Safety Valves: A Band-Aid Solution to the Ills of Mandatory Minimums?

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dc.contributor.advisorBerger, Benjamin L.
dc.contributor.authorSayed, Venus
dc.date.accessioned2022-12-14T16:40:01Z
dc.date.available2022-12-14T16:40:01Z
dc.date.copyright2022-09-19
dc.date.issued2022-12-14
dc.date.updated2022-12-14T16:40:01Z
dc.degree.disciplineLaw
dc.degree.levelMaster's
dc.degree.nameLLM - Master of Laws
dc.description.abstractThis work examines the Supreme Court of Canada’s statutory safety valve proposal in the case of R. v. Lloyd as a solution to the problems presented by mandatory minimum sentences. The thesis develops a safety valve matrix which allows various valves to be plotted along broad-narrow and high-low discretion matrices. Following a review of the development of exemptions in Canadian jurisprudence, the paper then takes a comparative approach of analysis to look at three similarly placed jurisdictions – Australia, the United States and the United Kingdom. By examining the statutory safety valves in use in these jurisdictions, this work concludes that a broad, high-discretion safety valve may be most effective in the Canadian context.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/40758
dc.languageen
dc.rightsAuthor owns copyright, except where explicitly noted. Please contact the author directly with licensing requests.
dc.subjectLaw
dc.subject.keywordsCriminal law
dc.subject.keywordsConstitutional law
dc.subject.keywordsMandatory minimum sentences
dc.subject.keywordsSentencing
dc.subject.keywordsSafety valves
dc.subject.keywordsExemptions
dc.subject.keywordsCharter
dc.titleSafety Valves: A Band-Aid Solution to the Ills of Mandatory Minimums?
dc.typeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation

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