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• Date: 22 September 2021

A selection of recent publications relating to parliamentary studies prepared with the assistance of the Library of Parliament (February 2021--July 2021).

Daly, Paul. "A critical analysis of the Case of Prorogations." Canadian Journal of Comparative and Contemporary Law 7 (1): 256-92,2021.

* R (Miller) v Prime Minister is a landmark case about the scope of prerogative power and judicial review in common law systems. In this article, the author critically analyzes the seminal decision of the UK Supreme Court in what will no doubt come to be known as the Case of Prorogations, focusing on its likely importance, its reasoning, its doctrinal and historical coherence ...

Geddes, Alexander G. "How to change laws without changing the law: Problems with the presumption of substantive change for plain language reforms." Ottawa Law Review/Revue de droit d'Ottawa 51 (1): 109-55, 2019-2020.

* Statutory interpretation is standing in the way of improving the clarity of Canadian legislation. Although legislators use plain language principles when they write new statutes, revising...