YORK UNIVERSITY: Study finds "limited" justification in legislatures using 'notwithstanding clause'.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-13 April 1999-YORK UNIVERSITY: York U.'s Osgoode Hall law school study finds "limited" justification in legislatures using 'notwithstanding clause' (C)1994-99 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:080499 TORONTO -- A new study of the Supreme Court of Canada's constitutional cases suggests legislatures have limited justification to invoke the Charter of Rights' 'notwithstanding clause,' according to the principal author of the study, to be released next week.

Professor Patrick Monahan, Director of the York University Centre for Public Law and Public Policy at Osgoode Hall Law School, examines the Supreme Court of Canada's constitutional cases handed down in the 1998 calendar year, and compares them with decisions released over the past decade. The...