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...
Sexual Assault and the Internet: A Student’s Perspective
A Swedish man, Bjorn Samstrom, is on trial in his country for “gross rape” against victims he never physically touched. The catch? He...
DLW and ‘Carnal Knowledge’: Animal Rights in Canada or a Question of Context?
R v DLW (2016) dealt with a serious case which focused on whether bestiality should be interpreted as an act which includes carnal...
