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Project MUSE®: Latest articles in Canadian Journal of Women and the Law.daily12026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00text/htmlen-USVol. 17 (2005) through current issueLatest Articles: Canadian Journal of Women and the LawTWOProject MUSE®Canadian Journal of Women and the Law1911-02350832-8781Latest articles in Canadian Journal of Women and the Law. Feed provided by Project MUSE®Reasoning from Remedy in R. v Morgentaler
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/972903
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Three-and-a-half decades have passed since the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in R. v Morgentaler,1 yet disagreement persists in both popular and academic circles about whether and the extent to which the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms protects abortion rights.2 Many authors, including myself on prior occasion, have stated that Morgentaler did not substantively protect abortion rights.3 Others have reached the opposite conclusion, arguing that Morgentaler did in fact robustly guarantee abortion rights.4 Much of the confusion about Morgentaler's holding flows from the text of the case itself. Three majority judgments that took different routes to strike down the law lend to the uncertainty about the
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/316/image/coversmallReasoning from Remedy in R. v Morgentaler2025-10-31text/htmlen-USReasoning from Remedy in R. v Morgentaler2025-10-312025TWOProject MUSE®1153622026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002025-10-31Indigenous Women and Benefit Agreements: Contracting for Socio-Economic Benefits with Gender in Mind
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/972904
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The negotiation and implementation of benefit agreements carry significant implications for Indigenous women as they navigate the impacts of resource development on their livelihoods, well-being, and socio-economic roles within communities. Benefit agreements, often identified as impact benefit agreements, mutual benefit agreements, revenue-sharing agreements, and socio-economic agreements, are contracts between Indigenous governments and industry proponents that outline a host of commitments related to a resource development project.1 Buoyed by the Crown's constitutional duty to consult and industry's responsibility to mitigate impacts, benefit agreements have become a significant component of Canadian resource
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/316/image/coversmallIndigenous Women and Benefit Agreements: Contracting for Socio-Economic Benefits with Gender in Mind2025-10-31text/htmlen-USIndigenous Women and Benefit Agreements: Contracting for Socio-Economic Benefits with Gender in Mind2025-10-312025TWOProject MUSE®1562622026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002025-10-31The Murky Circumstances of Consent in Canada: A Commentary on R. v Kirkpatrick
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/972905
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In R. v Kirkpatrick, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) recently weighed in on a case that will have far-reaching consequences for the state of consent and sexual assault in Canada. This case is the latest in a series of decisions interpreting the special rules governing consent in cases of sexual assault (under section 273.1 of the Criminal Code), which had been modified in response to certain lower court decisions in British Columbia.1 While this decision may provide some clarity, consent to sexual activity in Canada is still legally vague. This commentary begins by arguing that the current laws do not sufficiently address differing types of sexual assault and uses the phenomenon of "stealthing" as an example
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/316/image/coversmallThe Murky Circumstances of Consent in Canada: A Commentary on R. v Kirkpatrick2025-10-31text/htmlen-USThe Murky Circumstances of Consent in Canada: A Commentary on R. v Kirkpatrick2025-10-312025TWOProject MUSE®651482026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002025-10-31Left Wanting: A Case Comment on R. v Kirkpatrick
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/972906
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R. v Kirkpatrick offered the Supreme Court of Canada the opportunity to rechampion female autonomy in sexual assault cases by taking an unequivocal stance on consent.1 The complainant, A.B., was a victim of non-consensual condom refusal or removal (NCCRR), known colloquially as "stealthing," where a person removes a condom before or during sexual intercourse without asking their partner's permission. When A.B. and Ross Kirkpatrick met, they had discussed via text that A.B. would only have sex with Kirkpatrick with a condom. After having sex once with a condom, Kirkpatrick nudged A.B. awake and leaned over to the bedside table, where A.B. assumed he put on a condom. Unbeknownst to A.B., Kirkpatrick proceeded to
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/316/image/coversmallLeft Wanting: A Case Comment on R. v Kirkpatrick2025-10-31text/htmlen-USLeft Wanting: A Case Comment on R. v Kirkpatrick2025-10-312025TWOProject MUSE®357992026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002025-10-31Information for Contributors
https://muse.jhu.edu/article/972907
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The editors invite submission of article-length manuscripts, comments, notes, book reviews, information on Canadian and international events of interest, and contributions of historical interest that might appropriately be published in the Canadian Journal of Women and the Law (CJWL). The CJWL is bilingual and solicits original contributions in French and English. It is expected that manuscripts submitted to the CJWL have not been, and will not be, submitted elsewhere until a decision has been made by the CJWL, unless special arrangements have been made with the editors. The Journal cannot pay authors. Each author receives a free copy of the issue in which her article appears.Send an electronic copy of the
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https://muse.jhu.edu/article/972908
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La Revue Femmes et Droit invite toutes les personnes intéressées à soumettre des articles, des commentaires, des notes, des recensions, des analyses historiques, sociologiques ou socio-économiques, traitant de près ou de loin des droits des femmes au plan national ou international, en vue de leur publication. La Revue, qui est une publication bilingue, accepte des textes inédits dans les deux langues officielles, soit le français et l'anglais. Les textes présentés à la Revue ne doivent pas être soumis ailleurs tant qu'une décision n'a pas été rendue par la Revue, à moins d'entente spéciale avec les rédactrices. Nous ne sommes pas en mesure de payer les autrices ou les auteurs ; nous leur offrons toutefois une copie
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Project MUSE®https://muse.jhu.edu/2026-05-14T00:00:00-05:00https://muse.jhu.edu/journal/316/image/coversmallRenseignements généraux2025-10-31text/htmlen-USRenseignements généraux2025-10-312025TWOProject MUSE®27502026-05-14T00:00:00-05:002025-10-31