pragmatism
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Against Pure Pragmatism in Statutory Interpretation III: A Way Forward and Walsh (ONCA)
About a month ago, I wrote two posts attacking the concept of “pragmatism” in Canadian statutory interpretation. So my argument goes, the seminal Rizzo case, while commonly said to herald a “purposive” approach to interpretation, is actually methodologically pragmatic This is because the famous paragraph from Rizzo, which contains a list of things an interpret Continue reading
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Against Pure Pragmatism in Statutory Interpretation I
The first post in a three-part Double Aspect series. Continue reading
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Humanism’s Heirs
Richard Posner is much on my mind these days. Partly that’s due to the excellent “Posner on Posner” extended-profile-and-interview-series by Ronald Collins over at Concurring Opinions (the latest instalment of which is here); partly to my (re)reading a couple of his books on adjudication (How Judges Think and Reflections on Judging); partly to his recent controversial Continue reading
Double Aspect 