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Unusual Indeed
The trouble with a caustic, pseudo-originalist opinion of Wakeling JA
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Counter-Rebellion
Judges of the Alberta Court of Appeal question the Supreme Court’s jurisprudence on mandatory minimum sentences
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La Constitutionnalité de l’application de la Loi 101 aux entreprises fédérales
Le 18 août dernier, le ministre responsable de la Langue française, M. Simon Jolin-Barette, a annoncé qu’il souhaitait voir la Charte de la langue française appliquée aux entreprises sous juridiction fédérale. Une telle mesure forcerait notamment les entreprises fédérales à obtenir un certificat de francisation et à se soumettre à une série d’obligations destinées, comme l’indique le préambule de
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Bouthillier on Expanding Bill 101
Announcing an upcoming guest post by Simon Bouthillier
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Telling People Whom to Vote for
An illiberal community seeks to dictate its members’ votes. How can, and should, the law respond ― and quite how different are liberal democracies anyway?
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Unholy Trinity
Introducing a new article that makes the case against judicial deference to administrative applications of constitutional law
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Antigone in Hamilton
The confrontation between New Zealand legal system and a family trying to bury a dead husband/father is eerily like Sophocles’ tragedy
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A Citizen’s Guide to the Rule of Law
Introducing a chapter on the nature and importance of the Rule of Law
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On Canadian Statutory Interpretation and Recent Trends
I have had the pleasure of reading (for the first time front-to-back) the legal interpretation classic, Reading Law by Justice Scalia and Bryan Garner. For Canadian courts struggling with how to source and use purpose when interpreting statutes, Reading Law provides valuable assistance. It does so by outlining two schools of thought on how to
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The Mirror and the Light
Thoughts on finally finishing the last part of Hilary Mantel’s Thomas Cromwell trilogy
Double Aspect 