Brown Bag Speaker Series: HOW NOT TO HIRE A HITMAN: "The Failure of the Supreme Court of Canada to Protect Battered Women in R. v. Ryan"
Event Date:
Friday, October 17, 2014 - 2:00pm EDT
Event Location:
AT 2019
Event Contact Name:
Dr. Lori Chambers
Event Contact Phone:
807-343-8218
Dr. Nadia Verrelli (Laurentian University) and Prof. Jason Maclean (Lakehead University Faculty of Law) will critique the decision of the Supreme Court of Canada in R. v. Ryan. This court has narrowed the defences available to battered women and thereby failed to protect them from violence.