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This page intentionally left blank THE CONSTITUTION OF LAW ProfessorDyzenhausdealswiththeurgentquestionofhowgovernments shouldrespondtoemergenciesandterrorismbyexploringtheideathat there is an unwritten constitution of law, exemplified in the common lawconstitutionofCommonwealthcountries.Helooksmainlytocases decidedintheUnitedKingdom,AustraliaandCanadatodemonstratethat evenintheabsenceofanentrenchedbillofrights,thelawprovidesamoral resourcethatcaninformarule-of-lawprojectcapableofrespondingto situationswhichplacelegalandpoliticalorderundergreatstress.Those casesarediscussedagainstabackdropofrecentwritingandjudicialdeci- sionsintheUnitedStatesofAmericainordertoshowthattheissuesare notconfinedtotheCommonwealth.Theauthorarguesthattherule-of- lawprojectisoneinwhichjudgesplayanimportantrole,butwhichalso requirestheparticipationofthelegislatureandtheexecutive. DavidDyzenhausisProfessorofLawandPhilosophyattheUniversity ofToronto.HeisaFellowoftheRoyalSocietyofCanada,andhasworked inSouthAfrica,theUnitedKingdom,GermanyandNewZealand. THE CONSTITUTION OF LAW Legality in a Time of Emergency DAVID DYZENHAUS cambridge university press Cambridge, New York, Melbourne, Madrid, Cape Town, Singapore, São Paulo Cambridge University Press TheEdinburghBuilding,Cambridgecb22ru,UK Published in the United States of America by Cambridge University Press, New York www.cambridge.org Information on this title: www.cambridge.org/9780521860758 © David Dyzenhaus 2006 Thispublicationisincopyright.Subjecttostatutoryexceptionandtotheprovisionof relevantcollectivelicensingagreements,noreproductionofanypartmaytakeplace without the written permission of Cambridge University Press. Firstpublishedinprintformat 2006 isbn-13 978-0-511-24955-6eBook(EBL) isbn-10 0-511-24955-1 eBook(EBL) isbn-13 978-0-521-86075-8hardback isbn-10 0-521-86075-Xhardback isbn-13 978-0-521-67795-0paperback isbn-10 0-521-67795-5 paperback CambridgeUniversityPresshasnoresponsibilityforthepersistenceoraccuracyofurls forexternalorthird-partyinternetwebsitesreferredtointhispublication,anddoesnot guaranteethatanycontentonsuchwebsitesis,orwillremain,accurateorappropriate. ForAlexanderandSophie CONTENTS Acknowledgements page ix Tableofcases xi Tableofstatutes xiv Introduction 1 1 Legalityinatimeofemergency 17 Introduction 17 Judgesandthepoliticsoftheruleoflaw 20 CarlSchmitt’schallenge 35 Parliamentaryorjudicialsupremacy? 54 Themoralresourcesoflaw 60 2 Constitutingthelegislature 66 Constitutionalpositivism 66 TheCommunistPartycase 72 Canada’scommonlawbillofrights 87 Anxietyaboutjudicialreviewoflegislation 89 DisobeyingParliament 102 Evisceration 107 Reconciliation 108 Deference 118 3 Takingtheadministrativestateseriously 121 Recognizingrationality 121 Maintainingtheruleoflaw 129 Emergingfromtheshadows 149 Intheblackhole 160 vii viii contents 4 Theunityofpubliclaw 174 Introduction 174 TheBelmarshdecision 175 Refutingdualism 190 Blackholesandtheruleoflaw 196 Theruleofgoodlaw 220 Bibliography 234 Index 242
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