History
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Where Does a Constitution End?
Is the constitution the explanation for the differences between the ways obnoxious leaders are dealt with in the US and the UK? Continue reading
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The Common Good Enlightenment
Governing for the common good has been tried before, Martyn Rady explains. It did not go well. Continue reading
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Rule of Law in Transition
Some thoughts on Martyn Rady’s discussion of the legal systems of medieval central Europe. Continue reading
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Montreal and Aboriginal Law
Is Montreal built on unceded Indigenous land? No, actually Continue reading
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Shapes and Sizes
Public lawyers (and public law students) should think about government size―and shape Continue reading
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Swan Upping
A medieval ritual as a metaphor for British constitutional history Continue reading
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Esprit d’Escalier
Just two years after its notorious decision in Gray’s case, the Supreme Court took a more skeptical view of the executive’s claims of broad emergency powers Continue reading
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One of the Institutions of the Land
More mixed feelings about John A. Macdonald Continue reading
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Would That I Could Love You
My mixed feelings about Sir John A. Macdonald Continue reading
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The Mirror and the Light
Thoughts on finally finishing the last part of Hilary Mantel’s Thomas Cromwell trilogy Continue reading
Double Aspect 