Adam Dodek, at The Blogs

Adam Dodek

Professor of Constitutional Law

Feb 24, 2023, 8:13 PM

Did any Israelis ask Canadians about their override?

Any Israeli who has visited Canada even once knows that there are significant differences between the two countries. That’s why it is so frustrating so see proponents of the judicial reforms point to Canada as the inspiration for the...

Oct 31, 2014, 9:15 AM

Toronto’s New Mayor is Canada’s Shimon Peres

In 1996, after Shimon Peres had lost the election to Bibi Netanyahu, an old Mapainik and fervent Rabin supporter once explained to me in Hebrew that Shimon Peres was a “loozer”: “Ata yodeah mazeh ‘loozer’?” he asked me (“Do...

About Me

Adam Dodek is a professor of constitutional law at the University of Ottawa and the former Dean of the law faculty. He is a previous Visiting Professor and Visiting Researcher at the Hebrew University’s Faculty of Law. He is the author of the book The Canadian Constitution and The Charter Debates: The Special Joint Committee, 1980-81 and the Making of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

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