Law of Democracy
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Not That Kind of Voting
What New Zealand’s Electoral Commission’s attempt to boost turnout gets wrong about voting, and what we can learn from it Continue reading
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Stupid but Constitutional
More on why I think legislation forcing floor-crossing legislators to run in by-elections is not unconstitutional Continue reading
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A Right to Rat?
A Manitoba MLA claims there is a Charter right to cross the floor. He is wrong. Continue reading
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The Law of Permanent Campaigning
Election law might have help create permanent campaigns. Can it be used to solve their problems? Continue reading
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Dreaming of Dialogue
Can New Zealand courts declare statutes to be inconsistent with the Bill of Rights Act? Does this matter? Continue reading
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Accounts of Accountability
It’s important to keep politicians accountable. But what follows for regulation of money in politics? Continue reading
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Crashing the Party
Andrew Coyne says we should re-think how we choose party leaders. So here are my thoughts. Continue reading
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Do You Really Have to Go?
Lessons for Canada and New Zealand on resignations of MPs Continue reading
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Privilège parlementaire: une jurisprudence à récrire
Note. Le présent billet a d’abord paru sur À qui de droit, le blogue de la Faculté de droit de l’Université de Sherbrooke, le 19 novembre dernier. Je remercie Léonid Sirota de contribuer à sa plus grande diffusion en m’autorisant à le republier sur son excellent blogue. Je dévoile aussi le fait que j’agis, en tant que Continue reading
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Selfie Slow-Down
I have already blogged about one American judicial decision on the constitutionality of a “ballot selfie” ban, which has since been upheld on appeal by the Court of Appeals for the 1st Circuit. And I have also written about the history of the secret ballot, which in my view explains why measures to protect ballot secrecy ― Continue reading
Double Aspect 