A Marriage Made in Britain: Section 121 and the Division of Powers
The New Brunswick Court of Appeal will hear the Crown’s appeal in R. v. Comeau…
The following is an excerpt from the author’s chapter in Constitutional Democracy Under Stress -…
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Case Commentary & Interventions
Featured articles that touch on specific court cases.
A New Canadian Textualism Emerges from the Stratasphere
In Entertainment Software Assoc v Society of Composers, 2020 FCA 100, Stratas JA (for the Court) made…
A Province Cannot Shut Down anti-Abortion Expression
This summer, the Ontario government conducted consultations regarding its plan to enact “safe access zones…
Scholarship
Featured articles that address one or more basic aspects of the rule of law.
“Threats to the Security of Canada”: The Case for a Single Stringent Standard
I: Introduction On what basis can the Governor in Council reasonably conclude that there are…
Two New Articles Demonstrate the Link Between Access to Justice and the Rule of Law
Fourteen months ago, I published a post here on two recent Supreme Court of Canada…
The Limits of a Culture of Justification
In Vavilov, the Supreme Court of Canada held that, to the extent possible, the law…
How to Reform the Senate Without a Constitutional Amendment
(This article originally appeared in The Huffington Post Canada) The Supreme Court of Canada’s recent…