12 articles in this issue
Patricia Hughes
Recent reports about access to justice have focused on issues of affordability, with little reference to the differences of equity-seeking groups. They have tended to recommend “generic” solutions intended to help people represent themselves better and to... see more
Suzanne Bouclin, Marie-Andrée Denis-Boileau
This aim of this paper is to determine whether the expansion of cyberjustice will improve or impede access to justice for individuals who are homeless. We begin with a detailed review of the current literature on cyberjustice, followed by our definition o... see more
Emmanuelle Bernheim, Richard-Alexandre Laniel
The number of self-represented litigants [SRL] that are trying to defend by themselves their rights are increasing constantly, even in the highest tribunals. This situation is not without consequences for both the actors of the legal system and the SRL th... see more
Fathima Cader
R v NS was the first Canadian case to involve a niqab-wearing sexual assault complainant. At the Supreme Court of Canada, the Muslim Canadian Congress [MCC] was especially vocal in arguing it would be un-Canadian to allow NS to testify while wearing a niq... see more
Stéphane Lefebvre
This article provides a potential explanation to the following question: With over five million government employees and contractors entrusted with state secrets in both Canada and the United States, how could the fact that the vast majority of keepers of... see more
Graham Hudson, Emily van der Meulen
In Bedford v. Canada, two levels of Ontario courts ruled that a selection of criminal laws prohibiting prostitution-related activities unjustifiably deprive sex workers of their right to liberty and security of the person.The courts struck down or modifie... see more
Brenda L Gunn
The majority vote by the General Assembly, which brought the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples into existence as an international instrument, was just the first step. Now the long and difficult road of implementation begins. Implementat... see more
Sara L Seck
This paper will consider whether the polycentric governance approach of the 2011 United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights has the potential to achieve the goal of transnational corporate compliance with human rights responsibilities ... see more
Roxana Banu
In Tolofson v. Jensen, the Supreme Court of Canada determined that in most cases the law of the place where the tort occurred has exclusive authority to regulate all legal aspects related to it. In developing this choice of law rule, the Supreme Court rel... see more
Maureen Irish
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Paul Schiff Berman
Christopher Waters