Author Archives: Lyndsay Campbell

About Lyndsay Campbell

B.A. in English (UBC), M.A. in English (University of Toronto), LL.B. (UBC), LL.M. (UBC), Ph.D. in Jurisprudence & Social Policy (UC Berkeley). Associate Professor. Member of the BC Bar. Please click here for more information.

Judges, Parliament, Brexit and Constitutional Change: Echoes of Stockdale v Hansard (1839)

By: Lyndsay Campbell

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Matter Commented On: R (on the application of Miller) v The Prime Minister; Cherry et al vAdvocate General for Scotland, [2019] UKSC 41, available here: https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/docs/uksc-2019-0192-judgment.pdf.

In making its recent decision to nullify Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s advice to the Queen to prorogue Parliament, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom waded into deep constitutional water, raising the question of constitutional precedent and arguments about the propriety of judicial intervention in “political” matters. This comment describes the Miller decision and considers it against the backdrop of another huge constitutional controversy that began to unfold in London in 1838.

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News from the Canadian Law and Society Association

By: Lyndsay Campbell

On January 16 & 17 the Canadian Law and Society Association (CLSA) held its midwinter meeting in Waterloo, Ontario. This small conference featured a variety of panels, on topics ranging from legal identities and legal pluralism to AirBnB and Uber, the duty to consult, aboriginal title, legal education, and the corporation.

The CLSA is currently gearing up for its main annual conference, to be held May 28-30 at the University of Calgary as part of the Congress of Social Sciences and Humanities 2016. Our meeting overlaps with that of the Canadian Association of Law Teachers (CALT, May 30-31) and, as well, a one-day interdisciplinary symposium on social justice (May 28) entitled “Building A2SJ: An Interdisciplinary Conversation about Problems and Solutions.” Our founding dean, John McLaren, has agreed to give a keynote address at the jointly held CLSA-CALT banquet on May 31. Calls for papers for the CLSA and CALT conferences are available here and here (note proposals are due January 31), and registration for Congress is now possible via the link here.

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Canadian Law and Society Association Midwinter Conference

By Lyndsay Campbell

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I recently attended the midwinter meeting of the Canadian Law and Society Association in Toronto. This meeting combines a small academic conference with a board meeting, mid-way between our annual meetings. The program is available here.

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