“The Devil in the Details"
“The Devil in the Details – why Trudeau’s ban on assault weapons might not be effective to reduce gun crime after Canada’s largest mass shooting in Nova Scotia”
Social worker Tim Landon isn’t your typical gun owner. A self-described social justice advocate he witnessed a violent gun crime as a young adult. He’s now an unlikely opponent of the Canadian government’s recent ban on 1,500 military style “assault weapons”.
Drone Strikes: The Future of Jus ad Bellum in the Age of Premptive Warfare
The Law of War refers to the component of international law that regulates the conditions for war (jus ad bellum) and the conduct of warring parties (jus in bello). Over the past two decades, the conduct of warfare has changed drastically, and has become more asymmetric in nature.
Comparing Plato’s Conception of Harmony to a Supreme Court Decision
In this Blawg, I will attempt to do a little philosophizing by comparing Plato’s conception of justice to a Supreme Court ruling in R v Myers. The object of this exposition is to compare Plato’s conception of justice, that is, harmony, to a case from the Supreme Court that tries to bring agreement between s.5252 of the Criminal Code of Canada and s.11(e)[3] of the Charter.
The Privacy Issue
Humans are faced with a puzzling dilemma in the age of technology. Do we conform to societies terms accepting technology or do we disregard societal norms and leave everything behind, commencing the hermit life. While the latter has its merits the trade off is unacceptable to most, the loss of relationships and being in the know is too much to stomach. Humans like normal and thrive off what they know. But what happens when we allow governments to go too far and use technology
Gladue Factors and Extent of Impact on the Sentencing of Dangerous Offenders
Manitoba’s Court of Appeal recently affirmed a trial judge’s sentencing decision involving consideration of Gladue factors in the case of dangerous offenders. In R. v Dumas, the accused was given concurrent indeterminate sentences on two cases of sexual assault. Dumas, an Indigenous man, appealed his sentence and argued that the trial judge erred in applying relevant Gladue factors which would have led the judge to hand down a 20-year determinate sentence and a subsequent 10-
