Although books can also be “essays,” I use the term here to cover articles, chapters, reports, reviews, op-eds, etc.
“Appointment Ironies.” Knopff, Rainer. 2015. Policy Options. October 5.
“Did the 2015 Alberta and PEI Elections Kill Fixed Election Dates?“ Knopff, Rainer. 2015. School of Public Policy
“How love and Plato transformed my Life.”Knopff, Rainer. 2015. c2c Journal 9(1).
“Daviault Dialogue: The Strange Journey of Canada’s Intoxication Defence.” Baker, Dennis, and Rainer Knopff. 2014 . Review of Constitutional Studies 19(1): 35-58.
“Constitutionalizing Everything: The Role of ‘Charter Values’.” Harding, Mark, and Rainer Knopff. 2013. Review of Constitutional Studies 18(2): 141-160.
“Charter Values vs. Charter Dialogue.” Harding, Mark, and Rainer Knopff. 2013. National Journal of Constitutional Law 31: 161-181.
“’Harper’s New Rules’ for Government Formation: Fact or Fiction?” Knopff, Rainer, and Dave Snow. 2013. Canadian Parliamentary Review 12: 12-21.
“Hunting for Cowboys.” Knopff, Rainer. 2013. In Hunting and Weaving: Empiricism and Political Philosophy, edited by Thomas Heilke and John von Heyking. South Bend IN.: St. Augustine’s Press. [Manuscript version is linked above.] Hunting for Cowboys
“When Hunters Act Like Socialists.” Knopff, Rainer. 2013. c2c Journal. May 28.
“Hunting for Habitat: The Rise and Fall of an Alberta Proposal for the Private Production of Ecological Goods and Services,”Knopff, Rainer, and Cormack Gates. 2013. No. 146. Frontier Centre for Public Policy Research, Policy Series 146: 23pp.
“Charter Hyperbole: The New Politics of Heresy.” Knopff, Rainer. 2012. c2c Journal 6(1).
“Charter Reconsiderations.” Knopff, Rainer. 2012. National Magazine 21(2): 38-41.
“Assisted Reproduction Policy in Federal States: What Canada Should Learn from Australia.” Snow, Dave, and Rainer Knopff. 2012. The School of Public Policy Research Papers 5(12): 28 pp.
“Alberta Hunting Access Experience Survey.” Coletto, David, Grant Chapman, Cormack Gates, and Rainer Knopff. 2011. Alberta Sustainable Resources Development.
“Public Access on Private Lands: Landowner Perceptions in Southern Alberta.” Coletto, David, Grant Chapman, Cormack Gates, Rainer Knopff. 2010. Alberta Sustainable Resources Development.
Preface to “Confederation and Individual Liberty,” by Janet Ajzenstat. Knopff, Rainer. 2010. Macdonald-Laurier Institute. Canada’s Founding Ideas November, 6-7.
“‘It’s the Charter Stupid’: The Charter and the Courts in Federal Partisan Politics.” Knopff, Rainer, and Andrew Banfield. 2009. In Joseph Magnet and Bernard Adell, The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms at Twenty Five Years. Toronto: LexisNexis Butterworths. Also in Supreme Court Law Review 45 (2d): 37-57.
“Legislative vs. Judicial Checks and Balances: Comparing Rights Policies across Regimes.” Banfield, Andrew, and Rainer Knopff. 2009. Australian Journal of Political Science 44(1): 13-27. [Manuscript version is linked above.]
“Courting Controversy: Strategic Judicial Decision Making.” Knopff, Rainer, Dennis Baker, and Sylvia LeRoy. 2009. In Contested Constitutionalism: Reflections on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms edited by James Kelly and Christopher Manfredi, 66-85 Vancouver: UBC Press.
“The Politics of Reforming Judicial Appointments.” Knopff, Rainer. 2008. New Brunswick Law Journal 58: 44-51.
“More Money for Universities, but…” Archer, Keith, and Rainer Knopff. 2008. Inroads 22 (Winter/Spring): 16-22.
“Charter Checks and Parliamentary Balances,” Baker, Dennis, and Rainer Knopff. 2007. Constitutional Forum, 16 (2), 71-78.
“Property Rights Regimes to Optimize Natural Resource Use –Future CBM Development and Sustainability.” Eaton, Curtis, Allan Ingelson, and Rainer Knopff. 2007. Natural Resources Journal 47 (2): 469-496.
“Canada’s Federal Constitution.” Knopff, Rainer, and Anthony Sayers. 2005. In Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change in Federal Countries. Edited by John Kincaid and Alan Tarr. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press.
“Constitutional Politics in Canada.” Knopff, Rainer, and Anthony Sayers. 2005. In Dialogues on Constitutional Origins, Structure, and Change in Federal Countries. Edited by R. Blindenbacher and A. Ostien. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press.
“Social Capital and Civic Community in Alberta.” Pickup, Mark, Anthony Sayers, Rainer Knopff, and Keith Archer. 2004. Canadian Journal of Political Science 37 (3): 617-645.
“How Democratic is the Charter? And Does it Matter?” Knopff, Rainer. 2003. The Supreme Court Law Review 2nd series 19: 199-218. Also published in 2003 in The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: Reflections on the Charter After Twenty Years. Edited by Magnet, Joseph Eliot, Gérald-A. Beaudoin, Gerald Gall, and Christopher Manfredi. Markham: Butterworths.
“Minority Retort: A Parliamentary Power to Resolve Judicial Disagreement in Close Cases.” Baker, Dennis, and Rainer Knopff. 2002. Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice 2: 347-359.
“The Role of Clerks in the Supreme Court of Canada.” Morton, F.L., and Rainer Knopff. 2002. In Law, Politics, and the Judicial Process in Canada 3rd ed., edited by Morton, F.L. Calgary, University of Calgary Press.
“Why we shouldn’t entrench property rights.” Knopff, Rainer. 2002. Policy Options 23 (5): 49-52.
“The Federalist Papers,” Knopff, Rainer. 2002. Policy Options 23 (1): 16-17.
“Ghosts and Straw Men: A Comment on Miriam Smith’s ‘Ghosts of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.” Knopff, Rainer, and F.L. Morton. 2002. Canadian Journal of Political Science 35 (1): 31-42. [Manuscript version is linked above.]
“Civil Society vs. Democracy.” Knopff, Rainer. 2002. In Connections Between Governments and Nonprofit and Voluntary Organizations: Public Policy and the Third Sector, edited by Kathy Brock, 34-39. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press. [Manuscript version is linked above.]
“Courts Don’t Make Good Compromises.” Knopff, Rainer. 2001. In Judicial Power and Canadian Democracy, edited by Paul Howe and Peter H. Russell, 87-93. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press. (Originally published in 1999.)
“Ardour in Court.” Knopff, Rainer, and Ted Morton. 2001. In Introduction to Legal Studies, 3rd ed., edited by Logan Atkinson et al., 409-410. Toronto: Captus Press.
“The Statistical Protection of Minorities.” Knopff, Rainer. 2001. In Introduction to Legal Studies, 3rd ed., edited by Logan Atkinson et al., 400-402. Toronto: Captus Press. (Excerpted from article originally published in 1985.)
“The Alberta Agenda.” Harper, Stephen, Tom Flanagan, Ted Morton, Rainer Knopff, Andrew Crooks, and Ken Boessenkool. 2001. Policy Options (April): 17-19.
“A Delicate Dance: The Courts and the Chrétien Government, 1993-2000.” Knopff, Rainer. 2001. In How Ottawa Spends 2001-2002: Power in Transition, edited by Leslie A. Pal, 277-303. Toronto: Oxford University Press. [Manuscript version is linked above.]
“Judges, the Court Party and the Charter Revolution.” Morton, F.L., and Rainer Knopff. 2000. Policy Options 21 (3): 55-60. (Book excerpt.)
“Does the Charter Hinder Canadians from Becoming a Sovereign People?” Knopff, Rainer, and F.L. Morton. 1999. In Ideas in Action: Essays in Honour of Peter Russell, edited by Joseph F. Fletcher, 277-293. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
“The Case for Registered Domestic Partnerships.” Knopff, Rainer. 1999. Policy Options (June): 53-56.
“Courts Don’t Make Good Compromises.” Knopff, Rainer. 1999. Policy Options (April): 31-34.
“Populism and the Politics of Rights: The Dual Attack on Representative Democracy.” Knopff, Rainer. 1998. Canadian Journal of Political Science 31 (4): 683-705.
“The Entrenchment of Property Rights: Wisdom or Folly?” Knopff, Rainer. 1998. Property Rights Policy Series 2: 25-36. CanPRRI (Canadian Property Rights Research Institute).
“Law or Illusion?” (a review essay). Knopff, Rainer. 1996. Books in Canada 25 (3): 30-32.
“Canada’s Court Party.” Knopff, Rainer, and F.L. Morton. 1996. In Rethinking the Constitution, edited by Anthony Peacock, 63-87. Toronto: Oxford University Press.
“Courts, Tribunals, and the Environment in Canada.” Knopff, Rainer, and J.E. Glenn. 1996. In Environmental Policy in Federal States, edited by Kenneth Holland, Brian Galligan, and F. L. Morton, 185-203. Westport Conn.: Greenwood Press.
“The Triumph of Liberalism in Canada: Laurier on Representation and Party Government.” Knopff, Rainer. 1995. In Canada’s Origins: Tory, Liberal, or Republican? edited by Janet Ajzenstat and Peter J. Smith, 159-180. Ottawa: Carleton University Press.
“Reds” (a review essay). Knopff, Rainer. 1995. The Literary Review of Canada 4 (11): 3-5.
“Abortion.” Knopff, Rainer, and F.L. Morton. 1993. In The Canadian Political Tradition: Basic Readings, 2nd ed., edited by S. Blair and J.T. McLeod, 516-541. Scarborough: Nelson Canada.
“Race, Sex, and Higher Education: Affirmative Action on Campus.” Knopff, Rainer. 1992. In New Approaches to Employee Management, edited by David M. Saunders, 203-228. Greenwich, Conn.: JAI Press.
“The Supreme Court as the Vanguard of the Intelligentsia: The Charter Movement as Post-Materialist Politics.” Morton, F.L., and Rainer Knopff. 1992. In Canadian Constitutionalism: 1791-1991, edited by Janet Ajzenstat, 57-80. Ottawa: Canadian Study of Parliament Group,
“Rights, Power-Knowledge, and Social Technology.” Knopff, Rainer. 1992. In George Grant and the Future of Canada, edited by Yusuf K. Umar, 59-73. Calgary: University of Calgary Press.
“Does the Charter Mandate ‘One Person, One Vote’?” Morton, F.L., and Rainer Knopff. 1992. Alberta Law Review 30 (2): 669-694.
“Charter Politics in Alberta: Constituency Apportionment and the Right to Vote.” Knopff, Rainer, and F.L. Morton. 1992. In Drawing Boundaries: Legislatures, Courts and Electoral Values, edited by John C. Courtney, Peter MacKinnon and David E. Smith, 96-109. Saskatoon: Fifth House Publishers.
“The Triumph of Liberalism in Canada: Laurier on Representation and Party Government.” Knopff, Rainer. 1991. Journal of Canadian Studies 26 (2): 72-86.
“Permanence and Change in a Written Constitution: The ‘Living Tree’ Doctrine and the Charter of Rights.” Morton, F.L., and Rainer Knopff. 1990. Supreme Court Law Review 1: 533-46.
“Australian Federalism and the Debate Over a Bill of Rights.” Galligan, Brian, Rainer Knopff, and John Uhr. 1990. Publius: The Journal of Federalism 20 (4): 53-67.
“The Charter of Rights and National Integration.” Knopff, Rainer. 1990. In Canadian Political Life: An Alberta Perspective, 27-44. Dubuque: Kendall/Hunt.
“Selection Bias in Human Rights Tribunals: An Exploratory Study.” Flanagan, Thomas, Rainer Knopff, and Keith Archer. 1988. Canadian Public Administration 31 (4): 483-500.
“Parliament vs. The Courts: Making Sense of the Bill of Rights Debate.” Knopff, Rainer. 1988. With a Comment by Peter Bailey. Legislative Studies (journal of the Australian Study of Parliament Group) 3 (2): 3-18.
“What Do Constitutional Equality Rights Protect Canadians Against?” Knopff, Rainer. 1987. Canadian Journal of Political Science 20 (2): 265-286.
“Human Rights Litigation, 1956-1984: A Statistical Profile.” Knopff, Rainer, and Thomas Heilke. 1987. Canadian Human Rights Reporter 8: C1-C8.
“On Proving Discrimination: Statistical Methods and Unfolding Policy Logics.” Knopff, Rainer. 1986. Canadian Public Policy 12 (4): 573-583.
“Prohibiting Systemic Discrimination: Policy Development or Discontinuity.” Knopff, Rainer. 1985-86. Saskatchewan Law Review 50 (1): 121-140.
“Federalism, The Charter and the 1984 Election.” Gibbins, Roger, Rainer Knopff, and F.L. Morton. 1985. Publius: The Journal of Federalism 15 (3): 155-169.
“The Statistical Protection of Minorities: Affirmative Action Policy in Canada.” Knopff, Rainer. 1985. In Minorities and the Canadian State, edited by Neil Nevitte and Allan Kornberg, 87-106. Oakville: Mosiac Press.
“Nation Building and the Charter.” Knopff, Rainer, and F.L. Morton. 1985. In Constitutionalism Citizenship and Society in Canada, edited by Alan Cairns and Cynthia Williams, 133-182. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
“Unfairness to Individuals vs. Group Representation: A Policy Dilemma in the Legal Prohibition of Systemic Discrimination.” Knopff, Rainer. 1984-85. Canadian Human Rights Yearbook, 303-312. Toronto: Carswell.
“Religious Freedom and Party Government: The Galt-White Debate of 1876. Knopff, Rainer. 1984. In Political Thought in Canada, edited by Stephen Brooks, 23-48. Toronto: Irwin.
“Federalism, The Charter and The Court: A Comment on Smith’s ‘The Origins of Judicial Review in Canada’.” Knopff, Rainer. 1983. Canadian Journal of Political Science 16 (3): 585-591.
“Judicial Statesmanship and the Canadian Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms.” Knopff, Rainer, and F.L. Morton. 1983. In The U.S. Bill of Rights and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, edited by William McKercher, 184-200. Toronto: Ontario Economic Council.
“Liberal Democracy and the Challenge of Nationalism in Canadian Politics.” Knopff, Rainer. 1982. Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism 9 (1): 23-42.
“Legal Theory and the ‘Patriation’ Debate.” Knopff, Rainer. 1981. Queen’s Law Journal 7 (1): 41-65.
“Pierre Trudeau and the Problem of Liberal Democratic Statesmanship.” Knopff, Rainer. 1980-81. Dalhousie Review 60 (4): 712-726.
“Nationalism, Liberalism, and Federalism: Elements of Canada’s Constitutional Crisis.” Knopff, Rainer. 1979-80. Dalhousie Review 59 (4): 651-658.
“Democracy vs. Liberal Democracy: The Nationalist Conundrum.” Knopff, Rainer. 1978-79. Dalhousie Review 58 (4): 638-646.
“Quebec’s ‘Holy War’ as ‘Regime’ Politics: Reflections on the Guibord Case.” Knopff, Rainer. 1979. Canadian Journal of Political Science 12 (2): 315-331.
“Language and Culture in the Canadian Debate: The Battle of the White Papers.”Knopff, Rainer. 1979. Canadian Review of Studies in Nationalism 6 (1): 64-82.