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*Editors’ Note: This post is part of the ‘Unwritten Constitutional Norms and Principles Blog Series’* Unwritten constitutional principles supply much of the foundation – or ‘hidden wiring’ – of the UK constitution….

*Editors’ note: This post is part of the ‘Unwritten Constitutional Norms and Principles Blog Series’* Constitutional structures generally leave space for institutional innovations that can enhance the democratic process. One such innovation, embraced…

Unwritten constitutionalism is often associated with Westminster systems, but it is arguably a feature of all constitutional democracies, including jurisdictions with highly codified constitutions. The ‘unwritten’ facets of the constitution encompass a…

Visual credit: Jessica Deeks Isabelle Laliberté – LLM Candidate (Cambridge), JD (Ottawa) and LLB (Université du Québec à Montréal). Isabelle worked as a judicial law clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada…

Par Emmanuelle Bernheim, professeure à la Section de droit civil de la Faculté de droit de l’Université d’Ottawa et titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en santé mentale et accès…

Par Sophie De Spiegeleir, doctorante en sociologie-anthropologie à l’Université Saint-Louis Bruxelles (Belgique) À l’hôpital psychiatrique Les Tournesols [1], l’équipe de l’unité médico-légale se réunit une fois par semaine afin d’évaluer la petite trentaine…

Marie-Eve Sylvestre, Dean and Full Professor at the Faculty of Law (Civil Law Section) of the University of OttawaNicholas Blomley,  Professor in the Geography department at Simon Fraser University Céline Bellot, Director of the…

Assistant Professor at the Centre for Criminology and Sociolegal Studies at the University of Toronto Marie-Eve Sylvestre, Nicholas Blomley, and Céline Bellot’s Red Zones: Criminal Law and the Territorial Governance of Marginalized…

Assistant Professor at the Schulich School of Law and Associate Director of the Health Law Institute of the University of Dalhousie Red Zones is an original investigation, through quantitative and qualitative data,…