POLS 2200 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Patriation Reference
9 Feb 2015
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It is fair to say that while the patriation reference was greeted by a warm response for its political implications, it received a lukewarm to negative reaction for its judicial craft. This is best summed up in the phrase bold statescraft, questionable jurisprudence which is the title of peter russell"s contribution: leading constitutional experts of the day disparaged the supreme court"s judgment in the. He lamented that the court allowed itself to be manipulated into a purely political role : there already have been and there will continue to be attempts to use this aspect of the. In this paper he is concerned about judicially created constitutional dangers.
