The Question of Judicial Review: Who Should Decide?
Should judges have the final authority to strike down laws that they deem inconsistent with the constitution? For citizens of countries such as Canada and the United States, with established More
Rule of Law vs. “Socialist” Rule of Law: Legal Practice in China
Within China’s legal system, there are two competing pressures in the practice of law. On the one hand, state officials have routinely expressed the desire for implementing “formal law,” especially More
Power Projection: The Political Economy of Comparative Advantage
A globalized world could not exist without the proliferation of free trade. Likewise, the concept of free trade would not exist without the economic theory behind it: the theory of More
Opinion: For the Sake of the Country, Trudeau Must Address the Concerns of the West
If there is one thing that has been made abundantly clear in light of the results of the most-recent Canadian election, it’s that Canada is regionally divided. In Western Canada, More
National Savings Decline: Are Consumption Taxes the Solution?
The new buzzword making its way through recent economic discourses in developed nations is: savings. Some economists are worried about the low rate of savings in developed countries and see More
MJPSatire: Federal Leaders’ Debate Descends into Socratic Dialogue
MJPSatire has recently gained exclusive access to the full transcript of the Federal Leaders’ Debate, which has yet to air on TV. The debate took place on…it doesn’t matter, the More
Opinion: The Case for Universal Basic Income
Universal Basic Income (UBI) is one of those rare policies that has support from both sides of the political spectrum. Labour activist and former president of Service Employees International Union More
The Materialist View of International Relations: A Case Study of the Cold War and Beyond
There are several theoretical perspectives on the relations between states which offer varying descriptive and predictive conclusions regarding state behaviour. However, none of the theories presented offer a universal answer More
Trump, Le Pen, and Orban: The Rise of Right-Wing Postmodernism
Traditionally, postmodern theory in the collective west has been the domain of the political left. From sociology to international relations, postmodernists have attempted to dismantle notions of epistemological and moral More
Xi Jinping’s Paradigm: China, Marx, and History
Over the last several years, the foreign policy of the People’s Republic of China, has taken a new, more assertive direction. This is a marked departure from Deng Xiaoping’s philosophy More