Caitlin Salvino is a legal researcher who focuses on constitutional, international, and criminal law, and has recently completed an MPhil and DPhil in law, focusing on the notwithstanding clause, at the University of Oxford, where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar.

• ForewordGregory TardiAcknowledgments 1. A "Uniquely Canadian" Invention Introducing and Contextualizing the Notwithstanding Clause2. A Constitutional Compromise: The Development and Inclusion of the Notwithstanding Clause in the Canadian Charter3. A Structural and Comparative Analysis of the Notwithstanding Clause4. A Tool of the "Last Resort": The Political Uses of Section 33 between 1982 and 20245. Interpreting Section 33: The Treatment of the Notwithstanding Clause by the Courts6. The Section 33 Debate: Academic Reponses to the Notwithstanding Clause7. Conclusion: Reflecting on the Future of the Notwithstanding ClauseAppendix: Tables and FiguresIndex

Caitlin Salvino is a legal researcher who focuses on constitutional, international, and criminal law, and has recently completed an MPhil and DPhil in law, focusing on the notwithstanding clause, at the University of Oxford, where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar.

• ForewordGregory TardiAcknowledgments 1. A "Uniquely Canadian" Invention Introducing and Contextualizing the Notwithstanding Clause2. A Constitutional Compromise: The Development and Inclusion of the Notwithstanding Clause in the Canadian Charter3. A Structural and Comparative Analysis of the Notwithstanding Clause4. A Tool of the "Last Resort": The Political Uses of Section 33 between 1982 and 20245. Interpreting Section 33: The Treatment of the Notwithstanding Clause by the Courts6. The Section 33 Debate: Academic Reponses to the Notwithstanding Clause7. Conclusion: Reflecting on the Future of the Notwithstanding ClauseAppendix: Tables and FiguresIndex

Caitlin Salvino is a legal researcher who focuses on constitutional, international, and criminal law, and has recently completed an MPhil and DPhil in law, focusing on the notwithstanding clause, at the University of Oxford, where she studied as a Rhodes Scholar.

• ForewordGregory TardiAcknowledgments 1. A "Uniquely Canadian" Invention Introducing and Contextualizing the Notwithstanding Clause2. A Constitutional Compromise: The Development and Inclusion of the Notwithstanding Clause in the Canadian Charter3. A Structural and Comparative Analysis of the Notwithstanding Clause4. A Tool of the "Last Resort": The Political Uses of Section 33 between 1982 and 20245. Interpreting Section 33: The Treatment of the Notwithstanding Clause by the Courts6. The Section 33 Debate: Academic Reponses to the Notwithstanding Clause7. Conclusion: Reflecting on the Future of the Notwithstanding ClauseAppendix: Tables and FiguresIndex