{"id":3491,"date":"2026-09-30T00:30:53","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T00:30:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beltonavocats.com\/racial-profiling-and-the-rule-of-law-a-reply\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T00:30:53","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T00:30:53","slug":"racial-profiling-and-the-rule-of-law-a-reply","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beltonavocats.com\/en\/racial-profiling-and-the-rule-of-law-a-reply\/","title":{"rendered":"Racial Profiling and the Rule of Law: A Reply"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b data-path-to-node=\"23\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Co-authors:<\/b> Terry Skolnik and Jeanne Mayrand-Thibert<br \/>\n<b data-path-to-node=\"23\" data-index-in-node=\"53\">Citation:<\/b> (2025) 62-1 <i data-path-to-node=\"23\" data-index-in-node=\"77\">Osgoode Hall Law Journal<\/i> 431.<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc49 <a class=\"ng-star-inserted\" href=\"https:\/\/canlii.ca\/t\/7nqng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the article on CanLII<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In response to criticism suggesting that the legal framework for racial profiling is too broad, the authors refute the notion that it is incompatible with the rule of law. They demonstrate that allegations of profiling remain subject to strict evidentiary standards and reject the idea that greater protection of rights would lead to &#8220;under-policing.&#8221; A vigorous defense of the rule of law that fully incorporates the fight against discrimination.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Co-authors: Terry Skolnik and Jeanne Mayrand-Thibert Citation: (2025) 62-1 Osgoode Hall Law  &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[141],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3491","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-theories-of-law-and-equality"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Racial Profiling and the Rule of 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