I’m delighted to say that our article (with Jesse Hartery) on the comparative aspects of Alberta’s Sovereignty Act “The Frontiers of Nullification and Anti-Commandeering” is now forthcoming in Publius papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf… #federalism#abpoli

I received some fun mail today! Congratulations to Jim Kelly on his new book. I am sure this will be a must read for anyone interested in the courts and policy in Canada. UBC Press

I guess UBC Media Relations isn't going to promote my op-ed critiquing UBC Okanagan Senate's resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. 😅

Looks like it's up to me to share my thoughts on academic freedom, institutional overreach & antisemitism @UBC

vancouversun.com/opinion/op-ed/…

Great piece from my pal Stuart Thomson nationalpost.com/news/canada/pi… via National Post

Today the Hub published my article discussing the evolution of conservative legal thought in Canada! Thanks to Geoff Sigalet, Mark Harding, Andrew McDougall, Ian Brodie, Dave Snow, and Dennis Baker for helpful suggestions.
thehub.ca/2024-04-30/cha…

Check out our event 'Has DEI lost its way?' featuring a constructive conversation between Azim Shariff and Paolo Gaudiano (in collaboration with Heterodox Academy): youtube.com/watch?v=d9KByk…

There's one day left to submit your papers for Runnymede Society's Blackstone Prize! Be sure to send your submissions to me by EOD tomorrow.

‘Constitutional theory is a mess’, says Lawrence Solum, commenting on the perennial ferment about how judges should interpret the American Constitution. Solum on ‘Outcome Reasons and Process Reasons in Normative Constitutional Theory’ SSRN

Should cities treat climate change as an opportunity to harness or a crisis to manage?  

Join us for the next edition of UBC Okanagan Debates on Wednesday, May 15.

Get your tickets today at ok.ubc.ca/debates

Apr 25, Odyssey Lecture, Keith E. Whittington (Princeton), “Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech” events.brown.edu/ppe/event/2802…

Pleased to share my conversation with Adrian Vermeule and Jacob McConville hosted by the Runnymede Society Radio on the development of doctrine!

We discuss how various theories of law view “change” and “development” in legal doctrine and interpretation:

runnymedesociety.ca/en/adrian-verm…

New paper by Brian Flanagan and Guilherme de Almeida finding that, as a descriptive matter, people don’t have merely descriptive theories of law. link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Still getting my head around the honor of being named Research of the Year here UBC Okanagan VP Research and Innovation UBCO, especially next to my colleagues The CORE - Directed by Dr. Lesley Lutes Adam ™ Ford
Thank you for the recognition of the work!

🗣️Data and AI are human rights issues.🗣️

We are thrilled to welcome Timothy Endicott, Vinerian Professor of English Law at All Souls College University of Oxford, as a keynote speaker at the #PublicLawConference2024 .

We are delighted to welcome Justice Glenn Joyal, Chief Justice of the Court of King’s Bench of Manitoba at the #PublicLawConference2024 . Chief Justice Joyal has served as a judge since 1998 and as Chief Justice since 2011.