Publications and Conference Papers
Selected Published Works
鈥淭rinity Western University鈥檚 Law School and the Associational Dimension of Religious Freedom: Toward Comprehensive Liberalism鈥� UNB Law Journal. 66
鈥淭he Supreme Court of Canada as Moral Tutor: Religious Freedom, Civil Society, and Charter Values.鈥� In David Livingstone, ed., Liberal Education, Civic Education and the Canadian Regime. (Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen鈥檚 University Press, forthcoming 2015)
鈥淭he Other Shoe to Drop: Marc Nadon and Judicial Appointment Politics in Post-Charter Canada鈥� Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law 9:1 (March, 2015), 169 鈥� 188
With Don Desserud and J.P. Lewis, 鈥淭he 2014 Provincial Election in New Brunswick鈥� Canadian Political Science Review
鈥淔lirting with Aggressive Secularism: Canada Confronts its Christian Law School鈥� Philosophy, Culture, and Tradition
鈥淧rime Ministers and Presidents: Institutional Differences and Political Convergence鈥� in David Thomas and David Biette, eds., Canada and the United States: Differences that Count.(Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2014)
鈥淪tuck鈥n This Place: Shrinking Policy Space in New Brunswick.鈥� Journal of New Brunswick Studies 2 (2011), 17 鈥� 35
鈥淗uman Dignity鈥檚 False Start in the Supreme Court of Canada: Equality Rights and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms鈥� International Journal of Human Rights. (2011): 1 鈥� 21
鈥淐ourts and the Paradox of Political Leadership鈥� in Joe Masciulli, Mikhail Molchanov, and Any Knight, eds., The Ashgate Research Companion to Political Leadership (London: Ashgate, 2009).
鈥淭he Court and the Charter: Leading Cases.鈥� Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 2008. Eds Thomas M.J. Bateman, Janet L. Hiebert, Peter H. Russell, and Rainer Knopff
鈥淭he Court and the Constitution: Leading Cases.鈥� Toronto: Emond Montgomery, 2008. Eds., Rainer Knopff, and Peter H. Russell, Thomas M.J. Bateman, Janet L. Hiebert
鈥淏raving the New World: Readings in Contemporary Politics." 4th edition. Co-edited with Richard Myers. (Toronto: Thomson Nelson, 2008)
鈥淛ust What the Doctor Ordered: Private Health Care and the Charter鈥� in Braving the New World: Readings in Contemporary Politics. 4th edition. Co-edited with Richard Myers. (Toronto: Thomson Nelson, 2008)
鈥淟egal Modesty and Political Boldness: The Supreme Court of Canada鈥檚 Decision in Chaoulli v. Quebec鈥� Review of Constitutional Studies. 11:2 (Summer 2006), 317 鈥� 43
鈥淏raving the New World: Readings in Contemporary Politics.鈥� 3rd edition. Co-edited with Roger Epp. (Toronto: Thomson Nelson, 2004)
鈥淭o Caesar What is His: Liberalism, Judicial Politics, and Religion in Canada,鈥� in Bateman and Epp, eds., Braving the New World: Readings in Contemporary Politics. 3rd edition. (Toronto: Thomson Nelson, 2004), 189 鈥� 198
鈥淭he New Globalism in Canadian Charter of Rights Interpretation: Extradition, the Death Penalty, and the Courts鈥� International Journal of Human Rights. 7:3 (Autumn, 2003), 49-71
Selected Talks and Unpublished Papers
鈥淛ohn Dewey鈥檚 A Common Faith and Religious Humanism,鈥� for presentation at the 21st Annual Conference, Association for Core Texts and Courses, Plymouth, Massachusetts, April 9 鈥� 12, 2015
鈥淧rogressive Canadian Constitutionalism and the Withering of the Living Tree Metaphor,鈥� for presentation, Annual Meeting, New England Political Science Association, New Haven, Connecticut, April 24 鈥� 25, 2015
鈥淭he Canadian Charter, Interest Groups, and Social Advocacy鈥� presented to St. Stephen University students at the University of New Brunswick, Fredericton, New Brunswick, March 13, 2015
鈥�Billy Budd, Sailor and the Problem of Political Necessity鈥� presented to the St. Thomas University Student Conference on Art and Human Rights, Fredericton, New Brunswick, April 30, 2014
鈥淭he Other Shoe to Drop: Judicial Appointment Politics in Post-Charter Canada鈥� presented to the Annual Conference, New England Political Science Association, Woodstock, Vermont, April 25 鈥� 26, 2014
鈥�Billy Budd, Rousseau鈥檚 Discourses, and the Movement to post-Christianity鈥� presented to the Annual Conference, Association for Core Texts and Courses, Los Angeles, California, April 10 鈥� 12, 2014
鈥淲as Pierre Trudeau Canada鈥檚 Machiavellian Prince?鈥� Public Lecture as part of the St. Thomas University Great Books Public Lecture Series Commemorating the 500th Anniversary of Machiavelli鈥檚 The Prince, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick, November 19, 2013
鈥淐ourts and Political Culture: Deference and Individualism in Canadian Democracy鈥� presented to the Annual Meeting, New England Political Science Association, Portland, Maine, May 3 鈥� 5, 2013
鈥淚ntimations of the Tyrannical Soul in The Godfather鈥� to the Annual Conference, Association for Core Texts and Courses, Ottawa, Ontario, April 25 鈥� 28, 2013
鈥淩eligious Freedom, Civil Society, and Charter Values: The Unfolding of the Charter Revolution鈥� to the Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association meeting, St. Thomas University, Fredericton, New Brunswick, September 28 鈥� 30, 2012
鈥淕uilt and Innocence in Koestler鈥檚 Darkness at Noon.鈥� Presented to the Annual Conference, Association for Core Texts and Courses, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, March 30 鈥� April 1, 2012
鈥淭he Bouchard-Taylor Report on Reasonable Accommodation: Between Liberal Pluralism and Transformative Liberalism.鈥� Presented to the Annual Meeting, Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association, Mount Allison University, Sackville, New Brunswick, September 30 鈥� October 2, 2011
鈥淚s Andr茅 Siegfried Canada鈥檚 Tocqueville?鈥� Presented to the Annual Conference, Association for Core Texts and Courses, New Haven, Connecticut, April 2011
鈥淭oqueville and the Problem of Associational Autonomy.鈥� Paper presented to the annual conference of the Association for Core Texts and Courses, New Brunswick, New Jersey, April 15 鈥� 18, 2010.
鈥淣B Power: The Sale that has generated more heat than light.鈥� Speech delivered to the Y鈥檚 Men service club, March 16, 2010, Fredericton.
鈥淗uman Dignity and Charter Equality Rights: From Rhetorical Tool to Legal Rule and Back鈥�. Paper presented to the Annual Meeting, Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, October 2 鈥� 4, 2009
鈥淔aith and Politics: Do they Mix?鈥� IVCF Public Forum, 麻豆官网首页入口, March 19, 2009
"Public Consultation in New Brunswick: A New Front for Judicial Action" presented to Annual Conference, Canadian Constitutional Foundation, Toronto, Ontario, October 17 鈥� 19
"The Law and Politics of Public Consultation in New Brunswick" presented to the Annual Meeting, Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association, Halifax, Nova Scotia, October 3 鈥� 5, 2008
鈥淣ew Brunswick鈥檚 Self-Sufficiency Agenda.鈥� Lecture for 麻豆官网首页入口/UNB Student Political Science Associations, UNB, Fredericton, New Brunswick, February 28, 2008
鈥淭he New Politics of Multiculturalism in Canada.鈥� Talk for Kiwanis Club, Fredericton, New Brunswick, November 6, 2007
鈥淭houghts on the Theory and Practice of Judicial Leadership" presented to the Annual Meeting, Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association, UNB, Fredericton, New Brunswick, September 29, 2007
鈥淟iberalism, the Charter, and the Future of Associational Freedom in Canada鈥� UNB Law School, Fredericton, New Brunswick, February 22, 2007
鈥淐itizen Engagement and the New Politics of Health Care" presented to the Annual Convention, New Brunswick Health Care Association, Fredericton, New Brunswick, November 7, 2006
"Liberalism, Pluralism, and Christian Faith" The Faculty and Graduate Student Forum on Christian Faith and the University, UNB, Fredericton, New Brunswick October 27, 2006
鈥淟egal Modesty and Political Boldness: The Supreme Court of Canada鈥檚 Decision in Chaoulli v. Quebec.鈥� Paper presented to the Annual Meeting, Atlantic Provinces Political Science Association, St Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, October 14 鈥� 16, 2005
鈥淭he Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms鈥� presented to the St. Thomas University Summer Human Rights Institute, Fredericton, New Brunswick, July 23, 2005
鈥淭he Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms鈥� presented to the St. Thomas University Summer Human Rights Institute, Fredericton, New Brunswick, July 28, 2004
鈥淭he Law and the Spirit: Thoughts on the Canadian Constitutional Revolution鈥� presented to a meeting of the Christian Legal Fellowship, Moncton, New Brunswick, May 15, 2004
鈥淛ust Sue It: Commercial Speech and the Liberal View of the First Amendment鈥� presented to the Annual Meeting, Canadian Political Science Association, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 3 鈥� 5, 2004