The Charter and Protection against Wrongful Conviction: Good, Bad or Irrelevant?

This paper asks whether the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, as interpreted over the past 25 years, has made a positive contribution to the protection afforded in Canadian law against wrongful conviction. The paper argues that while the Charter has made a positive contribution in a couple of...

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Autor principal: Sherrin, Christopher (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Libro
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Publicado: 2008
En:Año: 2008
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