Osgoode Research Lunch Seminar: The Rule of Law on Trial - Police Powers, Public Protest and the G20
Apr 9, 2012, 12:30pm-2pm
Abstract
This paper will consider how ill-defined police powers served to facilitate the suspension of civil liberties during the G20 in Toronto and the ongoing challenge this poses for the constitutional rights of freedom expression and freedom of association. In short, the author will argue that relatively elastic police powers are the principal legal culprit in what transpired, legitimizing police action and providing authorities with the legal tools they required to subvert public protest. The implications for the integrity of the Rule of Law of permitting this state of affairs to persist will be considered, as will the need for comprehensive legislative reform to explicitly balance the sometimes competing interests of public safety and public protest.
Please RSVP:
www.osgoode.yorku.ca/research/rsvp.
Event Code: JamesS2012 by
Professor James Stribopolous
Osgoode Hall Law School
The Rule of Law on Trial: Police Powers, Public Protest and the G20
| Location: | 2027 Osgoode Hall Law School |
| Sponsor: | Osgoode Hall Law School |
| Posted by: | Jody-Ann Rowe-Butler |
| Web Site | http://www.osgoode.yorku.ca/research/rsvp |
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