Behind Closed Doors

Behind Closed Doors asks – and answers – whether the doctrine of Cabinet secrecy still has a role in the Westminster parliamentary system.

Yan Campagnolo is an associate professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa and a member of the Ontario Bar. He is the author of Le secret ministériel: Théorie et pratique and, with Adam Dodek, La Constitution canadienne, as well as numerous peer-reviewed articles in French and English. He has worked as a law clerk at the Supreme Court of Canada and as counsel for the Privy Council Office.

The scholarship in Behind Closed Doors is of very top quality. There is no doubt that it will become a reference work in the field.

Suzanne Comtois, professor, Faculty of Law, Université de Sherbrooke:

Yan Campagnolo’s excellent book is rigorous, learned, very well written, clear, and to the point. It is a must-read for scholars as well as public officials and judges.

Mel Cappe, professor, Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto:

As a former clerk of the Privy Council, I am delighted to see a book that so comprehensively and rigorously explores the ins and outs of the doctrine of Cabinet secrecy in a contemporary context.