Three-way legal philosophy partnership between Osgoode, York and McMaster promises new research collaborations

Yorks's Osgoode Hall Law School and the departments of philosophy at York and McMaster University have recently joined forces to facilitate academic collaborations in the field of legal philosophy. The Ontario Legal Philosophy Partnership (OLPP), which celebrates its founding with a launch reception on Friday, May 13 in the Great Hall of McMaster’s University Club, is the […]

Professor Alan Young calls appeal of prostitution-decriminalization ruling ‘knee-jerk’

Last September, Justice Susan Himel of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice struck down three provisions in Canada's Criminal Code: living off the avails of prostitution; keeping a common bawdy house; and communicating in a public place for the purpose of engaging in prostitution, reported the Kingston Whig-Standard Feb. 18, in a series examining the […]

Student-driven Innocence Project behind preservation of evidence challenge

Osgoode Hall Law School’s Innocence Project, which provides up to 10 Juris Doctor (JD) students every year with supervised clinical work on cases of suspected wrongful conviction, is the driving force behind a constitutional challenge over preservation of evidence in murder cases. The students, who are supervised by Innocence Project Director and Professor Alan Young […]

Professor Richard Litkowski on telling truth from lies: Dangerous to rely on demeanour alone

Can you tell a lie from looking at a face? asked The Globe and Mail June 15: It’s a hotly debated question in the legal community, as the courts decide whether a Toronto sexual assault complainant will be allowed to wear a niqab while testifying. Richard Litkowski, adjunct professor in York’s Osgoode Hall Law School, […]

The dark side of DNA evidence

DNA evidence is popularized in cop and legal dramas as proof of irrefutable guilt, but it's only as solid as the conditions under which it is collected. Alan Young, professor of criminal law in York's Osgoode Hall Law School,  was featured in a Globe & Mail article on the dark side of DNA evidence on […]