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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
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Keeping Faith
A master class in public meaning originalism, delivered by the US Supreme Court’s Justice Elena Kagan
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Happy Canada Day!
The anniversary of an imperfect constitution drafted by imperfect men is well worth celebrating
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The Ivory Tower Prisoner’s Dilemma
Why law journals are useless, and why we can’t do without them
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Results-Oriented Conservatism: A Defence of Bostock
Should textualism lead to more “conservative” outcomes as a matter of course? No. Those who wish to transform textualism—a methodology of interpretation—into a vessel for conservative policy outcomes are in the wrong business. Instead of being in the business of law, they are in the business of politics. For years, a small group of Canadian…
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Immuring Dicey’s Ghost
Introducing a new article on the Senate Reform Reference, constitutional conventions, and originalism ― and some thoughts on publishing heterodox scholarship
Double Aspect 