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Bad Taste
Overzealous prosecutors in Québec charge the author and publisher of a novel with child pornography for describing a rape Continue reading
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Ach, mein Sinn
Bach on the reasons for respecting freedom of conscience Continue reading
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Follow Me
Apologies for the lack of blogging in last couple of weeks. I was swamped, among other things by my contribution to co-writing, on short notice, a paper on the federal government’s Senate reform plans. (The paper isn’t quite ready yet, but should be soon enough, so I hope to have more to say about it Continue reading
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Law, Art, and Interpretation
The idea that interpretation in law is similar to interpretation in music is not exactly new. For example Joseph Raz, in “Authority, Law, and Morality,” first published in 1985, wrote that “Judicial interpretation can be as creative as a Glenn Gould interpretation of a Beethoven piano sonata.” But Jack Balkin, in a wonderful paper, “Verdi’s Continue reading
Double Aspect 