The Supreme Court of Canada’s decision regarding Nicole Ryan – the Nova
Scotia woman who tried to hire a hit man to kill her husband – has
attracted considerable attention. This is, in part, because of the
dramatic nature of the facts and, in part, because it highlights the
troubling legal position of women who try to escape abusive
relationships. But the Ryan case also underscores the delicate
relationship between the courts and Parliament in the development of the
criminal law. The McLachlin Court’s deferential attitude to Parliament,
long apparent in its constitutional law decisions, is now just as plain
in its approach to criminal law.
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