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“THE CHOICE IS CRUEL”: ASSISTED SUICIDE AND CHARTER RIGHTS IN CANADA

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 July 2015

Stephanie Palmer
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IN a groundbreaking decision, the Supreme Court of Canada in Carter v Canada (Attorney General) 2015 SCC 5 has declared the criminal law measures prohibiting the provision of assistance in dying unconstitutional. In doing so, the Supreme Court unanimously overruled its previous decision (Rodriguez v British Columbia (Attorney-General) [1993] 3 S.C.R. 519) upholding the blanket prohibition on assisted suicide.

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The Cambridge Law Journal , Volume 74 , Issue 2 , July 2015 , pp. 191 - 194
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Copyright © Cambridge Law Journal and Contributors 2015 

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