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Canadian public law and other exciting things


  • July 23, 2017

    Clash of Courts

    Senior Superior Court judges are suing Québec over its provincial court’s jurisdiction; other provinces will be affected if they succeed

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    Constitutional law, The Justice System
    courts, Provincial Courts, Québec, section 96, Superior Courts
  • July 19, 2017

    The Law of Permanent Campaigning

    Election law might have help create permanent campaigns. Can it be used to solve their problems?

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    Law of Democracy
    elections, freedom of expression, fundraising, permanent campaign, political parties, politics, third parties
  • June 27, 2017

    Still Not a Conservative

    A couple of comments on Chief Justice Joyal’s Runnymede Radio podcast

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    Constitutional law, The Justice System
    Charter, judges, judicial power
  • June 19, 2017

    How Power Corrupts V

    What science has to say about the corrupting effects of power

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    Political philosophy, Power Corrupts
    corruption, politics, power, science, Tolkien
  • June 15, 2017

    The Blog of John Henry

    A comment on Nick Barber’s thoughts on “The Legal Academic in the Internet Age”

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    Uncategorized
    academia, blogging, social media
  • June 9, 2017

    The Originalist Papers

    Benjamin Oliphant’s and my articles on originalism in Canada are officially out

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    Constitutional law
    Canada, constitutional interpretation, originalism, Supreme Court of Canada
  • June 8, 2017

    The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

    A bill to improve Parliament’s constitutional scrutiny of legislation is a step forward ― but not good enough

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    Constitutional law
    Charter, constitutionalism, departmentalism, Parliament, politics
  • May 31, 2017

    An Easy Case

    Why funding Catholic schools on terms not available to others is an obvious infringement of religious freedom

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    Constitutional law, Law and Religion
    “separate” schools, Charter, neutrality, religion, Saskatchewan
  • May 30, 2017

    Dreaming of Dialogue

    Can New Zealand courts declare statutes to be inconsistent with the Bill of Rights Act? Does this matter?

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    Constitutional law, Constitutional Theory, Law of Democracy
    declarations of inconsistency, dialogue, judicial power, New Zealand, remedies, weak-form judicial review
  • May 29, 2017

    The Court on Conventions

    Shameless self-promotion for my latest academic article

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    Constitutional law, Constitutional Theory
    Canada, constitutional conventions, Supreme Court of Canada
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