POLS 3130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Group Dynamics, Canadian Civil Liberties Association, Fundamental Justice

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3130
• Professor: Ajay Sharma

Document Summary

Influence public policy: raise profile of an issue, defend political and legal advances against other groups/ government. Judge refuses request and seaboyer committed to trial. Seaboyer and gayme request their committal for trial be quashed. Judge grants requests on grounds that sections 276 and 277 violated the fair-trial guarantees of the charter. Attorney general of ontario appeals to ontario court of appeal. Seaboyer and gayme appeal to the supreme court of canada. Gayme and seaboyer: the supreme court of canada. Introduction of non-governmental interest groups: canadian civil liberties association [ccla, women"s legal education and action fund [leaf] Federal and provincial government intervenors: attorney generals of canada, quebec and sasketchewan. Why did the intervene: not interested in seaboyer and gayme, deeply concerns with rape shield provisions. Sections designed to prevent the cross-examination or introduction of a complainant"s sexual history during trial. Section 276: placed restrictions on use of evidence of a complainant"s previous sexual history.