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On John Willis and the Pesky Politics of Administrative Law
John Willis was and is considered one of Canada’s most important administrative law academics. As a student of administrative law and the law of judicial review, one cannot skip Willis’ classic works, like his books “The Parliamentary Powers of English Government Departments” and “Canadian Boards at Work”—and his caustic papers, including his attack on the…
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On Responsible Scholarship
A Reply to Stepan Wood, Meinhard Doelle, and Dayna Scott
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Unstuck
Ontario’s Superior Court strikes down the anti-carbon tax-sticker law, but still doesn’t get freedom of expression
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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?
