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Double Aspect

Canadian public law and other exciting things


  • February 2, 2017

    New Swearwords

    The Prime Minister wants to make a meaningless addition to our unconstitutional citizenship oath

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    Constitutional law
    Canada, citizenship, freedom of conscience, oath, treaty rights
  • January 27, 2017

    Maneant Scripta

    The Supreme Court protects its sources from “link rot”

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    New Technologies, The Justice System
    citations, hyperlinks, link rot, Supreme Court of Canada
  • January 26, 2017

    Too Conventional

    The UK Supreme Court’s conventional, and indefensible, thinking on the issue of constitutional conventions

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    Constitutional law, Constitutional Theory
    Brexit, constitutional conventions, United Kingdom
  • January 23, 2017

    Losing Our Way

    Neither “society’s tolerance” nor the “captive audience” doctrine justify censorship of anti-abortion ads

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    Constitutional law
    abortion, advertising, Canada, captive audience, freedom of expression
  • January 22, 2017

    Do You Really Have to Go?

    Lessons for Canada and New Zealand on resignations of MPs

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    Law of Democracy
    Canada, electoral reform, New Zealand, politics, Québec
  • January 18, 2017

    Why Bother about the Charter?

    The Supreme Court divides on whether one might claim Charter damages against an administrative tribunal

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    Administrative Law, Constitutional law
    Charter damages, judicial review, Supreme Court of Canada
  • January 16, 2017

    Aborting Freedom of Expression

    If a city can censor anti-abortion ads to prevent hurt feelings, is there anything that could not be censored?

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    Constitutional law
    abortion, advertising, Canada, freedom of expression, safe spaces
  • January 15, 2017

    Was Scalia Spooky?

    Antonin Scalia’s views on snooping, in the 1970s and later

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    Constitutional law, History
    Canada, originalism, privacy, Scalia, surveillance
  • January 12, 2017

    Don’t Know What You’re up to

    Thoughts on Ilya Somin’s take on the consequences of political ignorance for judicial review

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    The Justice System
    courts, federalism, judicial review, political ignorance
  • January 10, 2017

    Says Who, Again?

    Peter McCormick on why “by the Court” decisions matter – and who wrote them.

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    The Justice System
    judges, judicial power, publicity, transparency
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