Achieving Certainty in Treaties with Indigenous Peoples: Small Steps Towards Adopting Elements of Recognition

John Helis

Constitutionalizing (In)justice: Treaty Interpretation and the Containment of Indigenous Governance

Gina Starblanket

Infusing Reconciliation into the Sentencing Process

Colton Fehr

What happens when the assumptions underlying our commitment to free speech no longer hold?

Richard Moon

Constitution of Canada as Supreme Law: A New Definition

Maxime St-Hilaire, Patrick F. Baud and Elena S. Drouin

Senate Reform and the Political Safeguards of Canadian Federalism in Québec

Jean-Christophe Bédard-Rubin

The Original Living Tree

Asher Honickman

This issue covers topics discussed at the Reconciliation: Wahkohtowin conference held in Edmonton, Alberta on September 22 and 23, 2017.

Introduction

Patricia Paradis and Colton Fehr

Jordan's Principle: Reconciliation and the First Nations Child

Colleen Sheppard

Wahkohtowin in Action

Matthew Wildcat

De facto and de jure Crown Sovereignty: Reconciliation and Legitimation at the Supreme Court of Canada

Ryan Beaton

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Articles

The Constitution as Muse? Four Poets Respond (Tacitly) to the World-View of The British North America Act (1867)
George Elliott Clarke

The Story of Constitutions, Constitutionalism and Reconciliation: A Work of Prose? Poetry? Or Both?
Jean Leclair

The Judicial Recognition of Indigenous Legal Traditions
Connoly v. Woolrich at 150
Mark D. Walters

Unpacking "Reconciliation": Contested Meanings of a Constitutional Norm
Hannah Wyile

Should Paramountcy Protect Secured Creditor Rights?
Saskatchewan v. Lemare Lake Logging in Historical Context
Virginia Torrie

BOOK REVIEW
Uncertain Accommodation: Aboriginal Identity and Group Rights in the Supreme Court of Canada
Dimitrios Panagos
(Vancouver: UBC Press, 2016)
Nnaemeka Ezeani

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Individual Articles

All I Really Needed To Know About Federalism, I Learned From Insurance Law
Barbara Billingsley

The Protective Function of the Constitutional Amending Formula
Sébastien Grammond

Surfing the Surveillance Wave: Online Privacy, Freedom of Expression and the Threat of National Security
David M. Tortell

Baxter Family Symposium on Federalism - Essay Winners
Rachel and Colin Baxter

Exploring the Principle of (Federal) Solidarity
Erika Arban

Spending Power, Social Policy, and the Principle of Subsidiarity
Éléonore Gauthier

Book Review - The Right Relationship: Reimagining the Implementation of the
Historical Treaties (John Borrows & Michael Coyle, eds)
Katherine Starks

Special Issue: The Crown in the 21st Century

Introduction
Special Issue Editors: Philippe Lagassé and Nicholas A MacDonald

If The Queen Has No Reserve Powers Left, What is the Modern Monarchy For?
Robert Hazell and Bob Morris

Royal Succession, Abdication, and Regency in the Realms
Anne Twomey

Some Observations on the Queen, the Crown, the Constitution, and the Courts
Warren J Newman

Royal Treatment: The Crown's Special Status in Administrative Law
Paul Daly

On the Formation of Government
Hugo Cyr

This Special Issue of the Review of Constitutional Studies | Revue d'études constitutionelles on The Crown in the 21st Century was generously funded by the Weston Foundation, which allows us to offer the articles in this issue for free online through our website.

Volume 26.3 - R v Jordan & unreasonable delay

This issue includes perspectives on the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in R v Jordan.

Was the Supreme Court right to change the law on the right to a speedy trial?
Léonid Sirota

Les leçons de Jordan, I : quelles sont les voies de recours extraordinaires contre un arrêt de la Cour suprême?
Maxime St-Hilaire

Les leçons de Jordan, II : l’article 33 de la Charte canadienne ne permet pas de suspendre la répartition fédérative des compétences
Maxime St-Hilaire

Les leçons de Jordan, III : à quelles conditions est-il légitime de déroger aux droits constitutionnels fondamentaux?
Maxime St-Hilaire

SPECIAL ISSUE - Patriation Papers: A View From Saskatchewan

This special issue of Constitutional Forum is a compilation of never-before-published notes and observations on meetings of the provincial and federal NDP leaders and between the provinces and the federal government leading to the final patriation deal in 1981. They are presented by Dr. Howard Leeson, former Deputy Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs for the province of Saskatchewan at the time, and are a valuable addition to the historical record surrounding the patriation of Canada's Constitution.

Editor's Note

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Round One: Saskatchewan-Canada Negotiations 1980

NDP Negotiations on Patriation: February 1981

Beginning of the End of the Gang of Eight

Four Lenses of Patriation

Annotated Notes: NDP Leaders Meeting, February 18, 1981

Annotated Notes: Gang of Eight - Ministers of Intergovernmental Affairs, June 4, 1981

About Howard Leeson

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Volume 26.1 - National Receivership Law; Atlantic Canada & Reference Re Supreme Court Act; Reforming Rowbotham & State-Funded Counsel

This issue of the Forum includes articles on the evolution of national receivership law, the regional considerations in Supreme Court of Canada appointments, and moving towards fairer standards for state-funded counsel.

The Incremental Evolution of National Receivership Law and the Elusive Search for Federal Purpose
Roderick Wood

Reference Re Supreme Court Act: Atlantic Canada and Regional Considerations in Supreme Court of Canada Appointments
Ian A McIsaac

Reforming Rowbotham: Towards Fairer Financial Eligibility Standards for State-Funded Counsel in Criminal Trial
Manasvin Goswami (Veenu)