Category Archives: Criminal

Police Record Checks in Alberta

Posted on April 17, 2020 by Jennifer Taylor

By: Jennifer Taylor PDF Version: Police Record Checks in Alberta Paper Commented On: Alberta Law Reform Institute, Police Record Checks: Preliminary Research (March 2020) The Alberta Law Reform Institute (ALRI) recently published a paper on police record checks. The paper: examines … Continue reading →

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Being in the Moment: An Analysis of the Supreme Court of Canada’s Decision in R v Chung

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Lisa Silver

By: Lisa Silver PDF Version: Being in the Moment: An Analysis of the Supreme Court of Canada’s Decision in R v Chung Case Commented On: R v Chung, 2020 SCC 8 (Can LII) Mindfulness, according to Jon Kabat-Zinn, the founder … Continue reading →

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Alberta Court of Appeal Restores Access to Habeas Corpus

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Jonnette Watson Hamilton

By: Jonnette Watson Hamilton PDF Version: Alberta Court of Appeal Restores Access to Habeas Corpus Case Commented On: Wilcox v Alberta, 2020 ABCA 104 (CanLII) (Wilcox CA) This Court of Appeal decision is significant for a number of reasons. Most … Continue reading →

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What is the Threshold for Entrapment?

Posted on March 18, 2020 by KMizutani

By: Kenryo Mizutani PDF Version: What is the Threshold for Entrapment? Case Commented On: R v Turgeon-Myers, 2019 ABQB 493 In the heist film “Entrapment,” Mac, a professional thief (played by Sean Connery), says, “I don’t like surprises.” Gin, an … Continue reading →

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Does the Criminal Law Have the Capacity to Respond to the Intoxicated Automaton?

Posted on March 13, 2020 by Lisa Silver

By: Lisa Silver PDF Version: Does the Criminal Law Have the Capacity to Respond to the Intoxicated Automaton? Case Commented On: R v Brown, 220 ABQB 166 I am at the point in my 1L criminal law class where we … Continue reading →

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