WHEN DISCIPLINES COLLIDE: POLYGAMY AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES ON TRIAL

This article draws on the Supreme Court of British Columbia’s Reference re: Section 293 of the Criminal Code of Canada [the Polygamy Reference] as a concrete example of the benefits and limitations of intense judicial reliance on social science evidence in the adjudication of constitutional rights a...

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Main Author: Jodi Lazare
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Windsor 2015-02-01
Series:Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice
Online Access:http://ojs.uwindsor.ca/ojs/leddy/index.php/WYAJ/article/view/4516