Canada as a Post-Modern Kritarchy, or Why Should Judges Make Political Decisions? (1994) 3 Inroads
Yves-Marie Morissette, Canada as a Post-Modern Kritarchy, or Why Should Judges Make POLITICAL Decisions? (1994) 3 Inroads, p. 122-155
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"Sed quis custodiet ipsos custodes?" — Juvénal, Satires, VI, 346. En français : « Qui nous protègera contre ceux qui nous protègent ? » In English: " Who will protect us from those who protect us? " — Mauro Cappelletti dans Louis Favoreu (dir.), Le pouvoir des juges, Paris, Economica, 1990, p. 115.
New! (6 April 2016)
- Some reflections on quarrelsomeness and the abusive exercise of the right to institute legal proceedings by Yves-Marie Morissette (2002)
- Detailed CV of Professor Yves-Marie Morissette (English) (2002)
- Détournement des fins du pouvoir législatif 101 / Abuse of legislative power 101 By “The Papillon Task Force”
- Detailed CV of Dr. Jacques Gagnon (English) (2011)
- Portrait du plaideur quérulent / Portrait of the Querulous Litigant by Rémi Danylo
- Unusually persistent complainants, Lester et als, The British Journal of Psychiatry, March 2004
- In defence of complainants, Dr. R. Pal, The British Journal of Psychiatry, July 2004
Dossier: “Extreme Behavior”
- 1. Extreme Behavior
- 2. Querulousness by Jacques Gagnon M.D., CSPQ, FRCP, Psychiatrist (2008)
- 3. Judicial Control of Querulous Litigants by Mr. Justice Yves-Marie Morissette, Quebec Court of Appeal (2008)
- 4. A Portrait of Querulous Behavior (2008)
- 5. Evaluation de la dangerosité du malade mental psychotique / Dangerousness evaluation of psychotic patient
Completed Translations
- «La magistrature a un rôle à jouer pour éviter les dérapages: Les abus de procédures» / “The magistrature has a role to play to avert hijackings of judicial process: the abuse of procedures” (2000)
- «Pathologie et thérapeutique du plaideur trop belliqueux» / “Pathology and Therapeutic of the Warlike Litigant“, Yves-Marie Morissette (2002)
- Quelques réflexions sur la quérulence et l’exercice abusif du droit d’ester en justice / Some reflections on quarrelsomeness and the abusive exercise of the right to institute legal proceedings, Yves-Marie Morissette (2002)
- «Ontologie de la quérulence» / "The Ontology of Quarrelsomeness" (2002)
- «Se Représenter Seul» / "Without A Lawyer" (2002)
- «Les plaideurs compulsifs, des obsédés du tribunal» / "Compulsive litigants, obsessed with the courts" (2006)
- «Les quérulents… on en connaît tous un ou une !» / "Querulents… we all know one!" (2006)
- «Les quérulents : la hantise de nos tribunaux» / "The Querulents: our courts are in fear of them"
- 2009-05-26 (Quebec Hansard) of the Committee on Institutions Final Version) on the addition of Art. 54.1 (quarrelsomeness) to the Code of Civil Procedure
- «Quérulent au Québec et au Dakota du Nord, mais pas au Massachusetts?» / "Querulous in Quebec and North Dakota, but not in Massachusetts…" (The Papillon Task Force) (2013)
- «Le Juge Yves-Marie Morissette de la Cour d’appel: La référence en quérulence au Québec» / "Judge Yves-Marie Morissette of the Court of Appeal: the Reference on Querulence in Quebec" (The Papillon Task Force) (2013)
- Important resource: Annotated Article 54.5 CCP - English translation of case law summaries of "judicial declarations of madness"
- 2010 – Congrès annuel du Barreau du Québec : Seul devant la Cour / Alone before the Court by Maria De Michele
- Yves-Marie Morissette: Selected Quotations
- Detailed CV of Professor Yves-Marie Morissette (English) (2002)
- Detailed CV of Dr. Jacques Gagnon (English) (2011)
- Barreau du Québec v. Siminski, 500-05-046728-984, (12 May 1999)
- Détournement des fins du pouvoir législatif 101 / Abuse of legislative power 101 By “The Papillon Task Force”
A Quick Look into the Depths
Y.-M. Morissette in English
Morissette in Translation
- Article: The legal initiative doomed to failure and the responsibility of the lawyer or of his mandatary (1984)
- Article: The magistrature has a role to play to avert hijackings of judicial process: the abuse of procedures (2000)
- Article: Pathology and Therapeutic of the Warlike Litigant (2001 & 2002)
- Conference Article: Some reflections on quarrelsomeness and the abusive exercise of the right to institute legal proceedings (2002)
- Conference News: Supreme Court and media on the program for Congress 2002
- Article: Se Représenter Seul (Without A Lawyer) (2002)
- Interview: Ontologie de la quérulence (The Ontology of querulence) (2002)
- Article: Abuse of right, quarrelsomeness and non-represented parties (2003)
- Conference News: Querulents… we all know one! (Les quérulents... on en connaît tous un ou une !) (2006)
- Law News: Votre client est-il quérulent ? (Is Your Client a “Querulent”?) (2014)
- Article [Note]: Case management, proportionality and civil proof: the provisional state of the questions (2009)
- Article: Case management, proportionality and civil proof: the provisional state of the questions, Yves-Marie Morissette (2009)
2006 “Madness” Rules (Appeal)
QUOTES COLLECTION
'Quérulence': Quebec Hansard
Annotated CCP / CPC Annoté
Inherent Power / Jurisdiction
- Quotations on "Inherent Power" and on "Inherent Jurisdiction"
- Sec. 92, Article 14. (1867) The administration of justice in the Province
- Inherent Jurisdiction And Inherent Powers In New Zealand, Rosara Joseph
- The Inherent Jurisdiction of the Court, I. H. Jacob
- Inherent Jurisdiction and Inherent Powers of Irish Courts, Joan Donnelly
- Judicial Control of Vexatious Activity in the Courts (Summary of UK Approach)
On the “Rule of Law”
“In public regulation of this sort there is no such thing as absolute and untrammelled ‘discretion’, that is that action can be taken on any ground or for any reason that can be suggested to the mind of the administrator; no legislative Act can, without express language, be taken to contemplate an unlimited arbitrary power exercisable for any purpose, however capricious or irrelevant, regardless of the nature or purpose of the statute. Fraud and corruption in the Commission may not be mentioned in such statutes but they are always implied as exceptions. ‘Discretion’ necessarily implies good faith in discharging public duty; there is always a perspective within which a statute is intended to operate; and any clear departure from its lines or objects is just as objectionable as fraud or corruption.”
— Mr. Justice Ivan Cleveland Rand writing in the most memorable passage in Roncarelli v. Duplessis, [1959] S.C.R. 121 at the Supreme Court of Canada, page 140.
Habeas (Federal, Annotated)
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Section 7 - Life, liberty and security of person (Annotated, CCRD)
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Section 8 - Search or seizure (Annotated, CCRD)
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Section 9 - Detention or imprisonment (Annotated, CCRD)
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Section 10(a) - Right to be Informed of Reasons for Arrest (Annotated, CCRD)
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Section 10(b) - Right to Retain Counsel (Annotated, CCRD)
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, Section 10(c) - Right to Habeas Corpus (Annotated, CCRD)
Featured Guest Articles
- Le Juge Yves-Marie Morissette de la Cour d’appel: La référence en quérulence au Québec par "Le Commission Papillon" / Judge Yves-Marie Morissette of the Court of Appeal: The Reference in Querulence in Quebec By "The Papillon Task Force"
- Quérulent au Québec et au Dakota du Nord, mais pas au Massachusetts…/ Querulous in Quebec and North Dakota, but not in Massachusetts… By “The Papillon Task Force”
- Détournement des fins du pouvoir législatif 101 / Abuse of legislative power 101 By “The Papillon Task Force”
Non-Canadian Academics
News Clippings & Blogs
- Les plaideurs compulsifs, des obsédés du tribunal (Compulsive litigants, obsessed with the courts)
- Plaideurs compulsifs: des cas psychiatriques à traiter? (Compulsive litigants: psychiatric cases to treat?)
- "Articles 54.1 et seq. of the Code of Civil Procedure, where are we now?" (2014) (Maître Philippe Chagnon)
- Les quérulents : la hantise de nos tribunaux / The Querulents: our courts are in fear of them by Charles Meunier
- 1998: Cuts to Legal Aid Add 7000 Lawyerless Litigants to the Roles* (translation pending)
- Big Corporations with Limitless Funds are the Uncontested Champions of Court Warfare
- Portrait du plaideur quérulent / Portrait of the Querulous Litigant by Rémi Danylo (L'Obiter)
- Alerte aux plaignards professionnels. Les citoyens «déraisonnables» font la vie dure aux organismes publics (16 janvier 2016)/ Warning to professional complainers. “Unreasonable” citizens make life hard for public agencies (January 16th, 2016)
Recent Posts
- Quebec press and media are instilling a Soviet mentality of fear and repression in Quebec to silence political and personal freedom
- Extract from the Corrected Version of the Law Reform Committee (Australia) Inquiry into Vexatious Litigants (2008)
- In defence of complainants, Dr. R. Pal
- How I Punished a Crooked Lawyer
- Tweedle Yves and Tweedle Évens
- Shrinking the Freedom of Thought: How Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment Violates Basic Human Rights
- Why I learned law and stopped hiring lawyers
- Canada’s Legal Profession: Self-Regulating in the Public Interest?
- Welcome to JudicialMadness
- Soviet psychiatric drug for dissidents given to U.S. patients
- Echoes of the Past: Punitive Psychiatry by Alexander Podrabinek
- Soviet Psychiatry Returns
- Soviet Forever by Alexander Podrabinek
- The “Catastrophe” is Returning: Old KGB-ers are Reviving the Soviet System
- Abuse of Process
Random Quote
The social tyranny of extorting recantation, of ostracism and virtual outlawry as the new means of coercing the man out of line, is the negation of democracy.
Random Quote
Fears are mounting that the psychiatrist Anatoly Koryagin is near to death in the notorious jail of Christopol in central Russia. Letters that have reached the West from his wife and a friend indicate that he is so weak that unless he is given expert medical care he could die at any time.
Dr. Koryagin has been in prison for the last four years for actively opposing the political abuse of psychiatry. The abuse takes the form of labeling dissidents as mad and forcibly treating them with drugs in mental hospitals.
― Peter B. Reddaway, "The Case of Dr. Koryagin", October 10, 1985 issue of The New York Times Review of Books
A Word on Caricature
“Humor is essential to a successful tactician, for the most potent weapons known to mankind are satire and ridicule.”
— “The Education of an Organizer”, p. 75, Rules for Radicals, A Practical Primer for Realistic Radicals by Saul Alinsky, Random House, New York, 1971.
I am no fan of Saul Alinsky's whose methods are antidemocratic and unparliamentary. But since we are fighting a silent war against the subversive Left, I say, if it works for them, it will work for us. Bring on the ridicule! And in this case, it is richly deserved by the congeries of judicial forces wearing the Tweedle suits, and by those who are accurately conducting our befuddled usurpers towards the Red Dawn.
— Admin, Judicial Madness, 22 March 2016.
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