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DLJ Podcast – Ep 11 – Re-thinking Oaths and Affirmations

Join Charlotte and Colton Fehr, Assistant Professor at Simon Fraser University, as they discuss his recent paper in the DLJ: “Re-thinking the Process for Administering Oaths and Affirmations”

Colton explains the potential for judges and juries to be biased against witnesses based on how they choose to swear to tell the truth. He offers an alternative procedure that reduces the potential for bias but maintains the truth-seeking function of the oath and affirmation process.

Resources:
– Colton’s paper: https://digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/dlj/vol43/iss2/4/
– Colton’s SSRN page: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2637599
– Brian Bornstein & Monica Miller, God in the Courtroom: Religion’s Role at Trial (New York: Oxford University Press, 2009)
-David Tanovich, “J.(T.R.): Time to Remove Religion from the Oath” (2014) 6 CR (7th) 211.

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DLJ Podcast – Episode 07 – Immigration Disability Discrimination with Constance MacIntosh

Join Siobhan and Constance MacIntosh, Associate Professor at the Schulich School of Law, as they discuss disability discrimination in Canada’s immigration system.

Constance discusses the relationship between law and politics, how disability discrimination has been reflected in immigration policy over time, excessive demand provisions, and medical screening and inadmissibility.

Professor MacIntosh’s piece can be found in issue 42:1 of the Dalhousie Law Journal here: https://digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/dlj/vol42/iss1/

Resources mentioned:

Canadian Immigration Law in the Face of a Volatile Politics (co-authored with Sarah Marsden and Colin Grey): digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/dlj/vol4…/iss1/1/

Medical Inadmissibility, and Physically and Mentally Disabled Would-be Immigrants: Canada’s Story Continues: digitalcommons.schulichlaw.dal.ca/dlj/vol4…/iss1/6/

ARCH Disability Law Centre: archdisabilitylaw.ca/

Also available on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/2iGvZ4mya0Xz54tqqMCFwW