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Essays Celebrating Justice Russell Brown + E-Book
This special volume is dedicated to honouring the judicial career of the Honourable Justice Russell Brown.
Langue de publication: English
Publié: 16 juillet 2026
Éditeur: LexisNexis Canada
Essays Celebrating Justice Russell Brown edited by Jessica Fleming and Francis Lévesque is a tribute volume dedicated to honouring the judicial career of the Honourable Justice Russell Brown.
The collection of papers reflects Justice Brown’s broad and lasting impact. Esteemed scholars have contributed articles in private law, public law, and the protection of rights, each offering a critical perspective on his jurisprudence. The essays collected for this volume were first presented at a symposium held at the University of Alberta on June 20 and 21, 2025.
The Collection of Papers
- Larissa Katz and Preston Jordan Lim — Justice Russell Brown’s Rule of Law Thought
- Mitchell McInnes — Justice Brown and the Canadian Law of Unjust Enrichment
- J.W. Neyers, Andrew Botterell and Mary Ppasiou — Justice Brown’s Contributions to Negligence: No (Proximity) Soup for You!
- Anthony Sangiuliano — Justice Brown’s Private Law Egalitarianism
- Paul Daly — The Administrative State and Administrative Law: Between Fault Lines
- Mark Mancini — Justice Brown’s “Purposive Textualism”
- Dwight Newman — The Division of Powers, the Separation of Powers and Controls on Excessive State Power
- Stéphane Beaulac — L’arrêt Québec inc. de 2020 et l’héritage du juge Russell Brown en interprétation constitutionnelle et législative
- Michelle Biddulph — Accumulated Judicial Ad Hoc-ery: Living Tree Constitutionalism, Originalism and the Accused’s Right to a Fair Trial
- Étienne Cossette-Lefebvre — Is Russell Brown the Pierre-Basile Mignault of Common Law Canada? The Aims of Trans-Systemia as Applied to Judicial Reasoning: A Few Examples Related to “Rights Protection”
- Peter Sankoff — Fighting the Good Fight: Russell Brown and the Protection of Sexual Assault Defendants
Essays Celebrating Justice Russell Brown is a collection of papers developed out of the Supreme Court Law Review, Third Series.
Preface
PART I: PRIVATE LAW
Justice Russell Brown’s Rule of Law Thought — Larissa Katz and Preston Jordan Lim
Justice Brown and the Canadian Law of Unjust Enrichment — Mitchell McInnes
Justice Brown’s Contributions to Negligence: No (Proximity) Soup for You! — J.W. Neyers, Andrew Botterell and Mary Ppasiou
Justice Brown’s Private Law Egalitarianism — Anthony Sangiuliano
PART II: PUBLIC LAW
The Administrative State and Administrative Law: Between Fault Lines — Paul Daly
Justice Brown’s “Purposive Textualism” — Mark Mancini
The Division of Powers, the Separation of Powers and Controls on Excessive State Power — Dwight Newman
PART III: RIGHTS PROTECTION
L’arrêt Québec inc. de 2020 et l’héritage du juge Russell Brown en interprétation constitutionnelle et législative — Stéphane Beaulac
Accumulated Judicial Ad Hoc-ery: Living Tree Constitutionalism, Originalism and the Accused’s Right to a Fair Trial — Michelle Biddulph
Is Russell Brown the Pierre-Basile Mignault of Common Law Canada? The Aims of Trans-Systemia as Applied to Judicial Reasoning: A Few Examples Related to “Rights Protection” — Étienne Cossette-Lefebvre
Fighting the Good Fight: Russell Brown and the Protection of Sexual Assault Defendants — Peter Sankoff
Table of Cases
