Sentences with phrase «criminal justice context»
«Our office is very concerned about the high percentage of aboriginal young people that are before the courts,» Ahmed says, noting she is unable to, based on the data provided, comment on whether this is an indication that the Gladue Principles aren't properly being applied in the youth criminal justice context but adds «that's certainly something we would want to make sure was at the forefront of all consideration for youth that were before the youth courts.»
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I became interested in the criminal justice system in the U.S. when I started OITNB on Netflix a year or so back and loved that this book helped me to think about the issues I was learning about in my criminal law class in the context of Cleary's story.
Also, it's important to point out we work very hard to press back against the inclination that is shared by leaders in philanthropy, government, and education, that the best metric for measuring the success of our students and alumni is recidivism rates because it frames our work overwhelmingly in the context of criminal justice in a way that reduces our students to simply the people that have been incarcerated for a criminal offense.
Allie's chapter on «The Human - Animal Relationship in the Context of the Juvenile and Criminal Justice Systems» in Handbook on Animal Assisted Therapy (2015)
I can not begin to do justice to the day and a half of presentations from Indigenous Elders, scholars, judges and lawyers and in fact, nearly a week later, I continue to absorb and process what I heard about reconciliation in the context of Indigenous law and culture, criminal justice, child protection, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Persons and more.
Although our criminal justice system is considered one of the best in the world, it remains the case that wrongful convictions and miscarriages of justice can and do occur, especially in the context of allegations of sexual offences.
Although stated in the criminal context, Justice Nordheimer stated last year in R. v Moodie,
Volokh concludes that «Justice Kennedy's Hiibel opinion suggests that «Kennedy sees strong government interests in the state knowing who it's dealing with, at least in the criminal law context.
Aaron Street: Yeah I mean I think this can be taken too far, so if you had an example like Brad where he only represents criminal defendants and therefore there's no risk of him having a conflict come through the site when he's getting actual information about actual cases, but you could see in a litigation, let's say a family law lawyer, if their website were trying to collect information to provide tools as both an intake and access to justice solution that you potentially run into tremendous conflicts of interest problems there and I think obviously any lawyer considering pursuing this for their firm should think through the implications of their particular situation, but I think what Brad's doing is awesome in the context of his criminal law practice and I think there are versions of a similar model that could be used in something like your debt collection defense practice or a small business startup practice or an estate planning practice, but that doesn't mean that it's a model that should be replicated by every lawyer in every practice.
The search for the legislative intention in the context of criminal justice legislation makes unreasonable demands on the intellectual efforts of judges and lawyers.
a broad range of issues relating to the structure of the government and to civil rights and civil liberties — ranging from racial justice to federalism from the right to privacy to the separation of powers from the right to vote to the role of juries — have a unique impact and import in the context of the criminal justice system.
Without being exhaustive, the danger to the administration of justice is likely to be at its most acute in the context of criminal trials e.g., where witnesses who are out of court may be informed of what has already happened in court and so coached or briefed before they then give evidence, or where information posted on, for instance, Twitter about inadmissible evidence may influence members of a jury.
Orin, I read the text and some Eighth Amendment precedents to place substantive constitutional limit on certain types of extreme criminal punishments, and I am eager for the Justices to develop those limits more robustly in the context on very long terms of imprisonment.
In spite of the lack of meaningful engagement by MAG, in summer 2011, CLHE provided MAG with a Report and Recommendations based on community and expert consultations conducted by CLHE around the province with people living with HIV, communities affected by HIV, legal, public health, criminal justice and scientific experts, health care providers, and advocates for women's rights in the context of sexual violence and the criminal justice system.
In the context of compelled interviews with the SFO under section 2 of the Criminal Justice Act 1987, this principle was confirmed in R v. Lord and others.11 In this case the SFO challenged a witness's choice of lawyer on the basis that it was the same lawyer that represented a corporate suspect in the same investigation.
Canadian viewers captivated by the series can now tune in to The Docket, a weekly podcast by Michael Spratt, an Ottawa - based criminal defence lawyer, and Emilie Taman, a prosecutor, who discuss the series in the context of access to justice and the differences between the Canadian and American criminal justice systems.
In the criminal context, Article 6 of the European Convention on Human Rights provides that everyone has a right «to defend himself in person or through legal assistance of his own choosing or, if he has not sufficient means to pay for legal assistance, to be given it free when the interests of justice so require.»
The LLM in International Human Rights Law provides students with a comprehensive insight into the legalframework of human rights protection, and engages students in the practice and policy context of human rights.Students chose from a range of modules, including Refugee Protection, International Criminal Justice, Gender and Law, International Humanitarian Law, Migration Law and Trafficking, Business and Human Rights, European Human Rights Law, Children's Rights, Counter-terrorism.
Access to justice issues are typically discussed in the context of criminal, family, or civil law.
Absolute privilege will also extend beyond the criminal context, to certain enquiries made in connection with proceedings before a tribunal, the proceedings of which are protected by absolute privilege (i.e., tribunals acting in a manner similar to that in which a court of justice acts).
Moreover, because of all the buzz about Miers» religion and how this background might bespeak a new right on sentencing issues, broader public examination of the criminal justice system in the context of the Miers» nomination holds some hope of avoiding the usual knee - jerk right / left discussion of being tough or soft on crime.
* The proposals in the bill do relate to different recommendations made by the Law Commission in a previous report; for the full context see Criminal Justice and Courts Bill — Commons Library Research Paper pp. 42 - 44 and 47, 20 February 2014.
As we have come to expect from Justice Moldaver, it is a plain language decision giving practical guidance to the sentencing judge in the context of the realities of our criminal justice Justice Moldaver, it is a plain language decision giving practical guidance to the sentencing judge in the context of the realities of our criminal justice justice system.
Even in the context of the criminal justice system, legal aid and funding tied to s. 15 of the Charter will often be inadequate to advance substantive equality claims — particularly when the litigation targets systemic injustices.
Over twenty years ago, Chief Justice McLachlin made the following comment in the criminal law context (before she was Chief Justice) that are still relevant for administrative tribunal decision - makers (R. v. Burns, 1994 CanLII 127 at page 664):
In a criminal justice specific context, New Zealand has also adopted restorative justice approaches, such as conferencing, diversionary programs and community - based orders to deal with some offences committed by juveniles and adults.
For a recent analysis of the status of Indigenous criminal justice, including juvenile justice, across Australia in the context of an evaluation of the implementation of the RCADIC recommendations, see Cunneen, C. and McDonald, D., Keeping Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander People out of Custody, 1997.
This is primarily due to the context in which this issue arises - namely, the significant over-representation of Indigenous women (and men) in criminal justice systems and the rising rate of this over-representation over the past decade.
It emphasised the need to build Aboriginal community capacity and supporting Indigenous governance mechanisms in order to recognise, strengthen and provide support to Aboriginal Customary Law, particularly within the context of criminal justice and family violence issues.
[11] This identifies the challenge to find solutions for Indigenous people being victims of crime, within the context of addressing the over-representation of Indigenous people in criminal justice processes.
The relevance of building Aboriginal community capacity and supporting Indigenous governance mechanisms in order to recognise, strengthen and provide support to Aboriginal Customary Law, particularly within the context of criminal justice and family violence issues; and
In the context of this sad anniversary, the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs released their report, Doing Time - Time for Doing, Indigenous youth in the criminal justice system.
Discussions of customary law in policy and legislative contexts usually concentrate on its interface with the criminal justice system, with occasional acknowledgements of its relevance to land, resource, and heritage issues.
Within this context, community justice mechanisms form an integral component of Indigenous governance, particularly in addressing the high rates of Indigenous over-representation in the criminal justice system.