Volume 22.1 of the Constitutional Forum is a special issue featuring eight of the twelve papers submitted from the 2012 Constitutional Symposium. At the Symposium legal academics and practitioners provided stimulating and thought provoking updates on recent jurisprudence in the constitutional area, focusing on Charter sections 2, 7 and 15, the division of powers, aboriginal rights and the Charter, and criminal law. The table of contents for this issue is provided below:
Patricia Paradis
The Perfect Storm: Section 12, Mandatory Minimums, and the Problem of the Unusual Case
Peter Sankoff
Failing Students by Taking a Pass on the Charter in Pridgen v University of Calgary
Colin Feasby
Redressing The Harms of Government (In)Action: A Section 7 Versus Section 15 Charter Showdown
Jennifer Koshan
Theory and Practice in the Government of Alberta’s Consultation Policy
Neil Reddekopp
“Irreconcilable? The Duty to Consult and Administrative Decision Makers”
Janna Promislow
Federalism Still Matters: The Securities Reference Case
Moin A. Yahya
The PHS Case and Federalism-Based Alternatives to Charter Activism
Dwight Newman
The Assisted Human Reproduction Act Reference and the Thin Line Between Health and Crime
Ubaka Ogbogu