Framing the Issues for Cameras in the Courtrooms: Redefining Judicial Dignity and Decorum

A Wayne MacKay

Framing the Issues for Cameras in the Courtrooms: Redefining Judicial Dignity and Decorum

A Wayne MacKay

Dalhousie Law Journal

Dalhousie University

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This article examines the role of s. 2(b) of the Charter of Rights in determining the role of cameras in Canadian courtrooms. The discussions reveal that arguments in opposition to cameras are largely unfounded and in contradiction to the freedom of expression guarantee. The denial of the right is in reality based on judges' and lawyers' fear of loss of control of the courtroom environment. Cameras should only be banned from courtrooms as part of a total publication ban, and then only after a careful s. 1 analysis

Original language	Canadian English
Journal	Dalhousie Law Journal
Issue number	1.0
Publication status	Published - Apr. 1 1996

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Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
cameras
courts
freedom of expression
judges
lawyers

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Courts
Science and Technology Law

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