Constitutional Statutory Jurisdiction

Constitutional jurisdiction over health in Canada.

National Forum on Health, Canada Health Action: Building on the Legacy – Final Report of the National Forum on Health (Ottawa: Minister of Public Works and Government Services, 1997) at 20. Auditor General of Canada, Report of the Auditor General of Canada to the House of Commons, 1999 – Chapter 29: Federal Support of Health Care Delivery (Ottawa; Minister of Public Works and Government Service...

Constitutional Rules of Exclusion in Jurisdiction Formation

The rules under which jurisdictions (nations, provinces) can deny immigration or expel residents are generally governed by a constitution, but there do not exist either positive or normative analyses to suggest what types of exclusion rules are best. We stylize this problem by suggesting four constitutional rules of admission: free mobility, admission by majority vote, admission by unanimous co...

An Informational Model of Constitutional Jurisdiction

In shaping constitutional courts’ jurisdictions, societies must contend with the informational challenges associated with rule-making and the distributive politics of granting courts jurisdiction over administrative law-making. Curiously, judges are often granted jurisdiction that seems to create a tension between their ability to acquire information about appropriate rules and to clearly artic...

Courts-martial Jurisdiction and Civilian Dependents: Constitutional Restrictions

Medicaid assistance for elective abortions: the statutory and constitutional issues.

INTRODUCTION In Roe v. Wade,' the Supreme Court held that women have the right 2 to an abortion free from any state interference 3 during the first trimester of pregnancy, but that from the commencement of the second trimester, the state may impose such regulations as are reasonably related to maternal health. 4 The ramifications of this landmark decision5 are not yet completely clear. One issu...