LAWS 1000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: False Imprisonment, Verdict, Social Science
18 Feb 2017
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Lecture 5 - juries: v. morgentaler [1993] Wilson j by removing the women"s ability to make the decision and 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 capacity to reproduce. A dissent was written by mcintyre j. with la forest j. concurring mcintyre finds that there is no right to abortions in section 7 nor any other laws. An ancient welsh king morgan of glamorgan established trial by jury in ad 725. Was most likely imported to england with the normand conquest, found in the magna carta. First used as a source of information, under oath, during a trial. Before the 12th century, most trial was by ordeal water, fire, etc. Made it way in canada in the mid-17th century. The canadian charter of right and freedom, section 11(f)
