Carissima Mathen is a professor of law at the University of Ottawa and a former director of litigation for the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF). She is the author of Courts Without Cases: The Law and Politics of Advisory Opinions, the first legal monograph on the reference function of Canadian courts, and the recipient of numerous awards including the Law Society Medal (Law Society of Ontario) and the University of Ottawa Excellence in Media Relations Award. Michael Plaxton is a professor of law at the University of Saskatchewan. His teaching and research focuses on criminal law, evidence, philosophy of law, statutory interpretation, and constitutional theory. He is the author of Implied Consent and Sexual Assault: Intimate Relationships, Autonomy, and Voice, and Sovereignty, Restraint, and Guidance: Canadian Criminal Law in the 21st Century.

• Introduction1 What's So Bad About Marc Nadon? 2 The Prime Minister's Prerogative3 Memos4 Asking and Telling5 The Legal Showdown6 The Opinion and Its Critics7 The Aftermath8 Judicial Appointments Law9 A Court Frozen in AmberConclusionAppendixNotes; Selected Bibliography; Index of Cases; Index

Carissima Mathen is a professor of law at the University of Ottawa and a former director of litigation for the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF). She is the author of Courts Without Cases: The Law and Politics of Advisory Opinions, the first legal monograph on the reference function of Canadian courts, and the recipient of numerous awards including the Law Society Medal (Law Society of Ontario) and the University of Ottawa Excellence in Media Relations Award. Michael Plaxton is a professor of law at the University of Saskatchewan. His teaching and research focuses on criminal law, evidence, philosophy of law, statutory interpretation, and constitutional theory. He is the author of Implied Consent and Sexual Assault: Intimate Relationships, Autonomy, and Voice, and Sovereignty, Restraint, and Guidance: Canadian Criminal Law in the 21st Century.

• Introduction1 What's So Bad About Marc Nadon? 2 The Prime Minister's Prerogative3 Memos4 Asking and Telling5 The Legal Showdown6 The Opinion and Its Critics7 The Aftermath8 Judicial Appointments Law9 A Court Frozen in AmberConclusionAppendixNotes; Selected Bibliography; Index of Cases; Index

Carissima Mathen is a professor of law at the University of Ottawa and a former director of litigation for the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF). She is the author of Courts Without Cases: The Law and Politics of Advisory Opinions, the first legal monograph on the reference function of Canadian courts, and the recipient of numerous awards including the Law Society Medal (Law Society of Ontario) and the University of Ottawa Excellence in Media Relations Award. Michael Plaxton is a professor of law at the University of Saskatchewan. His teaching and research focuses on criminal law, evidence, philosophy of law, statutory interpretation, and constitutional theory. He is the author of Implied Consent and Sexual Assault: Intimate Relationships, Autonomy, and Voice, and Sovereignty, Restraint, and Guidance: Canadian Criminal Law in the 21st Century.

• Introduction1 What's So Bad About Marc Nadon? 2 The Prime Minister's Prerogative3 Memos4 Asking and Telling5 The Legal Showdown6 The Opinion and Its Critics7 The Aftermath8 Judicial Appointments Law9 A Court Frozen in AmberConclusionAppendixNotes; Selected Bibliography; Index of Cases; Index