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Panel 5: Access To Justice, Janet E. Mosher, Trevor C. W. Farrow, Michael J. Trebilcock, Lorne Sossin
Panel 5: Access To Justice, Janet E. Mosher, Trevor C. W. Farrow, Michael J. Trebilcock, Lorne Sossin
Janet Mosher
PANEL V: ACCESS TO JUSTICE: Moderator: Lorne Sossin, Dean, Osgoode Hall Law School; Speaker: Janet Mosher, Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, "Access to Justice Amid Threats of Contagion"; Speaker: Trevor Farrow, Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, "What is Access to Justice?"; Discussant: Michael Trebilcock, Professor, Faculty of Law, University of Toronto.
Accessing Justice Amid Threats Of Contagion, Janet E. Mosher
Accessing Justice Amid Threats Of Contagion, Janet E. Mosher
Janet Mosher
Plans to prepare for a global pandemic have proliferated in recent years, and “legal preparedness” has emerged as a critical component of such plans. Commonly, the threat of disease is analogized to terrorism and recast as an issue of national security. In this framing, laws authorizing surveillance, containment, and forced treatment are understood as necessary. Law’s promise of protection against abuses in the exercise of such powers through procedural rights of review offers meagre comfort for critics concerned that individual liberties will readily yield to national security and public health in the context of an actual pandemic. An alternative framing …