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Vanessa MacDonnell

University of Ottawa - Common Law Section

Associate Professor

57 Louis Pasteur Street

Ottawa, K1N 6N5

Canada

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Equality & Incrementalism: The Role of Common Law Reasoning in Constitutional Rights Cases

(2014) 44:3 Ottawa Law Review 467
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 19 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2014
Jula Hughes, Vanessa MacDonnell and Karen Pearlston
University of New Brunswick - Fredericton - Faculty of Law, University of Ottawa - Common Law Section and University of New Brunswick - Fredericton - Faculty of Law
Downloads 150 (147,176)

Abstract:

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Bedford, sex work, prostitution, incrementalism, equality

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Developments in Constitutional Law: The 2011-2012 Term

(2012) 59 Supreme Court Law Review 51
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 06 Jan 2013
Vanessa MacDonnell
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
Downloads 116 (187,962)

Abstract:

constitutional law, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

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The German Abortion Decisions and the Protective Function in German and Canadian Constitutional Law

(2013) 50 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 999
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 20 Mar 2013 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2015
Vanessa MacDonnell and Jula Hughes
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section and University of New Brunswick - Fredericton - Faculty of Law
Downloads 108 (174,830)

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comparative constitutional law, Canadian constitutional law, German constitutional law, protective function, abortion

4.

The New Self-Defence Law: Progressive Development or Status Quo?

(2014) 92:2 Canadian Bar Review 301
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 28 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2015
Vanessa MacDonnell
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
Downloads 82 (104,798)

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self-defence, defence of person, feminist law reform, Lavallee, Supreme Court of Canada, battered woman syndrome, equality

5.

The Protective Function and Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

(2012) 17 Review of Constitutional Studies 53
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 Feb 2012 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2015
Vanessa MacDonnell
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
Downloads 71 (253,506)

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The Jury Vetting Cases: New Insights on Jury Trials in Criminal Cases?

(2013) 63 Supreme Court Law Review (2d) 419
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 19 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2015
Vanessa MacDonnell
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
Downloads 63 (247,903)

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jury, jury vetting, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, fair trial

7.

Assessing the Impact of the Ancillary Powers Doctrine on Three Decades of Charter Jurisprudence

(2012) 58 Supreme Court Law Review 225
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 06 Jan 2013
Vanessa MacDonnell
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
Downloads 59 (237,344)

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criminal law, ancillary powers, police powers, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, interest balancing

8.

R v. Sinclair: Balancing Individual Rights and Societal Interests Outside of Section 1 of the Charter

(2012) 38:1 Queen's Law Journal 137
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 08 Jan 2013 Last Revised: 02 Jan 2015
Vanessa MacDonnell
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
Downloads 50 (299,269)

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The Constitution as Framework for Governance

"The Constitution as Framework for Governance" (2013) 63:4 University of Toronto L J 624., Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2013-11
Number of pages: 32 Posted: 20 Nov 2013 Last Revised: 21 Dec 2014
Vanessa MacDonnell
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
Downloads 40 (357,644)

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constitutional law, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, constitutional responsibilities of government

10.

Internet Surveillance and Popular Constitutionalism

appears in George Williams, Fergal Davis and Nicola McGarrity, eds, Surveillance, Counter-Terrorism and Comparative Constitutionalism (Oxford: Routledge, 2014) 313.
Number of pages: 10 Posted: 19 May 2015
Vanessa MacDonnell
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
Downloads 24 (354,286)

Abstract:

comparative constitutional law; constitutional theory; internet surveillance; popular constitutionalism

11.

Social Science Evidence in Constitutional Rights Cases in Germany and Canada: Some Comparative Observations

(2013) 32 National Journal of Constitutional Law 23
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 02 Jan 2015
Jula Hughes and Vanessa MacDonnell
University of New Brunswick - Fredericton - Faculty of Law and University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
Downloads 20 (338,368)

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Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, German Basic Law, Supreme Court of Canada, German Constitutional Court, social science evidence, deference

12.

Problems with the Newly Expanded Power of Citizen's Arrest

(2012) 33:5 For the Defence 22
Number of pages: 9 Posted: 02 Jan 2015
Vanessa MacDonnell and Leonardo Russomanno
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section and Russomanno Purcell Moore LLP
Downloads 9 (443,430)

Abstract:

criminal law, Criminal Code of Canada, citizen's arrest, policing, private security forces, Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

13.

The New Parliamentary Sovereignty

(2016) 21(1) Review of Constitutional Studies 13, Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2017-10
Posted: 09 Feb 2017 Last Revised: 25 Mar 2017
Vanessa MacDonnell
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section

Abstract:

Parliamentary Sovereignty, Constitutional Law, Canadian Constitutional Law, Judicial Review

14.

A Theory of Quasi-Constitutional Legislation

(2016) 53:2 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 508, Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2016-41
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 15 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 24 Nov 2016
Vanessa MacDonnell
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
Downloads 0 (222,913)

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quasi-constitutional legislation; Canadian constitutional law; UK constitutional law; constitutional statute

15.

The Civil Servant's Role in the Implementation of Constitutional Rights

(2015) 13:2 I•CON 383, Ottawa Faculty of Law Working Paper No. 2015-25,
Posted: 10 Aug 2015
Vanessa MacDonnell
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section

Abstract:

Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, civil servants, bureaucracy, rights implementation, positive rights, constitutional law

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Book Review: Juries in the 21st Century, by Jacqueline Horan

(2014) 12 Canadian Journal of Law and Technology 133
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 02 Jan 2015
Vanessa MacDonnell
University of Ottawa - Common Law Section
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jury; jurors; technology; criminal law

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