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Attorney General of Ontario v. Attorney General of Canada (Reference re Abolition of Privy Council Appeals), 1947

From: The Court and the Constitution

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The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council relied on the Statute of Westminster to uphold the right of the federal parliament to enact legislation abolishing appeals to the Judicial Committee from the Supreme Court of Canada and from provincial courts.

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Tom Bateman

Thomas Bateman is Associate Professor and Chair of the Department of Political Science at St. Thomas University in Fredericton.

Janet Hieber

Janet Hiebert is a Professor in the Department of Political Studies at Queen’s University in Kingston.

Rainer Knopff

Rainer Knopff is a Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Calgary.

Peter Russell

Peter H. Russell is Professor of political science (Emeritus) at the University of Toronto.