Cree Law and the Duty to Assist in the Present Day
The question entertained by this paper is to what extent the law that required helping fellow community members can be a law that is used in full force as a part of Cree self-determination. It could be that the law is alive and well in some Indigenous communities and that it continues to guide life in Cree communities to this day. Although, the extent to which that is the case remains uncertain and undocumented.
Landlords and Criminality
Let me preface this blawg by acknowledging that there is a plethora of misconduct on both ends of the landlord-tenant relationship. Landlords are not the absolute villains that many tenants depict them to be, and tenants are not the righteous squatters that landlords portray.Regardless of where you sit on the spectrum, equal or at ends, the fundamental principle remains that access to adequate housing is a human right.
The Disappearance of Criminal Law: Police Powers and The Supreme Court: A Review
One of the topics in the book written by Richard Jochelson, Kirsten Kramar, and Mark Doerksen is on the right to silence and counsel. The accused’s right to silence and counsel are both crucial to our justice system and the rights of accused. The authors explain that the right to silence essentially entails that accused have the right to not answer what the officers ask them; officers will continue to interrogate, but the accused can remain silent.
The Advantages of Community Court
Upon an examination of the Canadian criminal justice system, it is unfortunately apparent
that the current institutions in place are ill-equipped at addressing the root problems of criminal
behaviour. The criminal justice system is a human enterprise, therefore it is susceptible to bias and
error, however, the undeniable reality is that prisons are excessively overfilled with people that are
First Nation, uneducated, homeless, unemployed, and have substance abuse issues.
R v. K.J.M. – Examining the Jordan Framework in a Youth Setting
Author: Caitlin Dyck R v. K.J.M. is a Supreme Court of Canada decision, and is one of their most recent cases regarding delays under the Jordan approach. In 2015, a youth was charged with multiple offences that arose out of a fight. He stabbed another person with a box cutter, but maintained his innocence, citing self-defence. He was eventually found guilty of aggravated assault and possession of a weapon for a dangerous purpose; however, this verdict came approximately 19 mo
