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R v Oakes (Wikipedia)

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The Wikipedia encyclopedia article on R v Oakes, the 1986 Supreme Court of Canada decision establishing the Oakes proportionality test. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Wikipedia
URL
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R_v_Oakes
Source Type
encyclopedia
Reliability Tier
2
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R v Oakes (Wikipedia)
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Claims Backed By This Source (20 claims)

This source backs 20 claims across the atlas. As facts: 10 well-attested. As cited relationships: 4 holds, 1 connected. Plus 5 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.

Disposition By Topic

  • Landmark Cases, 14 claims: 5 well-attested, 3 holds, 1 connected, 5 general references.
  • Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
  • Doctrines, 1 claims: 1 holds.

Well-attested

10

Landmark Cases

Holds

4

Landmark Cases

Connected

1

Landmark Cases

General References

5

Landmark Cases

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