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We're delighted to announce the publication of a new special issue of the Constitutional Forum (Issue 33.4). This issue is predominantly comprised of papers by participants in a CCS workshop on the horizontal effect of Charter rights, held at UBC 's Allard School of Law in January 2024, and co-organized…| Centre for Constitutional Studies
These are the first three videos from our Constitutional Theory Series, featuring Dr. Teng Biao, Professor Thomas Bustamante, and Professor Phillip Pettit. These sessions were co-organized with Professor Josh Nichols (McGill Law). New sessions will resume in Fall 2025.| Centre for Constitutional Studies
Professor Debra Thompson (McGill University, Political Science) delivered a public lecture through the CCS on Nov 27, 2024. The first video below is her full lecture; the second video is her response to an audience question about the 2024 US election.| Centre for Constitutional Studies
We're delighted to announce the publication of a new issue of our journal, Constitutional Forum. Issue 33.3 is an open issue featuring contributions from Joel Bakan, Angela Fernandez, Robert Diab, and Paul Chartrand. Articles can be accessed by clicking the links below. Issue 33.3: Table of Contents (PDF) Articles: Negating…| Centre for Constitutional Studies
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The Centre is excited to announce the publication of our latest issue of the Review of Constitutional Studies, which is now available via EBSCO and will be available in due course on Heinonline. This latest issue, issue 28.2, is an open issue that also features two reprinted articles by Professors…| Centre for Constitutional Studies
We're excited to announce the publication of our latest open issue of the Constitutional Forum, guest edited by CCS Summer Students Krystin Hoffart, Laura McKenzie, and Saloni Sharma. To view individual articles in the new issue, please click the links below. Table of Contents (PDF) Articles Natasha Bakht & Lynda Collins, Notwithstanding […]| Centre for Constitutional Studies
The criminal law power is a legislative power allocated to Canada’s federal government via the Constitution Act, 1867. More specifically, section 91(27) of this Act gives Parliament exclusive jurisdiction over “The Criminal Law, except the Constitution of the Courts of Criminal Jurisdiction, but including Procedure in Criminal Matters.”[2] This means that legislation that falls within […]| Centre for Constitutional Studies