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Access to Justice Network Guide to Prorogation

By Michel-Adrien Sheppard

The Access to Justice Network, a public legal information network funded by the Alberta Law Foundation, recently posted material about the federal political crisis relating to prorogation that shook Parliament, the pundits and the people earlier this month.

Other recent material on the topic includes:

• David Cameron - “Constitutional Crisis or Democracy in Action” (University of Toronto Law School Faculty Blog, December 9, 2008)
• Lorne Sossin - “Was the Governor General’s Decision to Prorogue Parliament Constitutional?” (University of Toronto Law School Faculty Blog, December 9, 2008)
• Peter Russell - Lessons From Our Most Recent “Constitutional Crisis” (University of Toronto Law School Faculty Blog, December 10, 2008)
• David Schneiderman - “Prorogation, Dissolution, and the Vicissitudes of Minority Government” (University of Toronto Law School Faculty Blog, December 11, 2008)
• Lorne Sossin and Lorraine Weinrib - “Canada’s constitutional ‘black box’ “ (University of Toronto Law School Faculty Blog, December 12, 2008)
• Power, Parliament and Prorogation: A Canadian Political Drama (Jurist, University of Pittsburgh Law School, December 12, 2008)
• The Prime Minister and Prorogation: Time for a New SCC Reference? (The Court, Osgoode Hall Law School, December 15, 2008)

Full post as published by Slaw.ca on December 17, 2008 (boomark / email).