Category Archives: Crown (Powers and Office)

The Politics of Prorogation in Canada

Posted on 2017/06/19 by J.W.J. Bowden

Sample for Upcoming Issue of The Dorchester Review The Trudeau II government has confirmed that it will proceed with pushing through changes to the Standing Orders of the House of Commons pertaining to prorogation, as Aaron Wherry has reported. I first … Continue reading →

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Can the 41st Legislature of British Columbia Elect a Speaker?

Posted on 2017/05/30 by J.W.J. Bowden

A Hung Parliament and Revival of 19th-Century Norms British Columbians went to the polls on 9 May 2017 and appeared to elect a hung parliament. Elections British Columbia had to conduct some mandatory recounts and count absentee and other ballots … Continue reading →

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The Provinces Show How Fixed-Date Election Laws Affect Dissolution by Efflux of Time

Posted on 2017/05/26 by J.W.J. Bowden

You can read my article on dissolution by effluxion here: Bowden, James W.J. “When the Bell Tolls for Parliament: Dissolution by Efflux of Time.” Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law 11, no. 1 (2017): 129-144. As sometimes happens with writers, I only noticed … Continue reading →

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My Piece on “Dissolution by Efflux of Time” Is Published in the Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law

Posted on 2017/05/11 by J.W.J. Bowden

I’m very pleased to announce that my article “When the Bell Tolls for Parliament: Dissolution by Efflux of Time” has come out in the latest issue of the Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law. Incidentally, the germ of this manuscript started out … Continue reading →

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Jacob Rees-Mogg and Jeremy Corbyn Expose the Futility of the Fixed-Term Parliaments Act

Posted on 2017/04/23 by J.W.J. Bowden

Sometimes nerdy political historians and political scientists could be accused of enjoying political shenanigans or borderline constitutional crises, like the Prorogation-Coalition Controversy of 2008, because they’re “interesting.” They are indeed interesting. But they are, more importantly, instructive and revealing.

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