Rule of Law
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Protecting Consumers from the Rule of Law
What the failures of consumer-protection legisaltion teach us about the Rule of Law Continue reading
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Illiberal Rainbows and Unicorns
Adrian Vermeule’s promise of an illiberal legality is a fantasy or a lie Continue reading
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Trying Nicer
My submission to the NZ Ministry of Regulation on the Regulatory Standards Bill proposal Continue reading
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Nice Try
New Zealand’s government wants better regulation. Is it going about it the right way? Continue reading
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The Common Good Enlightenment
Governing for the common good has been tried before, Martyn Rady explains. It did not go well. Continue reading
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Rule of Law in Transition
Some thoughts on Martyn Rady’s discussion of the legal systems of medieval central Europe. Continue reading
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The End of Administrative Supremacy in Canada
Introducing a new article on Canadian administrative law theory (and history) Continue reading
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A Cheer for Administrative Law
Administrative law can only do so much to avert injustice―but what it can do still matters Continue reading
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The Core of It: Quebec Reference and Section 96
At the end of June, the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in the Court of Quebec case (what I call, unoriginally, the Quebec Reference). The main question in the case: does art. 35 of the Code of Civil Procedure, which grants the Court of Quebec exclusive jurisdiction over all civil disputes up to Continue reading
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The Politics of Law
Is law truly just a function of politics? Should it be? Continue reading
Double Aspect 