Judicial iconoclasm--tipping sacred cows.(Feature Report on Landmark Cases)

From: LawNow | Date: November 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Landmark cases: cases which have changed the legal and social landscape of Canada. It is clear judgments may constitute landmark decisions in the social context of their time such as the Persons Case (Edwards v. Canada (Attorney General), 1930)--where the Privy Council determined that women were eligible to be appointed to the Senate--but may not seem so very startling to our modern sensibilities. Although the Privy Council in Edwards did not embrace the concept of the rights of women, the decision marks an early incremental change to the systemic prejudice against women. Today ...

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