

The Ancillary Powers Doctrine and the Necessity of the Legislature - Matt Reimer
It does not take a criminal law expert to know that police and judges must make difficult decisions. They are the ones who have to deal...


Contemporary Examples of Charter Infringement Justification - Mitchell McInnis
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, entrenched in the Constitution Act, 1982, protects certain fundamental rights and freedoms...


Young Offenders and the Automatic Right to Appeal to the SCC - A.T.
Is section 37(10) of the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) constitutional? The following blog will discuss the decision of R. v. C.P. as...


Exigence - How Roaches Led to Clarity in the Paterson case
In an interesting development on March 17, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in R. v. Paterson, 2017 SCC 15. The...