Queen's Expert
Beverley Baines
Law
Areas of expertise:
Women's equality rights particularly the intersection of sex equality and religious freedom under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms; decriminalization of polygamy; un/constitutionality of Bill 94 (Quebec's niqab ban); un/constitutionality of Ontario's "ban" on faith-based family law arbitrations; feminist judges and judging on the Canadian Supreme Court, especially the late Justice Bertha Wilson.
Keywords:
Sex equality rights under the Charter; Intersectionality and the Charter; Gender, Religion, and the Charter; Women Judges; Women Law Professors
Languages:
English