Canadian Constitutional Law
Presentation to the Annual Conference of International Association of Law Libraries
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7809270 |
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| Authors | Peter W Hogg (York University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2013 |
| Volume | 41 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 58-64 |
| Publication date | 2013-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Legal Information (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0731-1265 • E-ISSN: 2331-4117 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s073112650001163x |
| OpenAlex | W2226220211 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
When I was asked to give this talk it occurred to me that it might be interesting to think aloud about some of the changes in constitutional law—and in writing about constitutional law—that have occurred since I came to Canada. I am a New Zealander by birth, but I was teaching at the Faculty of Law of Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, when I came to the Osgoode Hall Law School on a one-year visit in the summer of 1970. During that visiting year, the faculty decided to offer me a permanent appointment. This was done over the objection of one of my colleagues, R. J. Gray, who claimed that my lectures would require simultaneous translation, and that I would not meet the height requirements for Canadian citizenship. Anyway I was persuaded to stay (and three years later I became a Canadian citizen
Citizenship · Common law · Constitutional law · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Comparative and International Law Studies · Criminal Law and Evidence · Law · Legal Education and Practice Innovations · Medicine
| Highly cited | No |
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