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: Life of a Law StudentCanadian Constitutional Law #33: Equality Rights
By Erin
In this podcast we will be discussing section 15 of the charter, equality rights. It is important to understand the difference between formal equality (American model) and substantive equality (Canadian model). We will consider the case of Law v Canada, which contains a very thorough analysis of equality rights by Iacobucci J.
Regina v Drybones (1970)
AG Canada v Lavell (1974)
Bliss v Canada (1979)
Law v Canada (1999)
Download Canadian Constitutional Law 33
Full post as published by Life of a Law Student on August 16, 2007 (boomark / email).
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