Dicey Law Review
The Dicey Law Review, published with LexisNexis, is a legal journal featuring scholarly articles on constitutionalism and the rule of law. It is produced in collaboration between the Runnymede Society and Advocates for the Rule of Law. We produce new volumes every year, with some articles being jointly published in the Supreme Court Law Review.
Asher Honickman
Editor-in-Chief | Dicey Law Review
Tim Haggstrom
Managing Editor | Dicey Law Review
Preston Lim
Senior Editor | Dicey Law Review
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Volumes
Volume 4 (forthcoming 2024)
- The Honourable Malcolm Rowe, Chris Puskas, Allyse Cruise, “The Separation of Powers in Canada” (lecture)
- Sterling Mancuso,”Overbreadth’s Overbreadth: The Case for Overturning Overbreadth as a Principle of Fundamental Justice”
- Gerard Kennedy, “Twenty-Seven Reserved Judgements: 2023 at the SCC”
- Stéphane Sérafin,”The Assumptions of Justice Abella’s “Rule of Justice””
- Ryan Alford,”The Demise of Mandatory Minimums and the Rise of the Federal Notwithstanding Clause”
- Kristopher Kinsinger,”Conflicting Rights? Balancing Equality and Fundamental Freedoms”
Volume 3 (2023)
- Robert P. George,”The Truth-Seeking Mission of the University – and its Conditions”
- The Honourable Malcolm Rowe, “Three Lectures on Law and Philosophy”
- Chantal Bellavance,”Minority Report: Droit pénal et science-fiction”
- Josh Dehaas, “Section 7 and the Limits of Covid-19 Vaccine Mandates in Ontario Public Schools”
- Tim Haggstrom, “La simplicité déroutante du choix de la norme de révision par la Cour Suprême dans Abrametz”
- Asher Honickman, “”Threats to the Security of Canada”: The Case for a Single Stringent Standard”
- Thomas Falcone,”In Defense of the Federal Court’s Jurisdiction over Judicial Review of Tax Matters”
- Preston Lim,”The Originalism of F.R. Scott”
Volume 2 (2022)
- Stephen Armstrong,”Henry VIII Clauses and the Constitution”
- Asher Honickman, “Law, Liberty and the Pursuit of the Common Good”
- Gerard Kennedy, “De Jure Submission and De Facto Courteous Regard: Places for Two Types of “Deference” Post-Vavilov“
- Moira Lavoie, “Recent Honour of the Crown Jurisprudence and the Problem of Legal Uncertainty”
- Preston Jordan Lim, “Justice Scalia’s Impact on Canadian Jurisprudence”
- Michael Plaxton, “The Quotidian Rule of Law”
- Maxime St-Hilaire,”Exposing a Bad Trick: Why Quebec’s Bill 96 Cannot Amend the Canadian Constitution”
Volume 1 (2021)
Articles
- David D’Astous, “À la recherche des limites procédurales à la souveraineté parlementaire en droit canadien”
- Kevin W. Gray, “Playing Along to Get Along: Section 6 Rights, Limitations, and Extradition”
Short papers
- Dwight Newman & Monica Fitzpatrick, “Forgotten Freedoms and the Rule of Law”
- Brian Bird, “The Notwithstanding Clause and the Rule of Law”
- Gerard J. Kennedy, “Timely, and Looking Forward to Volume Two: Book Review of Seven Absolute Rights: Recovering the Historical Foundations of Canada’s Rule of Law“
- Geoffrey Sigalet, “Rights Against the Rule of Law?”
- Malcolm Lavoie & Moira Lavoie, “Indigenous Institutions and the Rule of Indigenous Law”
- Ryan Alford, “Emergencies, Absolute Rights and the Legitimacy of the Notwithstanding Clause”
- Carissma Mathen, “An Inconvenient Constitution? The Troubles with Suspended Declarations of Invalidity”
- Michelle Budolph, “Hard Cases in a Culture of Justification”
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