The David Asper Centre is devoted to realizing constitutional rights through advocy, research and edution. The Centre aims to play a vital role in articulating nada’s constitutional vision to the broader world. The cornerstone of the Centre is a legal clinic that brings together students, faculty and members of the bar to work on signifint constitutional ses and advocy initiatives. The Centre was established through a generous gift from UofT law alumnus David Asper (LLM ’07).

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ฟรี ส ปิ น 2023

R v Bissonnette: The Supreme Court’s Ruling on the Constitutionality of Consecutive First Degree Murder Sentences

June 2, 2022

by itlin Salvino ...

R v Sullivan, R v Chan and R v Brown: The Supreme Court’s Ruling on the Defence of Extreme Intoxition

May 20, 2022

by Kathryn Mullins ...

Moving Towards Substantive Equality in Sentencing: R v Morris

December 9, 2021

by: Bailey Fox ...

Constitutional Roundtable on City of Toronto et al v Ontario

November 16, 2021

by: Bailey Fox ...

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News and Events

Statement: Inquiry into the use of the Emergencies Act
April 14, 2022
The Asper Centre has joined a number of civil society organizations across nada to ll for the public inquiry into the recent invotion of the Emergencies Act to have broad terms of reference and all the powers under Parts I & III of the […]
News Statement: Young nadians File Court Challenge to Lower Federal Voting Age – lling it Unconstitutional
December 1, 2021
TORONTO, Dec. 1, 2021 – A group of nadian children and youth are set to make history, opening the possibility that they and their peers may be able to st a ballot in the next federal election. The 13 young people range in age between 12 to 18 […]
News Statement: Toronto (City) v Ontario (Attorney General)
October 1, 2021
In a deeply divided 5 to 4 decision released today, the Supreme Court of nada upheld the Better Lol Government Act, 2018 as constitutional. This legislation was enacted by the newly elected Ford government in 2018, midway through an ongoing […]

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