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Lehrmann gave evidence in his case against Channel 10, but exercised his right to silence during the 2022 criminal trial. It shows the unfairness
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Just days before Justice Michael Lee was due to pass down his judgment, Network 10 threw another spanner in the works.
Political commentators have expressed concern that Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s decision to appoint former staffers to a committee that helps select provincial judges could politicize the courts.
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Appointing individuals who may have links to the party in power is not necessarily troublesome, as long as the process emphasizes legal knowledge and fairness, and not partisan considerations.
Impact of race and culture assessment reports (IRCAs) are meant to give judges context with the aim of ultimately creating a more equitable and fair criminal justice system.
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Until the justice system reckons with its systemic racism, pre-sentencing reports will fail to shift the way the courts see Black offenders.
A flare stack lights the sky from the Imperial Oil refinery in Edmonton in December 2018.
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A recent Federal Court of Appeal decision opens the door for more climate cases to be brought before the courts. Will they answer the call?
Homes in Hemsby, Norfolk, destroyed after more land is lost to the sea.
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Can we avoid dangerous climate change by taking government to court?
Tents at an encampment in Crab Park, Vancouver, in August 2022.
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If passed, B.C.’s Bill 45 will trample over the constitutional rights of unhoused people by ignoring shelter barriers, Indigenous rights and the need for daytime shelter
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David McBride helped bring about a reckoning with the Australian Defence Force, but came at a legal cost. Will it stop others coming forward?
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Court decisions based on a judge’s discretion rather than the letter of the law are increasingly common. But this risks undermining some basic liberties.
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The meanings we carry around in our heads seem so natural and inborn that we fail to realise other people can have quite different understandings.
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Pseudolaw looks a bit like law. It uses legal texts and sounds like something a lawyer might say. But it does not follow normal legal rules. So where did it come from, and why it is so worrisome?
Brooklyn rapper 6ix9ine’s lyrics were used against him during his criminal trial in 2019.
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A critical race theory scholar explains why it’s problematic to use rap lyrics as evidence of a crime, and what some lawmakers are doing to protect artistic expression.
An election tribunal recently upheld President Bola Tinubu’s election victory in Nigeria.
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No matter how clean an election is, Nigerian politicians typically challenge the result.
Sean Tuohy, Michael Oher and Leigh Anne Touhy pose for a photo before a University of Mississippi game in 2008.
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Two very distinct legal processes are at issue in the Michael Oher case.
Viewed over decades, the Supreme Court’s record on religion-related cases is more complicated than recent headlines suggest.
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Two sociologists break down how cases related to plaintiffs’ beliefs and LGBTQ+ rights have fared in federal courts over several decades.
Designing for all couples – or declining?
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A designer opposed to same-sex marriage argued that a Colorado anti-discrimination law would effectively force her to speak against her beliefs.
The Sudbury 17 wildfire burns east of Mississagi Provincial Park near Elliot Lake, Ont., on June 4, 2023.
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Canadian courts are increasingly holding governments accountable for violating their citizens’ human rights by not doing enough on climate change.
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Among the expert witnesses in our justice system, astronomers play a surprising role. This astronomer provides evidence to several cases per week.
Activists call for ethics reform in the Supreme Court at the U.S. Capitol in Washington on May 2, 2023.
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Courts have no army or police force to enforce their decisions. Their power rests on their legitimacy in the public eye. How does scandal affect that?
Mexican soldiers stand guard near during the arrest of Joaquin Ovidio Guzman in Culiacan, Mexico, in January 2023.
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Mexico’s crime epidemic continues to worsen, as poverty and inequality also grow in the country.