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DESCRIPTION:In light of recent events surrounding COVID-19 (Coronavirus)\, 
 this event is postponed. We hope to reschedule in Fall 2020.\n\n\nYou are 
 invited to the 2020 Proulx Roundtable Conference in Criminal Law. This yea
 r\, guests Justice Patrick Healy\, Quebec Court of Appeal\, Professor Juli
 an V. Roberts\, University of Oxford\, and Dean Marie-Eve Sylvestre\, Univ
 ersity of Ottawa\, will examine sentencing in Canada. The presentations an
 d panel will be moderated by Professor Marie Manikis\, William Dawson Chai
 r at McGill's Faculty of Law.\n\nAbstract\n\nAppellate review has been the
  principal mechanism of guidance in Canada for sentencing judges. Yet othe
 r models have been developed and implemented in other jurisdictions.\n\nTh
 is panel will consider two alternative models: the traditional appellate r
 eview approach and guidance issued by an independent statutory authority –
  a Sentencing Commission.\n\nThere will be three presentations followed by
  general discussion. Justice Healy will explore the role of the appellate 
 courts at sentencing in Canada\, with particular emphasis on the standard 
 of review and the level of guidance. Professor Roberts will then discuss t
 he alternative approach which has been adopted in England and Wales and se
 veral other common law jurisdictions. The Sentencing Council of England an
 d Wales has issued offence-specific guidelines and guidelines addressing i
 ssues of relevance to all cases\, including sentence reductions for a guil
 ty plea. Dean Sylvestre will then explore the impact of both models on the
  sentencing of marginalized populations in Canada and the ability of the j
 udiciary to innovate.\n\nThe event will be followed by a cocktail in the F
 oyer.\n\nThe speakers\n\nJustice Patrick Healy was appointed to the Quebec
  Court of Appeal in 2016 after nine years as a judge of the Court of Quebe
 c\, Criminal and Penal Division. Prior to his appointment as a judge\, he 
 was a professor at McGill's Faculty of Law\, from which he graduated in 19
 81. He specialised in matters of criminal law\, including substantive law\
 , procedure\, evidence\, sentencing\, comparative criminal law and interna
 tional criminal law.\n\nProfessor Julian Roberts taught for many years in 
 Canada at the University of Toronto and the University of Ottawa before jo
 ining the University of Oxford. He was a researcher for the Canadian Sente
 ncing Commission (1984-1987). From 2009-2018 he was a member of the Senten
 cing Council of England and Wales which issues statutorily-binding guideli
 nes for courts in that jurisdiction. His most recent publication is Senten
 cing in Canada: Essays in Law\, Policy and Practice\, with Justice David C
 ole and published by Irwin Law in 2020.\n\nProfessor Marie-Eve Sylvestre i
 s Dean and Full Professor at the Faculty of Civil Law of the University of
  Ottawa. Professor Sylvestre holds a S.J.D. from Harvard Law School. Her r
 esearch focuses on the regulation and criminalization of poverty and socia
 l conflicts related to public spaces\, including homelessness\, street-lev
 el sex work and drug use and political dissent. She is also interested in 
 alternative responses to criminalization\, in particular in the Indigenous
  context. She has published extensively in law\, criminology and geography
 . Her most recent book\, Red Zones: Criminal Law and the Territorial Gover
 nance of Marginalized People\, co-authored with Nicholas Blomley and Célin
 e Bellot\, was published by Cambridge University Press.\n\nThe Michel Prou
 lx Memorial Lecture Fund\n\nThe Michel Proulx Memorial Lecture Fund was es
 tablished by family\, friends and alumni\, to honour the memory of Michel 
 Proulx: lawyer\, judge and dedicated teacher of criminal law at McGill. Hi
 s commitment to the Faculty was constant and devoted\, providing counsel a
 nd encouragement to students\, teachers and deans. As a result\, he left h
 is mark upon generations of students at McGill.\n
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LOCATION:Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 3644 rue Peel
SUMMARY:CANCELLED - Sentencing in Canada: Do Canadian courts have sufficien
 t guidance?
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/law/channels/event/cancelled-sentencing-canada-do
 -canadian-courts-have-sufficient-guidance-320717
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