
The Journal of Law and Social Policy (JLSP) seeks to encourage debate and dialogue on important issues at the intersection of law and society, particularly as they impact low income individuals and disadvantaged communities.
The Journal of Law and Social Policy (JLSP) seeks to encourage debate and dialogue on important issues at the intersection of law and society, particularly as they impact low income individuals and disadvantaged communities. In addition to issues relating to housing and shelter, income maintenance, social assistance, human rights, health, employment, education, immigration and refugee law, mental health law, criminal and family law, the Journal is also interested in a range of questions about lawyering and social change, including the exploration of non-traditional legal strategies such as community organizing. Access to justice is a recurrent theme, as is the role of legal education in developing professional norms and practices in which social justice is an organizing aspiration.
Current Volume: Toronto v Ontario: Implications for Canadian Local Democracy
Guest Editors: Alexandra Flynn & Mariana Valverde
Introduction
Articles
Mariana Valverde
21
Deference to Legislatures: The Case of the 2018 Ontario Better Local Government Act
Nathalie Des Rosiers
39
A Pipeline Story: The Evolving Autonomy of Canadian Municipalities
Benoît Frate and David Robitaille
94
With Great(er) Power Comes Great(er) Responsibility: Indigenous Rights and Municipal Autonomy
Alexandra Flynn
111
Voices and Perspectives
Prabha Khosla and Melissa Wong
128