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Constitutions aim to be unifying documents that reflect a people's common values and grand ideals. On the latest Verdicts & Voices, Alexandre Forest and Stéphane Beaulac argue that the Quebec government's proposed new constitution is anything but: bit.ly/3MoHvGl
December 3, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Constitutions aim to be unifying documents that reflect a people's common values and grand ideals. On the latest Verdicts & Voices, Alexandre Forest and Stéphane Beaulac argue that the Quebec government's proposed new constitution is anything but: bit.ly/3MoHvGl
On the latest Verdicts & Voices, @unsr-judges.bsky.social of @nyulaw.bsky.social discusses her work as UN watchdog for the independence of legal professionals. She's seen attacks on the rule of law around the world, and she has ideas about how to defend it.
🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/3JizdPn
🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/3JizdPn
November 12, 2025 at 2:55 PM
On the latest Verdicts & Voices, @unsr-judges.bsky.social of @nyulaw.bsky.social discusses her work as UN watchdog for the independence of legal professionals. She's seen attacks on the rule of law around the world, and she has ideas about how to defend it.
🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/3JizdPn
🎧 Listen now: bit.ly/3JizdPn
Law professors Gideon Christian and Jake Effoduh say Canada's Artificial Intelligence Task Force has a glaring omission: Black people. On a new Verdicts & Voices, they discuss the risks of racial bias in AI and argue the inclusion of Black experts is key to mitigation.
🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/3JFSLNs
🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/3JFSLNs
November 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Law professors Gideon Christian and Jake Effoduh say Canada's Artificial Intelligence Task Force has a glaring omission: Black people. On a new Verdicts & Voices, they discuss the risks of racial bias in AI and argue the inclusion of Black experts is key to mitigation.
🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/3JFSLNs
🎧 Listen here: bit.ly/3JFSLNs
🎧 Ottawa's Bill C-14 aims to make bail stricter and impose harsher sentences on repeat offenders, but criminal lawyer Daniel Lerner questions whether this approach will really help curb crime -- and whether corporate lobbying has played too big a role: bit.ly/48Qbwbt
October 31, 2025 at 3:04 PM
🎧 Ottawa's Bill C-14 aims to make bail stricter and impose harsher sentences on repeat offenders, but criminal lawyer Daniel Lerner questions whether this approach will really help curb crime -- and whether corporate lobbying has played too big a role: bit.ly/48Qbwbt
In case you missed it ➡️
On the latest Verdicts & Voices, the CBA's Criminal Law Section chair Melanie Webb reacts to the feds' Bail and Sentencing Reform Act and argues that our bail system needs more capacity, streamlined procedures, and better social services – not new legislation: bit.ly/48Qbwbt
On the latest Verdicts & Voices, the CBA's Criminal Law Section chair Melanie Webb reacts to the feds' Bail and Sentencing Reform Act and argues that our bail system needs more capacity, streamlined procedures, and better social services – not new legislation: bit.ly/48Qbwbt
October 30, 2025 at 5:25 PM
In case you missed it ➡️
On the latest Verdicts & Voices, the CBA's Criminal Law Section chair Melanie Webb reacts to the feds' Bail and Sentencing Reform Act and argues that our bail system needs more capacity, streamlined procedures, and better social services – not new legislation: bit.ly/48Qbwbt
On the latest Verdicts & Voices, the CBA's Criminal Law Section chair Melanie Webb reacts to the feds' Bail and Sentencing Reform Act and argues that our bail system needs more capacity, streamlined procedures, and better social services – not new legislation: bit.ly/48Qbwbt