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Against Judicial Activism

The Decline of Freedom and Democracy in Canada

by (author) Rory Leishman

Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press
Initial publish date
Apr 2006
Category
Courts
  • Hardback

    ISBN
    9780773530546
    Publish Date
    Apr 2006
    List Price
    $50.00
  • eBook

    ISBN
    9780773577312
    Publish Date
    Apr 2006
    List Price
    $44.95

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Against Judicial Activism cites numerous cases to support this argument. For instance, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal and Supreme Court read a ban on discrimination on the ground of transsexualism as being part of the province's human rights code. On the basis of this revision of the law, the tribunal ordered the Vancouver Rape Relief Society to pay $7,500 to a transsexual man in compensation for refusing to admit him into a training course for rape crisis counsellors.

About the author

Rory Leishman is a former lecturer, political science, University of Western Ontario, the national affairs columnist for The London Free Press, and a frequent contributor to newspapers and magazines across Canada. He lives in Canada.

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