Honest Scales: Challenging Structural Discrimination in Alberta v. Hutterite Brethren of Wilson Colony
The decision in Alberta and Hutterite Brethren of Wilson Colony refocused attention on the role played by the final limb of the Oakes test when considering the proportionality of the limitation of a Charter right. This article seeks to re-examine this decision and challenge the structural discrimina...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2019]
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Journal of law, religion and state
Year: 2019, Volume: 7, Issue: 3, Pages: 305-336 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Alberta
/ Hutterian Brethren
/ Religious freedom
/ Collective right
/ Strukturelle Diskriminierung
/ Jurisdiction
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy KBQ North America KDH Christian sects XA Law |
| Further subjects: | B
Proportionality
B group rights B Charter of Rights and Responsibilities B Freedom Of Religion |
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| Summary: | The decision in Alberta and Hutterite Brethren of Wilson Colony refocused attention on the role played by the final limb of the Oakes test when considering the proportionality of the limitation of a Charter right. This article seeks to re-examine this decision and challenge the structural discrimination it created by requiring minorities whose belief gives a religious value to a facially utilitarian practice which may not be apparent when considered from a secular perspective. In particular it examines the potential benefits of allowing a liberal perspective of group rights to inform the weight courts’ give to the detriment faced by a community and argues that this revised approach to balancing would result in outcomes more reflective of the values codified in the Charter. |
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| ISSN: | 2212-4810 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of law, religion and state
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/22124810-00703003 |