Carissima Mathen

Carissima Mathen, LSM, is Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa. An expert in the Canadian constitution, she is the author of Courts Without Cases: The Law and Politics of Advisory Opinions (Hart), The Tenth Justice (UBC Press) and numerous other works.

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What Price Comedy? Freedom of Expression and Dignity Clash at Canada’s Supreme Court

What Price Comedy? Freedom of Expression and Dignity Clash at Canada’s Supreme Court

The boy with a subwoofer on his head. When I complained that he sang badly, I was told “He’s dying. Let him live his dream.”  It’s been five years...and he’s not dead yet!   In 2005, a boy named Jeremy Gabriel sang Canada’s national ...