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Do Not Pass Section 1: Go Directly to Invalidity
Some infringements on rights are never acceptable in a free and democratic society, including requirements to state facts one doesn’t believe in
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Sticking It to the Feds
Why Ontario’s anti-carbon-tax stickers are likely unconstitutional, and certainly immoral
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It’s Happening Here Too
Canadians need to heed David Bernstein’s warning about administrative decision-makers’ disregard of constitutional rights
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Environmental Sustainability is Not An Unwritten Constitutional Principle
On the IACL-AIDC Blog, Professor Lynda Collins (Ottawa) suggests that “ecological sustainability [should be recognized] as an Unwritten Constitutional Principle (UCP)—a foundational, binding norm to provide guidance to courts and legislators as we navigate the difficult waters of our current environmental crisis.” This argument also appeared in a joint article by Prof. Collins and (now
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On the Origin of Rights
Are religious justifications for rights and equality inadmissible in Canadian politics?
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“Clear Enough”
Some thoughts on statutory interpretation.
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What Was Equilibrium Like?
Do police need a warrant before pretending to be a child to attract would-be molesters?
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Virtual Insanity: AI and Judicial Review
I am far from an expert on the growing trend in law and life towards “algorithmic justice,” or decision-making by machines. But a report released by the Law Foundation of New Zealand and the University of Otago got me thinking about the use of neural networks, predictive modelling, and other forms of algorithmic learning in
Double Aspect 