Constitutional Law of Canada

by Peter W. Hogg

Genres: Law, Nonfiction

988 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2014

Reviews

[Julian Meynell · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the definitive work on the Canadian Constitution and the secondary text most likely to be cited by judges in making decisions. It is where lawyers go to look up constitutional law when they don't want to look it up for itself. It's as good a secondary text on an aspect of law as exists in the Canadian legal environment and useful for any lawyer having to deal with constitutional issues or any law student.

Personally, I think that Canadian Constitutional lawyer is the dullest subject ever invented by human beings (if you exclude the Charter stuff), but this work is where its at, if you like this sort of thing.

[l · Rating 2 out of 5]

"Pain beyond pain. I was ripped from my body. I was less than spirit - less than the meanest ghost. But still I was alive."

How I felt after marathoning through 810 pages of this book (which must be like 1300? pages, good fucking grief). My overwhelming sense is that no one should ever need to know this much about constitutional law in Canada.

[Rachel C. · Rating 3 out of 5]

So studying this subject is a lot like reading a bizarre alternate history of the US. What if the American Revolution never happened? <dun dun DUN>

Also, this is the most opinionated law text I've ever encountered. You wouldn't believe how many times the phrase "Hogg thinks…" appears in my notes.