Law 2101 Lecture 19: Law 2101 - Lecture 19 and 20 - Nov 17 and 22

• School: Western University
• Department: Law
• Course: Law 2101
• Professor: Mysty Sybil Clapton

Document Summary

Lecture 19 and 20 nov 17th, 2016 and nov 22nd, 2016. Four cases: race discrimination: peel law assoc v pieters, gender discrimination: meiorin (bcgseu case, disability discrimination: adga group v lane, family status discrimination: johnstone v canada. Human rights legislation and the charter of rights and freedoms: codes must conform to the charter (vriend, vriend case teacher that was fired because of his sexual orientation. At the ti(cid:373)e, al(cid:271)e(cid:396)ta"s legislatio(cid:374) did(cid:374)"t p(cid:396)ote(cid:272)t people (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause of thei(cid:396) se(cid:454)ual orientation. Case about the charter of rights and freedoms. The individuals rights of protection act subject to the charter. Its inability to protect someone, gave rise to a charter appeal. Human rights legislation and the common law: no common law tort action for discrimination (bhaduaria, bhaduaria case was extremely qualified for the position, but claimed that she was not hired because of her race. Instead of going through with the human rights case, she decided to sue the college and seek damages.