers...
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March 4, 2020
New Journal Issues – February 2020
By Sara Stanley The Criminal Law QuarterlyVolume 67, Number 4 (January 2020) Editorial: Gladue Sentencing and Wrongful Convictions“Shedding Light” on Gladue and Section 718.2(e) / Judge Harradence and Catriona Kaiser-DerrickPlan B for Implementing Gladue: The Need to Apply Background Factors to the Punitive Sentencing Purposes / Kent RoachNegative Retributivism: A Response to R. v. Ipeelee’s Innovative Call / Noah S....
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