LAW 142 Lecture 11: LAW 201 – November 22
Document Summary
Law 201 introduction to canadian law; nov. 22, 2016. Purchasing sex is still illegal: no country has decriminalized it through the courts except canada, concerns to sex workers. Increases access to justice: reasons for decriminalization. Challenges state control over body and sexuality. Increases access to health services: prostitution was illegal since the founding of canada, robert picton was convicted of murdering 6 women, and an additional 20 murders. Killed sex workers in vancouver on his pig farm. Processed the remains and did it with the police knowing what he was up to: exchange of sex was legal, but: Can"t do sex work together: challenged in bedford case: Can"t live off someone"s money from prostitution. Can"t stop people and offer sex: took many affidavits from sex workers, asked how laws affected them, how could they be improved. Section 7 is most important in criminal law: workers were easily able to show the law violated this section.
