{"id":3492,"date":"2026-09-30T00:31:05","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T00:31:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/beltonavocats.com\/the-law-of-racial-profiling-a-constitutional-reframing\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T00:31:05","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T00:31:05","slug":"the-law-of-racial-profiling-a-constitutional-reframing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/beltonavocats.com\/en\/the-law-of-racial-profiling-a-constitutional-reframing\/","title":{"rendered":"The Law of Racial Profiling: A Constitutional Reframing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-path-to-node=\"19\"><b data-path-to-node=\"19\" data-index-in-node=\"0\">Co-authors:<\/b> Terry Skolnik and Jeanne Mayrand-Thibert<br \/>\n<b data-path-to-node=\"19\" data-index-in-node=\"53\">Citation:<\/b> (2025) 62-1 <i data-path-to-node=\"19\" data-index-in-node=\"77\">Osgoode Hall Law Journal<\/i> 365.<br \/>\n\ud83d\udc49 <a class=\"ng-star-inserted\" href=\"https:\/\/canlii.ca\/t\/7nqnd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">View the article on CanLII<\/a><\/p>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"20\">This article proposes a major theoretical rethinking: racial profiling should be treated primarily as a violation of the right to equality (Art. 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