Beyond the Myths

Equality, Impartiality, and Justice

Bibliographic Data

ID7529622
AuthorsClaire L’heureux-Dubé (The Supreme Court of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada., corresponding author)
Year2001
Volume10
Issue1
Pages87-104
Publication date2001-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Social Distress and the Homeless (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1053-0789 • E-ISSN: 1573-658X
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1023/a:1009433703175
OpenAlexW30387997
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited12

Violence against women is as much a matter of equality as it is an offence against human dignity and a violation of human rights. As the Supreme Court of Canada has repeatedly recognized, eliminating myths and stereotypes from the law constitutes an important part of remedying the law’s historically inadequate response to violence against women. The author explores how the concepts of impartiality, equality, and justice shed light on the ways in which myths and stereotypes distort the truth-finding process and perpetuate discrimination. Looking toward the future, further equality-informed legislative amendments, judicial education, and international norms, such as those set out in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979), will provide key means of ensuring that myths and stereotypes are fully and permanently eradicatedfrom the law. The goals of equality and justice for all require nothing less

Dignity · Economic Justice · Human rights · Impartiality · Legislature · Mythology · Political science · Sociology · Supreme court · Law · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies