Lucinda Vandervort

University of Saskatchewan

Professor

Saskatoon, SK S7N 5A6

Canada

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Scholarly Papers (29)

1.

Affirmative Sexual Consent in Canadian Law, Jurisprudence, and Legal Theory

Columbia Journal of Gender and Law, Vol. 23, No. 2, pp. 395-442, 2012
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 13 Nov 2013
Lucinda Vandervort
University of Saskatchewan
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sexual consent, affirmative consent, voluntary agreement, Canada, equality rights, sexual self-determination, sexual autonomy, jurisprudence, criminal law, law reform, legal theory

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Mistake of Law and Sexual Assault: Consent and Mens Rea

Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 233-309, 1987-1988
Number of pages: 77 Posted: 29 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 26 Aug 2011
Lucinda Vandervort
University of Saskatchewan
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sexual assault, consent, mens rea, mistake of law, defence of belief in consent, self-determination, sexual autonomy, affirmative consent

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Sexual Consent as Voluntary Agreement: Tales of 'Seduction' or Questions of Law?

New Criminal Law Review: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal, Vol. 16, No. 1, pp.143-201, (January, 2013)
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 20 Aug 2012 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2013
Lucinda Vandervort
University of Saskatchewan
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sexual assault, rape, consent, seduction, criminal law, legal reasoning, judicial decision-making, prosecutorial discretion, charging decisions, police decision-making, Canada

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Access to Justice and the Public Interest in the Administration of Justice

University of New Brunswick Law Journal, Vol. 63, 2012
Number of pages: 17 Posted: 18 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 01 Oct 2013
Lucinda Vandervort
University of Saskatchewan
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access to justice, administration of justice, legitecture, public interest, trial process, courts, dispute resolution, communication, fair hearing, institutional design, fact finding, rule of law, reasons for decision, law reform, jurisprudence, Canada

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Honest Beliefs, Credible Lies, and Culpable Awareness: Rhetoric, Inequality, and Mens Rea in Sexual Assault

Osgoode Hall Law Journal, Vol. 42, No. 4, pp. 625-660, 2004
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 12 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2011
Lucinda Vandervort
University of Saskatchewan
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criminal responsibility, sexual assault, consent, mens rea, recklessness, wilful blindness, legal rhetoric

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'Too Young to Sell Me Sex!?' Mens Rea, Mistake of Fact, Reckless Exploitation, and the Underage Sex Worker

Criminal Law Quarterly Volume 58, Issue 3/4, 355-378, May 2012
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 26 Mar 2011 Last Revised: 03 Nov 2013
Lucinda Vandervort
University of Saskatchewan
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sexual assault, sex worker, prostitution, mens rea, statutory rape, reasonable steps, reckless exploitation, inequality, criminal culpability, mistake of fact, statutory bar, prosecutorial discretion, aboriginal, human rights

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HIV, Fraud, Non-Disclosure, Consent and a Stark Choice: Mabior or Sexual Autonomy?

Criminal Law Quarterly, Volume 60, Issue 2, October 2013, pp. 301-320
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 23 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2013
Lucinda Vandervort
University of Saskatchewan
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HIV, consent, non-disclosure, deceit, fraud, Mabior, Hutchinson, sexual assault, sexual autonomy, human rights, equality rights, penal consequences, criminal law, Canada

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Legal Subversion of the Criminal Justice Process? Judicial, Prosecutorial and Police Discretion in Edmondson, Kindrat, and Brown

Chapter 6, SEXUAL ASSAULT IN CANADA: LAW, LEGAL PRACTICE & WOMEN'S ACTIVISM, Elizabeth Sheehy, ed., Ottawa: University of Ottawa Press, 2012, pp. 111-150
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 01 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 22 Aug 2014
Lucinda Vandervort
University of Saskatchewan
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sexual assault law,aboriginal child,prosecutorial discretion,police decision-making,judicial discretion,rule of law,legal reasoning,bias,sexual consent,statutory rape,juries,mistake of law,mens rea,belief in consent,human rights,indigenous,feminist,discrimination,inequality,reasonable

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Sexual Assault: Availability of the Defence of Belief in Consent

Canadian Bar Review, Vol. 84, No. 1, pp. 89-105, 2005
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 12 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 06 Aug 2011
Lucinda Vandervort
University of Saskatchewan
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sexual assault, criminal responsibility, consent, mens rea, mistake of law, judicial discretion, mistaken belief in consent, rape myths, rule of law

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Manitoba Law Journal: Criminal Law Edition (Robson Crim) 2019 Volume 42(3), Special Issue

Number of pages: 466 Posted: 07 Oct 2019
Robson Hall, University of Manitoba Faculty of Law, Robson Hall Law School, Lerners & Associates, LLP, University of Saskatchewan, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, Drew & Napier LLC, University of Manitoba, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg-Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen Nürnberg - Law School, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Saskatchewan - College of Law, Department of Criminology, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Manitoba, Faculty of Law, Students and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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criminal law, criminal justice, criminology

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Political Control of Independent Administrative Agencies

Study Paper, Administrative Law Series, Administrative Law Project, Law Reform Commission of Canada, 1979, 190 pp.
Number of pages: 200 Posted: 18 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 30 Sep 2013
Lucinda Vandervort
University of Saskatchewan
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cabinet appeals, poltical control, political accountability,executive power,rule of law, administrative law, regulation, parliamentary democracy, Canada, National Energy Board, Canadian Transport Commission, Foreign Investment Review Board, Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission

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The Prejudicial Effects of 'Reasonable Steps' in Analysis of Mens Rea and Sexual Consent: Two Solutions

Alberta Law Review, Vol. 55, No. 4, 933-970, 2018
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 29 May 2018 Last Revised: 30 Jul 2018
Lucinda Vandervort
University of Saskatchewan
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sexual assault, affirmative consent, belief in consent, defences, mistake of fact, reasonable steps, Canada, mens rea, statutory bar, common sense, law reform, judicial decision-making, prejudicial effect, evidence

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Mistake of Law and Obstruction of Justice: A 'Bad Excuse' ... Even for a Lawyer!

University of New Brunswick Law Journal, Vol. 50, pp. 171-186, 2001, University of New Brunswick Law Journal, Vol. 51, pp. 309-310, 2002
Number of pages: 18 Posted: 05 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2011
Lucinda Vandervort
University of Saskatchewan
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mistake of law, prosecutorial discretion, mens rea, excuse, obstruction of justice

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Flaming Misogyny or Blindly Zealous Enforcement? The Bizarre Case of R V George

Manitoba Law Journal, Vol. 42, No. 3, 2019, pages 1-38
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 13 Nov 2019
Lucinda Vandervort
University of Saskatchewan
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sexual assault, judicial misconduct, legal reasoning, victim-blaming, principles of fundamental justice, equality, impartiallity, misogyny, racism, rape-myths, administration of criminal justice, Judges Act, s. 65

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Consent and the Criminal Law

Osgoode Hall Law Journal, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 485-500, 1990
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 28 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2013
Lucinda Vandervort
University of Saskatchewan
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autonomy, vulnerable persons, physical integrity, consent, sexual assault, consensual sex, right to die, euthanasia, medical treatment, human rights

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Legal Aspects of the Medical Treatment of Penitentiary Inmates

Queen's Law Journal, Vol. 3, pp. 368-423, 1977
Number of pages: 56 Posted: 08 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 26 Sep 2013
Lucinda Vandervort
University of Saskatchewan
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Prisons, Penitentiaries, Prisoner Rights, Access to Health Care, Informed Consent, Consent to Treatment, Right to Refuse Medical Treatment, Coerced Consent, Legal Regulation of Prison Medical Care, Prison Administration, Regulation of Penitentiaries, Human Rights of Prisoners

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'To Codify or Not to Codify the Principles of Criminal Responsibility: A Question of Fundamental Justice and Equality'

TOWARDS A CLEAR AND JUST CRIMINAL LAW: A CRIMINAL REPORTS FORUM, pp. 231-242, Don Stuart, Ron Delisle, Allan Manson, eds., Carswell: Toronto, 1999
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 09 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2011
Lucinda Vandervort
University of Saskatchewan
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criminal responsibility, codification, principles of fundamental justice, substantive criminal law

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Enforcing the Sexual Assault Laws: An Agenda for Action

Resources for Feminist Research, Vol. 3, No. 4, pp. 44-45, 1985
Number of pages: 3 Posted: 16 May 2010 Last Revised: 24 Sep 2013
Lucinda Vandervort
University of Saskatchewan
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sexual assault, consent, feminist, police, prosecutorial discretion, social norms, criminal justice system, decision-making, equality rights, human rights, legal theory, non-enforcement, judicial discretion, legal definitions, rule of law

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Social Justice in the Modern Regulatory State: Duress, Necessity and the Consensual Model in Law

Law and Philosophy, Vol. 6, pp. 205-225, 1987
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 04 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 01 Aug 2014
Lucinda Vandervort
University of Saskatchewan
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Choice, Necessity, Duress, Consensual Model, Consent, Social Responsibility, Substantive Justice, Distributive Justice, Retributive Justice, Institutional Design, Human Rights, Justification, Excuse, Regulation

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The Defence of Belief in Consent: Guidelines and Jury Instructions for Application of Criminal Code Section 265(4)

Criminal Law Quarterly, Vol. 50, No. 4, pp. 441-452, 2005
Number of pages: 12 Posted: 12 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2011
Lucinda Vandervort
University of Saskatchewan
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jury instructions, judicial discretion, sexual assault, criminal responsibility, mistake of law, mistake of fact,

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sexual offences, reasons for decision, judicial accountability, public access to the courts, transparency, written reasons, Bill C-5, Canadian Parliament, Canadian Criminal Code, criminal law,

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Implied Consent and Sexual Assault: Intimate Relationships, Autonomy, and Voice by Michael Plaxton (review)

(2016) 28(3) Canadian Journal of Women and the Law 697-702
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 13 Sep 2016 Last Revised: 22 Jul 2019
Lucinda Vandervort
University of Saskatchewan
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Sexual Consent, Criminal Law, BDSM, Autonomy, Canada, Reform, Motive, Sexual Assault, Equality Rights, Gender Violence, Agency

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The Lawyer Client Relationship in Ontario: Use and Abuse of the Authority to Act

Ottawa Law Review, Vol. 16, pp. 526-564, 1984
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 21 Mar 2010
Lucinda Vandervort
University of Saskatchewan
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legal ethics, lawyer-client relationship, professional regulation, regulation of the legal profession, abuse of authority to act, abuse of power

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Book Review of Marriage by Force? Contestation Over Consent and Coercion in Africa

Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, Vol. 29(2), 431-438, 2017
Number of pages: 4 Posted: 27 Apr 2017 Last Revised: 25 May 2018
Lucinda Vandervort
University of Saskatchewan
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Africa, Gender Equality, Marriage Laws, Slavery, Forced Marriage, Consent, Coercion, Pre-Colonial, Colonial, Post-Colonial, Human Rights, Cultural Tradition

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Common Sense and Legal Judgment: Community Knowledge, Political Power, and Rhetorical Practice, by Patricia Cochran (review).

Canadian Journal of Women and Law, 2019, Volume 31, Issue 2, 427-429.
Posted: 26 Feb 2020
Lucinda Vandervort
University of Saskatchewan

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social justice, jurisprudence, human rights, common sense, judicial discretion, legal reasoning, prejudice, bias, poverty, discrimination, constitutional law

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'Reasonable Steps': Amending Section 273.2 to Reflect the Jurisprudence

Criminal Law Quarterly, Vol. 66, Issue 4 (April 2019), pp. 376-387
Posted: 26 May 2018 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2019
Lucinda Vandervort
University of Saskatchewan

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sexual assault, mens rea, reasonable steps, belief in consent, Canada, law reform, statutory bar, s.273.2, sexual consent, criminal responsibility, wilful blindness, recklessness

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Blumberg on Moral Criticism

Mind, New Series, Vol. 84, Issue 336, 579-582, October 1975
Posted: 03 Nov 2013
Lucinda Vandervort
University of Saskatchewan

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moral criticism, ought, social obligation, conclusiveness, finality, context-bound, human rights, moral argumentation, moral reasoning, social institution, Searle, stand-point, point of view, internal versus external,

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Empirical Uncertainty and Legal Decision-Making

MAN, LAW AND MODERN FORMS OF LIFE, Eugenio Bulygin, Jean Louis Gardies, Ilkka Nilniluoto, eds., with an introduction by Michael D. Bayles, volume 1, Law and Philosophy Library, D. Reidel Publishing, pp. 251-261, 1985.
Posted: 18 Dec 2009 Last Revised: 20 Mar 2014
Lucinda Vandervort
University of Saskatchewan

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legal decision-making, empirical uncertainty, precautionary principle, policy-making, knowledge, societal preference, norms

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Reproductive Choice: Screening Policy and Access to the Means of Reproduction

Human Rights Quarterly, Vol. 28, No. 2, pp. 438-464, 2006
Posted: 14 Oct 2007 Last Revised: 21 Aug 2012
Lucinda Vandervort
University of Saskatchewan

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human rights, reproductive rights, access to fertility services

Other Papers (2)

Total Downloads: 27

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Reasons for Decision, Judicial Accountability, Right to Know, Transparency, Public Access to the Courts

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Swarthmore Sex Scandals Reveal the Pernicious Effects of the Myth that Quaker Colleges and Schools are Egalitarian Rape-Free Zones

Friends Journal: Quaker Life and Thought Today, September 2014
Posted: 30 Jun 2014 Last Revised: 28 Jul 2014
Lucinda Vandervort
University of Saskatchewan

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rape,sexual assault, Quaker, Religious Society of Friends, complicity, Clery Act, non-reporting, gender equality, colleges, day schools, boarding schools,