CANCELLED - Section 12 of the Charter: Should Corporations Be Protected from Cruel and Unusual Punishment?
We regret to announce that this conference has been cancelled.
In , the Quebec Court of Appeal ruled that corporations enjoy protection from 鈥渃ruel and unusual punishment鈥�, whereas the dissent found that legal persons do not benefit from this protection. Should this constitutional protection only be applied to preserve human dignity? Or should disproportionate fines that push corporations into bankruptcy be considered unconstitutional?
The appeal of this case was recently heard by the Supreme Court of Canada, in January of this year. In this appeal, the Canadian Constitution Foundation (CCF) and the Canadian Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) presented two competing answers to this question.
Me Alyssa Tomkins, representing the position of the CCLA, and Me Joanna Baron, BCL/LLB'12, representing the position of the CCF, will argue the case for the applicability of s.12 of the Charter to corporations under the vigilant moderation of Prof. V铆ctor Mu帽iz-Fraticelli.
Organized by the Runnymede Society student club.
