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Erga Omnes or Inter Partes? The Legal Effects of Federal Courts’ Constitutional Judgments
Does a Federal Court constitutional judgment apply only to parties to a case or can it extend beyond those parties? In other words, beyond the purview of the principles of stare decisis and res judicata, are the effects of the Federal Courts’ constitutional rulings inter partes or erga omnes? The answer to this question will […] Read more
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The Legal Effects of Canadian Federal Courts’ Constitutional Judgments
Does a Federal Court of Appeal or Federal Court judgment on a constitutional issue apply only to the parties to the case or can it extend as a precedent applicable to subsequent cases in parallel Canadian jurisdictions? In other words, beyond the purview of the principles of stare decisis and res judicata, are the effects […] Read more