The heavy hand of the law: The Canadian Supreme Court and mandatory retirement

Canadian Journal on Aging

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 259-276

  Klassen, Thomas R ^a   Gillin, C T ^b  

^a TRENT UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b RYERSON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Age Discrimination; Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom; Human Rights; Mandatory Retirement; Supreme Court of Canada

Indexed keywords

AGING; CANADA; COMPETENCE; COURT; LAW; RETIREMENT; REVIEW; UNIVERSITY;

EID: 0032771611     PISSN: 07149808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0714980800009806     Document Type: Review

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