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Tag Archives: “abuse of power”
Constitutional Scholarship or Political Activism? The Role of the Academy Following the Coalition-Prorogation Crisis of 2008
Introduction The line between academia and scholarship on the one hand and punditry and activism on the other has become increasingly blurred in Canada, especially in the wake of the coalition-prorogation crisis of December 2008. Recent works like Democratizing the … Continue reading
Posted in Articles and Books, Crown (Powers and Office), Governor's Discretion, Reviews and Critiques
Tagged "abuse of power", "bad faith", 2011, Democratizing the Constitution, dissolution, efficient and dignified functions, Fixed-Term Parliaments Act, Letters Patent 1947, Lori Turnbull, Manual of Official Procedure of the Government of Canada, Mark Jarvis, Nicholas A. MacDonald, Patriation Reference, political activism, prorogation, Romanticism, s.41(a), Walter Bagehot
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