Category Archives: Amending Formulas

More Tidbits On Indirect Amendment and Dissolution by Efflux of Time

Posted on 2019/02/21 by J.W.J. Bowden

If only I had discovered these little gems in time! Indirect Amendment The Commonwealth Law Bulletin will publish later this year my article “‘Indirect Amendment’: How the Federal Department of Justice Unilaterally Alters the Text of the Constitution of Canada.” … Continue reading →

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Taking Stock of 2018: Recent and Upcoming Publications

Posted on 2018/12/22 by J.W.J. Bowden

I’m pleased to report that the Commonwealth Law Bulletin has accepted and will publish at some point in 2019 my manuscript entitled “‘Indirect Amendment’: How the Federal Department of Justice Unilaterally Alters the Text of the Constitution of Canada.” This … Continue reading →

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Some Parts of the Constitution Are More Constitutional Than Others

Posted on 2018/09/13 by J.W.J. Bowden

Introduction The constitution cannot be unconstitutional. It follows therefore that one part of the constitution cannot be used to strike down or nullify another part of the constitution. This tautology, fittingly, sounds very obvious and simple – yet it still … Continue reading →

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Who Updates Section 37 of the Constitution Act, 1867?

Posted on 2017/02/09 by J.W.J. Bowden

Whenever I re-read the Constitution Act, 1867 — the statute formerly known as the British North America Act, 1867 –, I always see something interesting which I hadn’t noticed before. I’m currently drafting a response to Professor Pilon’s strawman summary … Continue reading →

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Jean-Pierre Kingsley Is Wrong: Electoral Reform Is A Constitutional Matter

Posted on 2016/06/08 by J.W.J. Bowden

Publication in the Macdonald-Laurier Institute’s Magazine I am most grateful to Brian Lee Crowley, David Watson, and the Macdonald-Laurier Institute for having published my short article on electoral reform online under the title, “Time Has Already Run Out on Electoral Reform“; … Continue reading →

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