Asper Centre News & Commentary

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The State Is Not Immune: The Supreme Court Affirms that Crown Can be Held Liable in Damages for Unconstitutional Laws
Aug 2, 2024
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Constitutional Law & Theory
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Mary Birdsell selected as new Constitutional Litigator in Residence
Jul 11, 2024
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Constitutional Law & Theory
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Asper Centre takes part in the Vote16 Summit in Ottawa
Jun 26, 2024
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Human Rights Law
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Bail Reform and the Constitutionality of Reverse Onus Provisions Targeting Repeat Offenders of Intimate Partner Violence
May 10, 2024
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Criminal Justice
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Launch of Reproductive Rights Working Group Report on Improving Access to Abortion Services in Canada
Mar 22, 2024
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Health Law & Policy
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Remembering Peter H. Russell (1932-2024)
Jan 19, 2024
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Asper Centre Intervenes in Climate Change Case at ONCA
Jan 16, 2024
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Environmental Law
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Asper Centre intervenes in Mathur et al v His Majesty the King in Right of Ontario
Jan 12, 2024
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Constitutional Law & Theory
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Asper Centre Celebrates 15th Anniversary
Dec 5, 2023
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Reflections on Climate Justice and the Law
Nov 17, 2023
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Environmental Law
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Meet Ewa Krajewska, our new Constitutional Litigator in Residence
Sep 20, 2023
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Constitutional Law & Theory
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Constitutional Litigator in Residence for 2023
Jul 4, 2023
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Constitutional Law & Theory
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In Mathur v Ontario Court Rejects Charter Challenge to Ontario’s Emissions Target
May 9, 2023
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Environmental Law
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R v Sharma: Supreme Court of Canada upholds legislation limiting conditional sentences despite Indigenous over-incarceration concerns
Nov 16, 2022
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Criminal Justice
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Constitutional Litigator in Residence for 2022
Sep 16, 2022
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Constitutional Law & Theory
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The SCC in R v J.J.: Upholding the Constitutionality of Criminal Code Reforms which Remove Barriers that Deter Sexual Assault Complainants from Reporting
Jul 19, 2022
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Criminal Justice
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A Clear and Decisive Supreme Court Ruling on Public Interest Standing: Attorney General of British Columbia v. Council of Canadians with Disabilities
Jun 24, 2022
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Constitutional Law & Theory
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The Curious Case of Section 15 and Courts of First Instance: The Joint Asper Centre, LEAF and West Coast LEAF Intervention in Canadian Council for Refugees, et al. v. Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, et al
Jun 15, 2022
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Human Rights Law
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R v Bissonnette: The Supreme Court’s Ruling on the Constitutionality of Consecutive First Degree Murder Sentences
Jun 2, 2022
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Criminal Justice
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R v Sullivan, R v Chan and R v Brown: The Supreme Court’s Ruling on the Defence of Extreme Intoxication
May 20, 2022
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Criminal Justice
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Asper Centre OUTLOOK Newsletter April 2022
Apr 20, 2022
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Statement: Inquiry into the use of the Emergencies Act
Apr 4, 2022
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Administrative Law
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Moving Towards Substantive Equality in Sentencing: R v Morris
Dec 9, 2021
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Criminal Justice
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News Statement: Young Canadians File Court Challenge to Lower Federal Voting Age – Calling it Unconstitutional
Dec 1, 2021
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