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Double Aspect

Canadian public law and other exciting things


  • May 24, 2017

    Inappropriate Remarks

    Justice Abella should be criticized, not praised, for her comments on Donald Trump

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    The Justice System
    impartiality, Justice Abella, politics, United States
  • May 10, 2017

    Chekhov’s Gun

    Why Dwight Newman’s defence of the Charter’s notwithstanding clause is unpersuasive

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    Constitutional law
    Canada, Charter, notwithstanding clause, Parliamentary sovereignty, Saskatchewan
  • May 5, 2017

    A Constitutional Moment

    Confederation as a constitutional moment, in George Brown’s words

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    History
    Canada, Confederation, George Brown
  • May 4, 2017

    Not Withstanding Scrutiny

    The Saskatchewan government hasn’t justified its resort to the notwithstanding clause in the Catholic school funding case

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    Constitutional law
    Canada, Charter, judicial review, notwithstanding clause, politics, rights, Saskatchewan
  • May 3, 2017

    No Money for You

    Can Saskatchewan fund non-Catholic students in Catholic schools? Raising government ire, a court says no.

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    Constitutional law, Law and Religion
    “separate” schools, Charter, equality, neutrality, Saskatchewan, section 93
  • April 18, 2017

    Don’t Fix It

    There is no good reason to start using the Charter’s “notwithstanding clause”

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    Constitutional law
    Canada, Charter, judicial review, notwithstanding clause
  • April 17, 2017

    Playing Favourites, Anniversary Edition

    On the anniversary of the Constitution Act, 1982, a shout out to the provision restricting constitutional amendment

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    Constitutional law, Legal philosophy
    Canada, constitutional amendment, Rule of Law
  • April 10, 2017

    An Invitation

    Can those who endorse “living tree” constitutional interpretation tell us why, and what it entails?

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    Constitutional law, Constitutional Theory
    Canada, constitutional interpretation, living constitutionalism, living tree, originalism
  • April 4, 2017

    Accounts of Accountability

    It’s important to keep politicians accountable. But what follows for regulation of money in politics?

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    Law of Democracy
    accountability, advertising, Australia, election law, fundraising, politics, United States
  • April 2, 2017

    Arguing against Originalism Badly

    Noura Karazivan’s flawed argument against using originalism to understand constitutional structure

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    Constitutional law, Constitutional Theory
    Canada, Confederation, constitutional interpretation, history, originalism, Supreme Court of Canada, technology
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