POLS 3130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Henry Morgentaler, Fundamental Justice, The Crowns

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3130
• Professor: Dave Snow

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Judge: s. 251 cc does not violate charter. 1985: ontario court of appeal (s. 96: 251 cc does not violate the charter. Violate s. 7 of charter, not saved by s. 1. Morge(cid:374)taler(cid:859)s la(cid:449)yer (cid:894)ma(cid:374)(cid:374)i(cid:374)g(cid:895) argues: violates life, liberty, security of the person. Li(cid:271)erty i(cid:374)(cid:272)ludes the right to go(cid:448)er(cid:374) o(cid:374)e(cid:859)s (cid:271)ody. Security of the person includes psychological security: principles of fundamental justice include substantive due process. The cro(cid:449)(cid:374)(cid:859)s (cid:272)ase: 7 pfjs = procedural, not substantive protections. Manning wanted to ask jurors 25 questions. Limited by judge to 3, all about abortion (cid:862)mrs. , ms. , or miss? (cid:863) married more likely to be pro-life. All 132 potential jurors questioned: most set aside or challenged, manning used jury selection experts. Final jury: 6 men, 6 women: 6 married, 6 unmarried. Conspiracy case agreement to commit a crime: evidence this way true. Crown had historical facts, but also made emotional appeal to jury.