Criminal Defence Lawyer's Forum
The Criminal Defence Lawyer’s Forum provides a medium for members of the Calgary Criminal Defence Lawyer’s Association to express themselves on issues in criminal justice in Canada. The Forum exists to promote thoughtful debate and education through contributions offered by an academically diverse defence bar.
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In Defence of our System of Justice (by David Andrews)
If his killers weren’t released on bail, Keni Su’a would be alive today! In the light of any tragedy we can always point to something, if it had been different, would have caused a different result.In this case, we learned that the first, and ultimately second but not the third individuals charged w...
In Alberta, First They Came (by David G. Chow)
In Germany, they came first for the Communists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist;And then they came for the trade unionists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist;And then they came for the Jews, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew;And then... they came f...
The Philosopher's Defence (by Weston Rudd)
Okay, I'll forgive you if you didn't like my catchy title. I won't forgive you, however, if quit reading this post because of my painfully obvious deficiency in the humour department.While not likely humorous, this post is supposed to be thought provoking, and tries to accomplish this by asking a...
The Alberta Initiative Against Privacy (by David Andrews)
I don’t usually pay a lot of attention to our Provincial Government. Given that the electors in Alberta prefer near unanimous consent among their legislators and Provinces don’t have the power to legislate in the area of Criminal Law, I haven’t seen much need to pay attention. I suppose I should, gi...
A. Alan Borovoy - In Defence of Civil Liberties (by David Andrews)
I am sitting in my office this afternoon feeling unmotivated when I have no real excuse. It is the last day of April and I have a significant enough tax bill to cause me to reflect on both my good fortune and how hard I am going to have to work to pay it (I know spend less, save more would solve...
Madame Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin² (by David G. Chow)
A fictional news-story with real possibility[i]:Madame Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin²Move over Dolly[ii], local biotechnology laboratory Doppelganger has made a colossal leap for humankind, creating Canada's first ever human clone from abandoned DNA collected from garbage. Since the Supreme ...
Making Bad - The Big Brother Relationship Between Regulating Behaviour and the Infosphere (By David G. Chow)
It’s 10:21am in Puerto Vallarta. The sun smiles upon the ocean lapping gleefully against the sugary sands. From my twenty-fourth floor perch I watch a man with sun drenched skin sporting a tangled web of dishevelled dreadlocks emerge from a pop-tent erected just meters away from waves licking the c...
The Wrong Way of Worldmaking: One Lawyer's Opinion About the Dziekanski Inquiry (by David G. Chow)
"A possible world is given by the descriptive conditions we associate with it"[i]. But as Nelson Goodman queries: "In just what sense are there many worlds? What distinguishes genuine from spurious worlds? What are world's made of? How are they made? ... And how is worldmaking related to...
Wolf in Sheep's Clothing - Advocates as Experts (by David G. Chow)
The genesis of the Inquiry into Pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario (the Goudge Inquiry) originated with the shocking discovery that renowned pathologist Dr. Charles Smith had drawn erroneous conclusions in several infant death cases resulting in wrongful convictions. As outlined in the Chief...
Remembering Freedom: The Doctrine and the Myth of Officer Safety (by Gregory R. Dunn)
As a bit of a military enthusiast I religiously attend or watch the annual Remembrance Day celebrations to honor the service men and women who were instrumental keeping this country free. This November 11th, my wife and I were watching the national ceremony in Ottawa on television. In the prelude...
