constitutionalism
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What Is the Constitution of Cyberspace Like?
Introducing an article and a blog post on “digital constitutionalism” Continue reading
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Happy Constitution Day!
A love note to a document and a tradition Continue reading
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Tanstaafl
What do a libertarian society and its laws look like? Thoughts on Robert Heinlein’s The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress Continue reading
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Constitutionalism from the Cave
The constitution is a binding law, not just an incomplete statement of political ideals Continue reading
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The Panglossian Peril
The dangers of naïve optimism in thinking about constitutional constraint Continue reading
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The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly
A bill to improve Parliament’s constitutional scrutiny of legislation is a step forward ― but not good enough Continue reading
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Why Do the Write Thing?
Sir Geoffrey Palmer and Andrew Butler, both of them former legal academics and current barristers, Sir Geoffrey having also served as Attorney-General and Prime Minister in between, are about to publish a book advocating that New Zealand enact a “written” constitution. They have also set up a Twitter account and a website to both promote the book and Continue reading
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How Power Corrupts IV
Thoughts on Bryan Caplan and David Henderson’s discussion of power’s corrupting effects Longtime readers may recall my posts trying to catalogue the various ways in which political “power corrupts, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.” I have written about power’s subtle but corrosive effects on those who wield it, even once they no longer do; about the Continue reading
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Making Sense of Constitutional Crises
Not surprisingly, my suggestion that the Governor General dismiss Stephen Harper as Prime Minister for his (Mr. Harper’s, that is) unconstitutional policy of not appointing Senators turned out to not to be any more popular than my earlier suggestion that the Governor General just appoint Senators on his own, without the Prime Minister’s blessing. That idea was Continue reading
Double Aspect 