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Double Aspect

Canadian public law and other exciting things


  • September 4, 2025

    Excitement over Incitement

    The UK law on incitement and its enforcement go off the rails

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    Criminal Law/Policy
    free speech, freedom of expression, incitement, United Kingdom
  • September 3, 2025

    The Birthing Persons’ Pre-Born Babies

    The new right doesn’t want to debate abortion, but it shouldn’t have that luxury

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    Political philosophy
    abortion, common good, new right
  • August 28, 2025

    Off-Key Note

    Why Adrian Vermeule should not be honoured

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    academia
    common good constitutionalism, intellectual diversity, Vermeule
  • August 26, 2025

    Reading the Constitution of Canada

    A reading list on constitutional interpretation in Canada

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    Constitutional law
    Canada, constitutional interpretation, living constitutionalism, originalism, purposivism
  • August 14, 2025

    Still First Past the Post

    The Court of Appeal for Ontario upholds the constitutionality of Canada’s election system

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    Constitutional law, Law of Democracy
    Charter, empirical turn, equality, government formation, voting
  • August 7, 2025

    On Staying in One’s Lane

    A response to critics of alleged judicial overreach in the face of legislative and governmental arbitrariness

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    Administrative Law, Constitutional law
    arbitrariness, Charter, judicial review, unreasonableness, Vavilov
  • August 1, 2025

    The Bike Lanes and the Clown Cars

    In defence of the controversial decision holding that demolishing bike lanes in Toronto is unconstitutional

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    Constitutional law
    arbitrariness, Charter, notwithstanding clause, Ontario, subsidiarity
  • July 21, 2025

    Motte and Bailey Unreasonableness

    There is much to learn from a recent English decision on police impartiality

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    Administrative Law
    deference, judicial review, neutrality, reasonableness, standing, United Kingdom
  • April 22, 2025

    Fair is Fair

    The requirements of due process are often minimal, but still important.

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    Uncategorized
    Administrative Law, due process, Progressive
  • April 22, 2025

    Where Does a Constitution End?

    Is the constitution the explanation for the differences between the ways obnoxious leaders are dealt with in the US and the UK?

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    Constitutional law, Constitutional Theory, History
    political parties, politics, United Kingdom, United States
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