Canada has joined a small group of countries and U.S. states with an assisted dying law. This issue looks at the new law and how Canada came to this enormous change in social, health and legal policy.
Volume 40-6 July / Aug. 2016
Table of Contents
Featured Articles: Medical Assistance in Dying
Special Report: Students and the Law
Departments
Columns
Featured Articles: Medical Assistance in Dying
Medical Assistance in Dying: From Rodriguez to Bill C-14
Juliana Ho
Much has changed in Canada since the Supreme Court of Canada turned down Sue Rodriguez’ plea for help to end her life.
Ashley Ferguson
Canada had the benefit of looking at some other countries and U.S. states when drafting its own law about medically assisted dying.
Medical Assistance in Dying: An Enormous Change in Canadian Social Policy
Teresa Mitchell
Here is a look at the most important features of Canada’s Medical Assistance in Dying Act.
Medically Assisted Death Offers Options
Charles Davison
Medical Assistance in Dying creates the opportunity for Canadians to choose their responses to grievous health situations.
Critiques of Assisted Dying
Peter Bowal and Paulami Saha
When the sanctity of life is displaced by a culture of respectable voluntary death, this change in attitude could eventually disrupt the personal autonomy of the living.
Special Report: Students and the Law
Students and Income Tax: It Can Be a Good Thing!
Gunnar Rawe
Students can benefit from many different provisions in the Income Tax Act.
A-Loan in the Dark
Elizabeth Chen
Students should always read the fine print. What you don’t know can hurt you!
Departments
Benchpress
Teresa Mitchell
Columns
Family Law
Sarah Dargatz
Changes to Child Support Applications
Human Rights Law
Linda McKay-Panos
Same-Sex families in some Canadian Provinces Still Face Discrimination Challenges
Debit and Creditor Law
Doug Hoyes
What Types of Proceedings Can You file Under the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act?
Not-for-Profit Law
Peter Broder
Bad Scholarship?
Criminal Law
Melody Izadi
The Production of Cell Tower Records Breaches Canadians’ Privacy Rights
Famous Cases
Peter Bowal and James Rose
Rasouli: Withdrawal of Medical Treatment
Law and Literature
Rob Normey
Stranger than You Can Imagine takes the reader on a Tour of the Tumultuous 20th Century