Of Guns and Gangs: R v Venneri
As the most recent Amici Curae post stated, this summer has definitely been the summer of the gun. In Edmonton, three armoured car guards were killed by a lone gunman on...
Monthly Archive: July 2012
Amici Curiae: What Should Canada Do About Guns, Limitation of Fundamental Protest Rights and Assisted Suicide?
Summer of the Gun For those in Toronto, this has become the summer of gun violence. Just a few weeks ago, a shooting in the Eaton Centre, Canada’s largest shopping...
In Defense of Provocation? The SCC’s Take, In R v Mayuran
First year criminal law teaches you that provocation is one of the most controversial defenses that you can argue in a case, and even then, it is only a partial...
Finding the Silver Lining for SOCAN in SOCAN v Bell
Growing up in a large family required frequent trips to Costco or, as it was at the time, Price Club. My mother would often do the extremely large shopping trips...
