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Double Aspect

Canadian public law and other exciting things


  • November 13, 2024

    Are You Talking to Me?

    Courts seek to shape public opinion; but should they?

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    The Justice System
    constitutional interpretation, courts, legitimacy, misinformation, public opinion, Supreme Court of Canada
  • November 12, 2024

    Levelling Down

    The Supreme Court’s decision to remove pre-1970 decisions from its website isn’t much of a win for bilingualism

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    Political philosophy, The Justice System
    bilingualism, language rights, Supreme Court of Canada, trade-offs
  • November 7, 2024

    Nothing Has Changed

    Some thoughts on recent events

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    Literature, Political philosophy
    liberalism, politics, populism, Trump
  • October 22, 2024

    Real Property Rights

    Actual property rights don’t depend on whether they are exercised by or against people one likes

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    Law and economics, Legal philosophy
    property rights, protest
  • October 11, 2024

    The Bigger Picture

    The Chief Justice’s aversion to translating old Supreme Court decisions rests on even more misunderstandings than has been said so far

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    Legal philosophy, The Justice System
    bilingualism, Chief Justice Wagner, common law, Supreme Court of Canada, trade-offs
  • October 9, 2024

    Canadian Sausage

    What the flaws in the Pharmacare Bill tells us about the indignity of legislation

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    Constitutional Theory, statutory interpretation
    Canada, legislation, pharmacare
  • September 10, 2024

    Not Getting the Message

    Introducing a new paper about judicial deference to administrative limitations of constitutional rights

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    Administrative Law, Constitutional law
    administrative constitutionalism, Canada, New Zealand, rights, United Kingdom
  • September 9, 2024

    Fairy Tales

    When judges talk about public confidence in the judiciary, they don’t really mean public opinion about the judiciary

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    Constitutional law, The Justice System
    impartiality, judicial independence, public confidence, public opinion
  • September 5, 2024

    Thick-Skin Ethics

    An update on the story of a thin-skinned judge

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    The Justice System
    criticism, judges, judicial conduct
  • August 14, 2024

    Property Rights and Freedoms

    Why property rights are necessary if freedoms of religion, expression, and association are to mean something

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    Political philosophy
    Charter, freedom of expression, fundamental freedoms, property rights, protest
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