There is a tendency, certainly amongst lawyers, to think that it is exclusively the role of the courts to develop or identify constitutional principles and then to guard them. When considering constitutional principles in the Canadian setting, judicial pronouncements (as in the Secession Reference) spring first to many lawyerly minds and it now seems quite clear that the Supreme Court of Canada sees itself as the guardian of these constitutional principles.We will argue that the legislative process can also generate and guard important constitutional principles. Within Parliament, clerks and other players act as the guardians of these principles. Even before bills undergo the parliamentary scrutiny process, generation a...
Modern comparative constitutionalism traces back at least to the practice of some states in the post...
This thesis explains the constitutional foundations for the conflict of laws in Canada. It locates t...
By asking whether courts are entitled to rely on unwritten principles to place limits on legislative...
In recent years, unwritten constitutional principles often find their place in Canadian constitution...
This thesis seeks to identify the conceptual resources available to Canadian courts in the adjudicat...
[À l'origine dans / Was originally part of : Fac. Droit - Coll. facultaire - Droit constitutionnel e...
This article assesses the constitutionalfoundation by which Parliament lends its lawmaking powers to...
Canadian constitutional law has been shaped by tacit assumptions about the philosophical foundations...
Judicial amendment of the Canadian Constitution is discussed. The Supreme Court of Canada can nullif...
Virtually every society around the world has something called a “constitution.” But they differ from...
The fundamental human rights recognized by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Quebe...
The courts have different roles in policing Canadian federalism and Scottish devolution. In Canada, ...
Recent administrative law decisions from the Supreme Court of Canada have renewed the idea that ther...
grantor: University of TorontoThis work inquires into the idea of the notwithstanding clau...
The so-called proportionality test of modifications to the Canadian Constitution are discussed. The ...
Modern comparative constitutionalism traces back at least to the practice of some states in the post...
This thesis explains the constitutional foundations for the conflict of laws in Canada. It locates t...
By asking whether courts are entitled to rely on unwritten principles to place limits on legislative...
In recent years, unwritten constitutional principles often find their place in Canadian constitution...
This thesis seeks to identify the conceptual resources available to Canadian courts in the adjudicat...
[À l'origine dans / Was originally part of : Fac. Droit - Coll. facultaire - Droit constitutionnel e...
This article assesses the constitutionalfoundation by which Parliament lends its lawmaking powers to...
Canadian constitutional law has been shaped by tacit assumptions about the philosophical foundations...
Judicial amendment of the Canadian Constitution is discussed. The Supreme Court of Canada can nullif...
Virtually every society around the world has something called a “constitution.” But they differ from...
The fundamental human rights recognized by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the Quebe...
The courts have different roles in policing Canadian federalism and Scottish devolution. In Canada, ...
Recent administrative law decisions from the Supreme Court of Canada have renewed the idea that ther...
grantor: University of TorontoThis work inquires into the idea of the notwithstanding clau...
The so-called proportionality test of modifications to the Canadian Constitution are discussed. The ...
Modern comparative constitutionalism traces back at least to the practice of some states in the post...
This thesis explains the constitutional foundations for the conflict of laws in Canada. It locates t...
By asking whether courts are entitled to rely on unwritten principles to place limits on legislative...