Criminal Law/Policy

June 12, 2012

Can the Viceroy Do Wrong?

Radio-Canada reports that Québec’s former Lieutenant-Governor, Lise Thibault, is trying to avoid having to stand trial on charges of fraud, forgery, and breach of trust, by invoking the common law rule that the Queen can do no wrong. As her lawyer puts it, criminal proceedings oppose the sovereign and the subject, and the sovereign cannot… Continue reading

Constitutional law, Criminal Law/Policy, Legal philosophy

common law system, Crown, lise thibault, Rule of Law, the Queen can do no wrong
June 5, 2012

Drop That Gun! (But Keep the Bullets)

The Superior Court of Ontario has recently delivered its decision in The Queen v. Montague, 2012 ONSC 2300, an interesting case at the intersection of the topics property rights, and gun rights, about which I wrote here and here. In fact, in the latter post, I had mentioned a previous decision in this case, by the… Continue reading

Constitutional law, Criminal Law/Policy, Legal philosophy

Bill of Rights, property rights, right to bear arms