After Confederation, the provinces administered justice but the dominion government appointed judges. In 1894 Ontario’s Mowat government passed legislation to create Nipissing judicial district. It was then up to the Dominion government to appoint a judge. By early 1895, the Bowell administration issued an order-in-council and the new judge was waiting in the wings. But the perfunctory Royal assent never occurred. Bowell reneged. In a matter of days, the Premier abruptly reversed course and appointed someone else. What grounds may have precipitated such an unusual change of position? Was it partisan pressure, fresh revelations, a response to a crisis or political strategy? Was it a bold move that signaled a new direction? Or was it a balm t...
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Éditorial du 19 mars 2015Le pouvoir judiciaire est moins visible au Canada qu’il ne l’est aux États-...
Since 2017, the Canadian government has published excerpts from questionnaires that prospective judg...
When the Supreme Court of Canada issued its judgment on the legality of unilateral Quebec secession ...
Cet article fait état de la place qu’occupe l’institutionnalisation dans les stratégies de contrôle ...
The creation of the Canadian Judicial Council in 1971 and the gradual disappearance of county and di...
This is a story of constitutional imprudence caused by political short-termism that unfortunately re...
Les pressions politiques qui découlent, entre autres, du pouvoir accordé aux juges par la Charte can...
[À l'origine dans / Was originally part of : Fac. Droit - Coll. facultaire - Droit constitutionnel e...
A Judicial Appointment under the Third Republic The example of the promotion of an Attorney General ...
Since the 1970s, the appointment of trial judges in Canada has generally involved an arms-length com...
The article deals with the issue of the reflective judiciary in Canada. It especially looks at the c...
Cet article examine l’influence du discours sur l’immigration de L’Action française et de L’Action n...
When in December, 1791, Upper Canada began her separate provincial career, her first Lieutenant-Gove...
Cet article porte sur l'activité judiciaire acadienne dans les tribunaux civils néo-brunswickois du ...
L’un des grands défis de l’ère moderne consiste à concilier le pouvoir judiciaire avec une reddition...
Éditorial du 19 mars 2015Le pouvoir judiciaire est moins visible au Canada qu’il ne l’est aux États-...
Since 2017, the Canadian government has published excerpts from questionnaires that prospective judg...
When the Supreme Court of Canada issued its judgment on the legality of unilateral Quebec secession ...