good faith

March 28, 2018

Repurposing Constitutional Construction

Is Randy Barnett and Evan Bernick’s theory of originalist constitutional construction relevant to Canadians? Continue reading

Constitutional law, Constitutional Theory

constitutional interpretation, good faith, originalism, purposivism
July 17, 2015

Did You Make It Yourself?

I did not blog about Bhasin v. Hrynew, 2014 SCC 71, [2014] 3 S.C.R. 495, the Supreme Court’s decision on the role of good faith in the Canadian common law of contract, when it came out. Truth be told, I hadn’t even read it. Just a contracts case, I figured ― no matter how important it Continue reading

Legal philosophy

contract law, good faith, legal development, principles, Supreme Court of Canada