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Mens Rea In Corpore Reo: An Exploration Of The Rapists Charter, M. R. Goode
Mens Rea In Corpore Reo: An Exploration Of The Rapists Charter, M. R. Goode
Dalhousie Law Journal
The issue of rape has long been at the forefront of the feminist movement. Legal doctrine and legal procedure relevant to rape have been strongly attacked by a variety of critics.' The most obvious recent trend has been a movement from the traditional liberal concern with the protection of the accused from unjustified conviction, to victim-oriented efforts which are designed to ensure that the number of guilty offenders who evade responsibility for rape is reduced as much as possible. 2 The bases of calls for victim orientation have ranged from the view, most eloquently expressed by Susan Brownmiller, that the …
Directing The Development Of A University Centre Of Criminology, John Li. J. Edwards
Directing The Development Of A University Centre Of Criminology, John Li. J. Edwards
Dalhousie Law Journal
The original sod out of which the University of Toronto's Centre of Criminology grew was a proposal that I drew up while teaching a course in criminology as part of the LL.B. curriculum in the Faculty of Law at Dalhousie University in 1958-59.1 The proposal reviewed the extent of criminological teaching and research in Canada, and drew particular attention to the lack of implementation of the recommendations of the Fauteux Committee - a committee established in 1956 by the Canadian federal government to study the country's penal system and to make recommendations for change and improvement. 2 In its report, …
Revision And Codification Of Penal Law In The United States, Herbert Wechsler
Revision And Codification Of Penal Law In The United States, Herbert Wechsler
Dalhousie Law Journal
I am honored by the invitation to address you and happy to join in. your tribute to the memory of Horace Read. Dean Read was a pioneer in the perception that this is d legislative age, one of the greatest legislative eras of all time. He was concerned that lawyers be equipped to deal effectively with the ever growing corpus of the statutory law and he made valuable contributions to that end. Whether the larger legislative role in the development of law that he depicted and foresaw was a phenomenon that he regarded with approval or regret, I must confess …