Richard Mailey

A phenomenal lecture, well worth a watch!

Our last event of the semester is TOMORROW!! Thomas Bustamante will be delivering an online talk on the rule of law and authoritarianism as part of our new constitutional theory series. Register here: ualberta-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Really excited for this — last chance to register!!

Every year our centre hires three summer students to write blogposts and produce a podcast series. This year, for the first time, they guest edited a special issue of a journal too!! Excited to see it published today.

Opinion: The clock runs out on Alberta’s plan to amend the Constitution Jason Kenney’s government held a referendum on removing the equalization principle from the Constitution Act, but the three-year window to do so has ended

The latest from @galapalavicini.bsky.social and me:

"As we prepare to transition to a new period of Alberta-Ottawa relations, we can all hope for the return of functional federalism and the demise of costly stunts like the equalization referendum."

www.theglobeandmail.com/opinion/arti...

Really excited for today's talk by Dr Glennon. Aside from some electoral reform efforts in BC and some ultimately rejected proposals during the Charlottetown Accord period, I'm not aware of Canada doing much in the way of real, citizen-led deliberation vis-a-vis constitutional issues.

I'll be saying words at this too, but rest assured that there are plenty of more interesting people involved!

🚨NEW EVENT ALERT🚨
We'll be hosting a public lecture by Prof Debra Thompson (McGill, Political Science) at the end of this month. Go here for more info and to register: www.constitutionalstudies.ca/events/race-...

Check out the CCS blog, Seven/Fifty, for a series of new posts last month. Special thanks to Emmett Macfarlane and Phil Lagasse for giving us permission to repost their excellent articles on Power and Mathur. All new posts available here: www.sevenfiftyblog.ca

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In case you missed Mark Mancini's lecture on Charter values in the admin law context, you can now check out the video here: youtube.com/watch?v=uQc4....

Michelman on Commentaries on "Constitutional Essentials" by Michelman, lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/...

Michelman on Constitutional Subsidiarity and South Africa, lsolum.typepad.com/legaltheory/...

Really excited for the release of this second season of Free Expression!! First three episodes now available, featuring Emily Laidlaw, Emmett Macfarlane, Jillian York. Huge thanks to Dax D'Orazio for the immense work of bringing everything together.

We've just published a new special issue of the Constitutional Forum on the Canadian Supreme Court's recent (and consistently contentious) jurisprudence on the relationship between criminal sentencing and various Charter rights. Check it out here: www.constitutionalstudies.ca/2024/10/cons...

Every year our centre, @centreconststud.bsky.social, hires three JD students to write articles on constitutional issues and produce a podcast series. We capped off this year's program with a tour of the Alberta legislature — great way to end a wonderful summer working with wonderful people!

Still plenty of time to register for Robert Brandom's law and pragmatism session...

The next session in our Law and Pragmatism series is taking place on Feb 14th, and will feature a guest lecture by Prof Robert Brandom. For more info (and to register) go here: www.constitutionalstudies.ca/events/a-heg...

The blog is now live at sevenfiftyblog.ca — if you have a blog-length idea on a constitutional issue, write it down and send it our way!

Our research centre - @centreconststud.bsky.social - just launched a new blog. Check out this news release on the University of Alberta law faculty site: www.ualberta.ca/law/about/ne...

There's still time to register for tomorrow's lecture by Prof Luca Malagoli! Registration link below...

The founders of pragmatism (Peirce, James, Oliver Wendell Holmes) had much to say about norms. In this talk, Professor Cheryl Misak (University of Toronto) l... Cheryl Misak Lecture: Pragmatism and the Law

If you missed this week's law and pragmatism lecture by the wonderful Cheryl Misak, you can check out the recording on our website, constitutionalstudies.ca, and our Youtube channel: www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_-t...

We're hosting another law and pragmatism event on Nov 29th, with Luca Malagoli. Register here: ualberta-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

The video from our first session, with Cheryl Misak, will be available shortly at constitutionalstudies.ca

In this lecture, Professor Gregoire Webber (Queen's Law) presents an argument for rethinking how we approach section 1 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and ... What Oakes Could Have Said: Guest Lecture by Professor Gregoire Webber (Queen's Law)

Did the Supreme Court go wrong when it interpreted the Canadian Charter's limitations clause in R v Oakes? For a thought provoking response, check out Prof Gregoire Webber's lecture, just added to our Youtube channel...

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Charlottetown Accord Podcast | Centre for Constitutional Studies

This weekend is the 42nd anniversary of the Canadian patriation negotiations. For a super short version of what happened, check out episode 1 of this podcast that we released a couple of years ago: www.constitutionalstudies.ca/podcasts/cha...

Event: Book Launch – Constitutions, Law and the Body Politic ukconstitutionallaw.org/2023/11/03/e...

Paolo Sandro, "The Making of Constitutional Democracy: From Creation to Application of Law" (Bloomsb... Listen to this episode from New Books in Law on Spotify. This book is a tour de force. In The Making of Constitutional Democracy: From Creation to Application of Law (Bloomsbury, 2022), Dr Paolo Sa...

Don't miss this podcast on @paolosandro.bsky.social's wonderful book 'The Making of Constitutional Democracy'. Paolo is a former Convenor of our student-run Legal Theory Research Group, and the book is based on his PhD thesis written here at Edinburgh Law School open.spotify.com/episode/0qWf...

Our Centre just published our monthly newsletter, with updates on upcoming events and some of our recent blogposts, videos, and podcasts. Check it out here: www.constitutionalstudies.ca/wp-content/u...

Excited for this talk by Prof Cheryl Misak (U of Toronto, Philosophy)!! Cheryl will be examining the view of law and its legitimacy that originates in the work of Oliver W Holmes and continues in the work of later thinkers like Dewey and Lewis.

Register here: ualberta-ca.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Folks!! Our newest journal issue is now available via EBSCO (table of contents below). It features three EXCELLENT articles on the C-92 Reference, a huge case before the Canadian Supreme Court on Indigenous self-government, plus some other great articles and book reviews.

Abortion Rights in Canada: Morgentaler and Beyond Listen to Abortion Rights in Canada: Morgentaler and Beyond on Spotify. In June 2022, the US Supreme Court made global headlines when it overturned Roe v Wade, a nearly 50-year-old precedent that guar...

Our new student podcast series - Abortion Rights in Canada: Morgentaler and Beyond - is now available in full wherever you get your podcasts. Check it out here: https://open.spotify.com/show/7A86cf0SCi6dQZlYSQTWvd?si=9e31b448bb26467f