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Throwing Away the Key
Thoughts on life imprisonment without parole, in New Zealand and in Canada
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Vavilov in the Prisons
By now, Vavilov—the case in which the Supreme Court re-jigged Canada’s standard of review framework—has received sustained attention, including from yours truly. Over at Administrative Law Matters, Professor Daly has a running post outlining how Vavilov has been applied in some particular interesting cases. And on SSRN, Jamie Chai Yun Liew has an excellent article…
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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
Double Aspect 