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Double Aspect

Canadian public law and other exciting things


  • August 1, 2017

    Dark Vision

    A critique of a “vision” of the courts as moral authorities.

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    Legal philosophy, Political philosophy
    Canada, courts, Lord Acton, morality
  • July 30, 2017

    Judicial Independence in America

    A look at the conventions of judicial independence in the United States

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    The Justice System
    constitutional conventions, judicial independence, United States
  • July 25, 2017

    A Respectful Dissent From the Khadr Consensus: Ward Revisited

    The case of Omar Khadr gives scholars a rare opportunity to question the fundamentals of public law damages. Such damages are notoriously difficult to quantify. As Lord Shaw once put it, “the restoration by way of compensation is therefore accomplished to a large extent by the exercise of a sound imagination and the practice of…

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  • July 25, 2017

    Mancini on Khadr

    Announcing a guest post by Mark Mancini on the Khadr Settlement

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    Uncategorized
    blogging, Guest Posts
  • 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
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