Constitutional law
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New Swearwords
The Prime Minister wants to make a meaningless addition to our unconstitutional citizenship oath Continue reading
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Too Conventional
The UK Supreme Court’s conventional, and indefensible, thinking on the issue of constitutional conventions Continue reading
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Losing Our Way
Neither “society’s tolerance” nor the “captive audience” doctrine justify censorship of anti-abortion ads 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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Why Bother about the Charter?
The Supreme Court divides on whether one might claim Charter damages against an administrative tribunal Continue reading
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Aborting Freedom of Expression
If a city can censor anti-abortion ads to prevent hurt feelings, is there anything that could not be censored? Continue reading
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Was Scalia Spooky?
Antonin Scalia’s views on snooping, in the 1970s and later Continue reading
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Erasing Constitutional White Spots
A critique of Vanessa MacDonnell’s theory of quasi-constitutional legislation One of my first posts on this blog dealt with the topic of quasi-constitutional rights and quasi-constitutional laws, in which such rights are mostly, although not exclusively, found. I have not really returned to that subject since, except in commenting on one case in which the… Continue reading
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Unhappy Camper
The shortcomings of the report into the misconduct of Justice Camp The Inquiry Committee set up by the Canadian Judicial Council to investigate whether Justice Robin Camp ― the “why didn’t keep your knees together” judge ― has “committed misconduct and placed himself, by his conduct, in a position incompatible with the due execution of… 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
Double Aspect 