A report of a conference to explore legal and medical aspects of coroners’ inquests into sudden adult deaths.

In this policy brief, Judge Robert Sharpe of the Court of Appeal for Ontario argues that it would be wrong for judges exercising the power of judicial review to claim legitimacy as representatives. He argues that the claim is not only wrong, it is dangerous as it distorts the nature of the judicial function.

Report of the 2007 Annual Lecture in Law and Society, delivered by Cass Sunstein.