Selected Topics in Constitutional Law

Topics

• assigned presentation dates
• Course outline/introduction
• Excerpts of J.S. Mill on liberty
• Introduction to the Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Charter
• The Oakes case
• Oakes test handout
• Additional excerpts on judicial review/interpretation
• Free expression in a diverse society
• R v Keegstra [1990]
• R v Zundel [1992]
• Obscenity and Censorship
• R v Butler [1992]
• Little Sisters Book and Art Emporium v. Canada [2000]
• R v Sharpe [2001]
• Religious accommodations
• Syndicat Northcrest v. Amselem [2004]
• Mouvement laïque québécois v. Saguenay [2015]
• Secular and Religious Education
• Zylberberg v. Sudbury Board of Education [1988]
• Sports [2015]
• Conflicts between state objectives and religious conduct
• B.(R.) v. Children’s Aid Society of Metropolitan Toronto [1995]
• AC v Manitoba
• Law Society of British Columbia v. Trinity Western University [2018]
• Administrative Law vs. Religious Claims