Gender Inequality in Courtroom Rituals and Suggestions for Remedy
Many underlying factors of the law and legal system exist which are not initially apparent, with one such factor being courtroom rituals....
Lawyering After #MeToo: Science Fiction Otherworlds and Feminist Ethics for Legal Representation
In 2017, when the #MeToo movement was named Time Magazine’s Person of the Year. Tarana Burke, credited by Time for creating the movement,...
MIND THE GAP: BUILDING CONFIDENCE IN SEXUAL ASSAULT PROSECUTIONS
Sexual assault prosecutions in Canada suffer from a curious dichotomy. On the one hand, we enjoy perhaps the most progressive sexual...
Book Review- Prosecuting and Defending Sexual Offence Cases: A Practitioner’s Handbook
Daniel Brown and Jill Witkin’s “Prosecuting and Defending Sexual Offence Cases: A Practitioner’s Handbook” (1) provides a detailed...
Validating Ignorance of the Law?: R v HE, Sexual Assault and Marital Relations
Imagine the following scenario. A husband tells his wife that he wants to have sex. He forcibly takes her by the wrist, throws her onto...
