Le Québec ne peut pas « abolir la monarchie » ou « couper les vivres » à son représentant

Le Québec ne peut pas « abolir la monarchie » ou « couper les vivres » à son représentant

Benjamin Constant on the intellectual dimension of power’s corrupting effects

Would-be Canadian citizens are required to swear an oath, which includes a promise of “true allegiance” to the Queen. For some, swearing allegiance to a what th

At last, a Canadian court declares an oath of allegiance unconstitutional — for all the wrong reasons

The Supreme Court clarifies the scope of the constitutional guarantee of judicial review, but fails at reinventing the wheel

My plan for a forthcoming book on constitutional interpretation in Canada

In this article, we examine the jurisprudence on the compatibility of irreducible life sentences with human rights under three rights-protecting instruments: th

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Why I have resigned from the Macdonald-Laurier Institute

Lewis Graham, Interpreting the Interpretive Obligation: Empirical Insights into the Use of Section 3 of the Human Rights Act 1998, __ Oxford J. Legal Stud. __ (Mar. 14, 2026).Leonid SirotaIt is not di...

The solution to the Supreme Court’s problems is long, hard work — not coddling populists

The solution to the Supreme Court’s problems is long, hard work — not coddling populists

There is no defence for the Supreme Court’s erratic approach to constitutional interpretation

We can’t just be discerning about which of the Supreme Court’s pronouncements on constitutional interpretation to pay attention. None of them mean anything.

We can’t just be discerning about which of the Supreme Court’s pronouncements on constitutional interpretation to pay attention. None of them mean anything.

The Supreme Court keeps changing its approach to constitutional interpretation, with no acknowledgment or explanation

What the Queen meant to me

Fréchette was competing against Bernard Drainville to become François Legault's successor.

The Supreme Court’s recent pronouncements on constitutional interpretation are inconsistent with precedent, but the Court doesn’t care

The Supreme Court’s majority goes back to constitutionalism from Plato’s cave, which earlier cases seemed to abandon

The Supreme Court’s majority goes back to constitutionalism from Plato’s cave, which earlier cases seemed to abandon

A summary of the opinions on constitutional interpretation in the Supreme Court’s interprovincial travel decision

A summary of the opinions on constitutional interpretation in the Supreme Court’s interprovincial travel decision

Lorsqu’il a entraîné des investisseurs de Québec dans la retentissante débâcle du groupe Huot, l’homme d’affaires Robert Giroux a fait preuve d’un manque de transparence que rien ne saurait justifier,...

Introducing an article about the forgetting of Canadian constitutional conventions

Is the federal government in the process of giving away its judicial appointment powers?