法官制作法律,这并不是一种新的提法。著名的英国法官里德就是这样说的。他说,我们必须承认这样的事实,即不论是好是坏,法官确实经常在制作法律,而且不断在解决他们如何完成这一任务以及他们应该如何完成这一任务的问题。我同意里德法官的结论并且认为,他关于普通法的一些提法同样也适用于宪法解释的问题。自从在美国发生了马伯里诉麦迪逊案之后以及在加拿大有了权利和自由宪章之后,法院 Judges make laws, this is not a new formulation. The famous British judge Reid said the same way. He said we must acknowledge the fact that judges, whether good or bad, often do make laws and are constantly addressing how they accomplish this task and how they should accomplish that task. I agree with Judge Reid and consider that some of his references to common law also apply to constitutional interpretations. Since the Marbury v. Madison case in the United States and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the Court