Geoffrey Sigalet

Assistant Professor

Political Science

Office: ART 234
Office Hours: By appointment
Phone: 250.807.8378
Email: geoffrey.sigalet@ubc.ca

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Research Summary

Canadian Charter Rights and Public Policy, Federalism, Constitutional Theory, Theories of Constitutional Interpretation, Judicial Politics, Comparative Constitutional Law, and Democratic Theory.

Courses & Teaching

Canadian Charter Politics, Federalism, Comparative Constitutional Law, Democratic Theory.

Websites

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Degrees

PhD (Princeton), MA (McGill)
BA(Hons) (University of Alberta)

Selected Publications & Presentations

Edited Books:

Constitutional Dialogue: Rights, Democracy, Institutions (Cambridge University Press, 2019) (edited with Grégoire Webber and Rosalind Dixon), xi, 471pp

Articles and Book Chapters:

“Between Populism and Juristocracy: Republicanism and the Canadian Charter” Canadian Journal of Political Science (forthcoming).

“Justice(s) Out of Office: Principles for Former Judges” with Mark Mancini. (2021) Queen’s Law Journal

“Dialogue and Distrust: John Hart Ely and the Canadian Charter” (2021) 19(2) International Journal of Constitutional Law.

“American Rights Jurisprudence Through Canadian Eyes” (2021) 23 University of Pennsylvania Journal of Constitutional Law 125-192.

“Introduction: The ‘What’ and ‘Why’ of Constitutional Dialogue” in Geoffrey Sigalet, Grégoire Webber, Rosalind Dixon (eds.) Constitutional Dialogue: Rights, Democracy, Institutions (Cambridge University Press, 2019) 1-31.

“On Dialogue and Domination” in Geoffrey Sigalet, Grégoire Webber, Rosalind Dixon (eds.) Constitutional Dialogue: Rights, Democracy, Institutions (Cambridge University Press, 2019) 85-125.

“Proportionality’s Reductio ad Monitum” (2018) 23:2 Review of Constitutional Studies 341-368.

“Waldron’s Challenge: On the Political Relevance of Moral Realism” (2018) 4 Politics and Poetics 1-23.