LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Henry Morgentaler, Authoritarianism, Peremptory Challenge
27 Apr 2019
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Power to power - so that the interest may be balanced. The jury acts as a check and balance in the administration that we have today. Jury lawlessness is the corrective of law in its actual administration - dean pound, Know the story of morgentaler and the debate about abortion. He practiced in this clinic, which was invaded by police officers and what happened was that he won 3 times but that was because he was on appeal by the court of. He was in jail for 10 months; he had a heart attack. Wilson j : by removing women"s ability to make the decision and by giving it to a committee would be a clear violation of their liberty and security of person. Wilson scathingly noted that the state is effectively taking control of a woman"s capability to reproduce. A dissent was written by mclntrye j. with la forest j. concurring.
