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Blurring the Line between Religion & State: A Case Example

In light of what is going on across the pond these days, it behooves us to pay attention to what happens where you fail to separate state and religion. Though to be honest, when your head of state also serves as Supreme Governor of the Church of England, such an exercise might be somewhat difficult. [...]

United Kingdom enters the ‘Supreme Court Club’: a lesson for Canada?

As mentioned in TheCourt.ca’s first Amici Curaie, today heralds historic changes to the United Kingdom justice system: installed in their swanky new digs, by the time this article goes to print the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom will have already opened. The new Constitutional Reform Act 2005, 2005 C. 4, (the CRA) goes beyond [...]

The United Kingdom: A constitution similar in principle to Canada?

Nearly 150 years after Canada adopted “a Constitution similar in principle to that of the United Kingdom,” legislators in the UK are contemplating doing the reverse. Recent months have witnessed heightened debate over whether the UK should replace its centuries-old “unwritten constitution” with a written document that more closely resembles Canada’s. Our Kingdom, a project [...]

Judicial role of UK House of Lords becomes UK Supreme Court

After a flurry of recent activity, this week proves a bit quieter, with no indication that we should be expecting any Supreme Court decisions to be rendered today or Friday. As such, I thought I’d take the opportunity to lighten our sometimes serious tone here at The Court, and share with our readers a few [...]