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Tag: Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Trial Court Upholds Most of Canada’s Anti-Polygamy Law (Religion Clause blog)
Law Professor Howard Friedman reports on his Religion Clause blog: Excerpt: In Canada, the Supreme Court of British Columbia (the province’s superior trial court) today upheld most of Canada’s anti-polygamy law (Sec. 293 of Criminal Code of Canada) against challenges to it brought under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. The suit was brought…