Publications

Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals

• Bowden, James W.J. and Nicholas A. MacDonald. “Writing the Unwritten: The Officialization of Constitutional Conventions in Canada, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, and Australia.” Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law 6, no 2 (August 2012): 365-400.

Articles in Non-Refereed Journals

• MacDonald, Nicholas A. and James W.J. Bowden. “The Manual of Official Procedure of the Government of Canada: An Exposé.” Constitutional Forum constitutionnel 20, no. 1 (17 October 2011): 33-39.

• MacDonald, Nicholas A. and James W.J. Bowden. “Letters.” Canadian Parliamentary Review 34, no. 2 (Summer 2011): 55-57.

• MacDonald, Nicholas A. and James W.J. Bowden. “No Discretion: On Prorogation and the Governor General.” Canadian Parliamentary Review 34, no. 1 (Spring 2011): 7-16.

Conference Papers and Speeches

• Bowden, James W.J. “Reining in the Prerogative Power of Dissolution: Fixed Elections in Canada and the United Kingdom.” Presentation to the Canadian Political Science Association, Victoria, British Columbia, 4 June 2013 (forthcoming).

• Bowden, James W.J. “Dawson, Forsey, and Aucoin: Three Schools of Thought on Crown Prerogative.” Presentation to Your Canada, Your Constitution, 4 June 2012.

• MacDonald, Nicholas A. and James W.J. Bowden. “No Discretion: On Prorogation and the Governor General.” Presentation to Graduate Student Conference of the Bell Chair for the Study of Canadian Parliament Democracy, 10 February 2011.

Newspaper Columns

• Bowden, James W.J. “The Wrong Way to Limit a Premier’s Power to Prorogue.” iPolitics, 18 March 2013.

• Bowden, James W.J. and Nicholas A. MacDonald. “Onley Provides Much Needed Education.” Ottawa Citizen. 28 February 2013, A11.

• Bowden, James W.J. “Canada Cannot Assent to British Law.” Ottawa Citizen. 5 February 2013, A11.

• Bowden, James W.J. and Philippe Lagassé. “Succeeding to the Canadian Throne.” Ottawa Citizen. 5 December 2012, A11.

• Bowden, James W.J. “What We Should Remember About the 5th of November: The Truth About Guy Fawkes.” The Huffington Post. Monday, 5 November 2012.

• Bowden, James W.J. and Nicholas A. MacDonald. “McGuinty Had Every Right to Prorogue.” Ottawa Citizen. Thursday, 18 October 2012, A13.

• Bowden, James W.J. and Patrick Baud. “Jack Layton and the Prime Minister’s Prerogative to Offer State Funerals.” iPolitics. Monday, 3 September 2012.

• Bowden, James W.J. “Parti Quebecois Proposals Show Contempt for the Constitution.” iPolitics. Wednesday, 29 August 2012.

• Bowden, James W.J. “Open Primaries in the Westminster System.” The Prince Arthur Herald. Thursday, 27 October 2011.

• Bowden, James W.J. “The Maple Crown and the Commonwealth Realms.” The Prince Arthur Herald. Monday, 17 October 2011.

• Bowden, James W.J. “Favouring Quebec In Parliament Is Illegal.” National Post. 17 October 2011, A8.

• Bowden, James W.J. “More seats for Quebec? NDP stance is unconstitutional.” The Prince Arthur Herald. Monday, 26 September 2011.

• Bowden, James W.J. and Nicholas A. MacDonald. “The Caretaker Convention: What Happens to the Federal Government in an Election.” Hill Times no. 22, 1082 (Monday, April 4, 2011), 27.