Research Area(s)
- Constitutional law
- Criminal law
- Human rights
Professional Education
- LLM (Saskatchewan)(1992)
- LLB (Saskatchewan) (1988)
- BA (Hons.) (Saskatchewan)
Profile
Publications and Research
“Federalism Analysis and the Charter,” (2011) 74 Saskatchewan Law Review 5.
“Ambiguous Constitutional Standards and the Right to Vote” , (2011) 5 Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law 309.
“The Children’s Trilogy: The Principles of Fundamental Justice and the Best Interests of the Child” in Children and the Law: Essays in Honour of Professor Nicholas Bala (Toronto: Irwin, 2011)
“R. v. Khawaja, the Definition of ‘Terrorist Activity’ and the Irrelevance of Motive Doctrine: Constitutional Dimensions of a Common Law Principle,” (2009) 42 U.B.C. L. Rev. 197.
“The Rule of Law, Legal Rights in the Charter, and the Supreme Court's New Positivism” (2008), 33 Queen’s Law Journal 453-486.
“’Debunking’ Parents’ Rights in the Canadian Constitutional Context” (2007), 86 Canadian Bar Review 479-514.
“Recognizing Original (Non-Delegated) Provincial Jurisdiction to Prosecute Criminal Offences” (2007), 38 Ottawa Law Review 163-189.
“’Blackstoned’ Again: Common Law Liberties, the Canadian Constitution, and Principles of Fundamental Justice”: (2007), 13 Texas Wesleyan Law Review 343-376.
“An Analysis of the ‘No Hierarchy of Constitutional Rights Doctrine” (2006), 12 Review of Constitutional Studies 19-51.
“Analysis of Canadian Foundation for Children, Youth and the Law versus Canada (Attorney General)” (2005), 12 International Journal of Victimology. 189-211.
“Retributive Sentencing and the Charter: The Implications of Sauvé v. Chief Electoral Officer” (2005), 10 Canadian Criminal Law Review 43-67.
“Corporal Punishment and Prosecutorial Discretion in Canada” (2004), 12 International Journal of Children’s Right 41-70
“Fundamental Justice in Section 7 of the Charter: A Human Rights Interpretation” (2003), 52 University of New Brunswick Law Journal 243-260.
“Of Fairness and Faulkner” (2002), 65 Saskatchewan Law Review 63-74.
“Addressing Discrimination Through the Sentencing Process: Criminal Code s. 718.2(a)(i) in Historical and Theoretical Context” (2000), 44 Criminal Law Quarterly 399-436.
“The Corrective Force Defence (section 43) and Sexual Assault” (2000), 6 Canadian Criminal Law Review 35-70.
“Reconsidering the Charter and Electoral Boundaries” (1999), 22 Dalhousie Law Journal 53-92.
“Non-Statutory Criminal Law and the Charter: The Application of the Swain Approach in Daviault v. The Queen" (1996), 59 Saskatchewan Law Review 241.