On Driving Offences
Shortcuts to justice naturally find appeal in a society where courts are congested, felons go free on technicalities and punishments frequently do not fit crimes. But it is surely more […]
On the Law of Evidence (changes to the Criminal Code)
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association gives tentative approval to the majority of recommendations contained in the first four study papers on the Law of Evidence recently issued by the Federal […]
The implications of the Lavell case
Sections 5 to 16 of the Indian Act deal with the “Definition and Registration of Indians”. The sections provide that everyone on the band lists created after the Indian Actamendments […]
Legal position of the Crown, a Law Reform Commission working paper
This study is an exhaustive review of the law regarding Crown liability and immunity, with the exception of the problem of liability for costs in criminal cases where the Crown […]
Abortion Policy (1972)
The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association recommends that all reference to abortion be removed from the Criminal Code. In particular, it recommends the appeal of sections 159(2)(c), 221, 251 and […]
Fire Underwriters’ Investigation Bureau
The B.C. Civil Liberties Association received complaints that the seven or eight investigators working for the Fire Underwriter’s Investigation Bureau in British Columbia are provided with what is, or should […]
Capital punishment
But if either direct punishment, the fear of it, be what deters men from a vicious and criminal course of life, and not the turpitude of the thing itself, then […]
Classification of motion pictures
The Director appointed to administer the B.C. Motion Pictures Act has the power not only to classify films (sec. 5a), but also to cut them (5b) and to prohibit their showing altogether […]
Orders In Council and their Constitutional validity, and the question of Locus Standi before the Courts
British Columbia Civil Liberties Association has been involved in a lawsuit that was initiated as a result of Order in Council of the British Columbia legislature number 3560, which states: […]
Reform of B.C. Supreme Court Rules
The proposal for amendments of the rules goes from a consideration of the general nature of the Court system right through to a detailed discussion of all the various steps […]