Aboriginal Peoples and the Criminal Justice System
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Jonathan Rudin
Description
Paper written for the Ipperwash Inquiry into the death of Dudley George.
Examines the vicarious liability claims of churches and the federal government for the actions of school employees.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.9.
Reports on compensation legislation for child abuse cases and how inequitable settlements have been inadequate.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.5.
Examines the decision by the Court of Appeal regarding the violation of Cree rights by the Canadian and Quebec governments.
Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.11.
Looks at the case R v. O'Connor, the Appeal Court's decision to overturn the original conviction and the Indigenous Healing Circle sentence.