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Eric M. Adams

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Constitutional scholar, legal historian, and lawyer. Professor, University of Alberta, Faculty of Law.

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Historic decision on the notwithstanding clause from the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal.

"The Charter is not written in disappearing ink that comes and goes every five years according to whether Parliament or a legislature has invoked s. 33."

-CJ Leurer, Saskatchewan v UR Pride, 2025 SKCA 74

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Pleased to have a chapter on the early professional life of Justice Abella in this open access collection. Congratulations to the editors on this important contribution to judicial biography in Canada.

07.05.2025 20:59 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Challenging Exile Challenging Exile - Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution; Challenging Exile delves into the origins, experience, and aftermath of a shameful moment in Canada’s past: the government’s attemp...

Now available for pre-order, my forthcoming book with Jordan Stanger-Ross, Challenging Exile: Japanese Canadians and the Wartime Constitution, a shocking story of Canada's attempt to exile over 10,000 Japanese Canadians after the Second World War ended.

www.ubcpress.ca/challenging-...

28.03.2025 17:20 — 👍 7    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

I can confirm he has no known campaign office or website.

17.01.2025 17:23 — 👍 9    🔁 0    💬 2    📌 0
View of The Constitutionality of Prorogation

You may hear a lot about prorogation in the coming days. My refresher here: journals.library.ualberta.ca/constitution...

21.12.2024 15:37 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

But I had just gotten very used to NEVER tweeting.

14.11.2024 23:07 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion: The spirit of Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ laws seems to be spreading in Alberta Worryingly, Danielle Smith’s government appears set to deem a broad swath of subjects as ‘sensitive’ across Alberta’s kindergarten-to-grade-12 curriculum

“Don’t say gay, unless a parent signs a consent form” is not an educational approach worthy of this century.

My latest op-ed for @theglobeandmail.com

09.02.2024 16:34 — 👍 40    🔁 9    💬 0    📌 0
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Opinion: Let's not tie government's hands in the next crisis Governing during emergencies requires balancing rights, not tying hands

"The harms of COVID were many. Let’s not add preventing the government from effectively responding to the next crisis to the list."

My op-ed on the wrong approach at the base of Preston Manning's COVID Panel.

edmontonjournal.com/opinion/colu...

20.11.2023 20:19 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

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