Category Archives: Succession (Sovereign)

The Government of Canada’s Position on Succession in 1937, 1943, & 1981

Posted on 2013/09/22 by J.W.J. Bowden

Introduction Since December 2012, Professor Philippe Lagassé and I have put forward some arguments on the nature of the Crown of Canada as a corporation sole and all that this legal concept entails for the royal succession and the emergence … Continue reading →

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Law Professors from the University of Ottawa on Succession to the Crown

Posted on 2013/07/02 by J.W.J. Bowden

Another new development has just emerged in the ongoing narrative of royal succession. Earlier today, four professors of law at the University of Ottawa co-authored a column in Le Devoir and explained their constitutional objections to the Government of Canada’s … Continue reading →

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Succession to the Crowns in Australasia & Succession as Part of Canadian Law

Posted on 2013/07/02 by J.W.J. Bowden

Australia On 19 April 2013, the Council of Australian Governments (the equivalent of the Council of the Federation plus the Government of Canada) convened in Canberra. All six state Premiers and the federal Prime Minister came to a consensus on … Continue reading →

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Prime Minister King and the Government of Canada’s Position on Succession in 1936-1937

Posted on 2013/06/29 by J.W.J. Bowden

Introduction In 2013, the Government of Canada has claimed that succession does not form part of Canadian law, except inasmuch as the preamble of the Constitution Act, 1867 contains an implied principle of symmetry such that the Sovereign of the … Continue reading →

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Anne Twomey on Succession to the Crown of Canada and Good Evidence of the Personal Union

Posted on 2013/06/27 by J.W.J. Bowden

Good Evidence of the Corporation Sole and the Personal Union Government House in Victoria, British Columbia (the state residence of the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia) contains some good evidence for the fundamental constitutional arrangements of Canada and the United … Continue reading →

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