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Double Aspect

Canadian public law and other exciting things


  • 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
  • April 1, 2017

    Crashing the Party

    Andrew Coyne says we should re-think how we choose party leaders. So here are my thoughts.

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    Law of Democracy
    Canada, democracy, political parties, politics
  • March 21, 2017

    Still Unhappy

    The Canadian Judicial Council’s report on the former Justice Camp does little to ease my concerns

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    Constitutional law, The Justice System
    criticism, discrimination, judges, judicial independence, sexual assault
  • March 9, 2017

    Why I am Not a Conservative Either

    Thoughts on Chief Justice Joyal’s very interesting speech on the Charter and Canada’s political culture

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    Constitutional law, Constitutional Theory
    Canada, Charter, constitutional interpretation, courts, judicial power, judicial restraint, judicial review, politics
  • March 7, 2017

    All about Administrative Law

    Justice Stratas’ remarkable endeavour to improve our understanding of administrative law

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    Administrative Law, New Technologies
    access to justice, judicial review, Justice Stratas, legal doctrine
  • March 2, 2017

    Dirty Word or Dirty Little Secret?

    My talk on originalism at the Université de Montréal

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    Constitutional law
    constitutional interpretation, originalism
  • February 26, 2017

    First of All Our Laws

    Natural law in a Québec Court of Appeal decision in 1957

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    History, Law and Religion, Legal philosophy
    implied bill of rights, Jehovah’s witnesses, natural law, Québec, religious exemptions
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