Law, politics and the judicial process in Canada / F.L. Morton, ed.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Morton, F. L. (Frederick Lee), 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Courts--Canada.

Courts.

Judicial process--Canada.

Judicial process.

Political questions and judicial power--Canada.

Political questions and judicial power.

Canada.

Physical Description:

xi, 660 pages ; 23 cm

Edition:

Third edition.

Place of Publication:

Calgary : University of Calgary Press, [2002]

Contents:

1 The Rule of Law in the Canadian Constitution 1

1.1 Roncarelli v. Duplessis 8

1.2 "Of the Extent of the Legislative Power" / John Locke 13

1.3 "The Declaration of Independence" / Thomas Jefferson 15

1.4 "The Rule of Law" / A.V.C. Dicey 16

1.5 "The Independence of the Judiciary" / W.R. Lederman 19

1.6 "Liberal versus Post-liberal Constitutionalism: Applying the Charter to Civil Society" / Thomas M.J. Bateman 19

2 Political Jurisprudence 31

2.1 "Two Models of Judicial Decision-Making" / Paul Weiler 38

2.2 Harrison v. Carswell 45

2.3 "Re Constitution of Canada, 1981: The Patriation Reference" / Michael Mandel 48

2.4 Reference re the Secession of Quebec 56

2.5 "Will Women Judges Really Make a Difference?" / Justice Bertha Wilson 85

2.6 "Gender Differences on the Supreme Court" / Candace C. White 85

3 The Canadian Judicial System 93

3.1 "The Role and Functions of Final Appellate Courts: The Supreme Court of Canada" / Chief Justice Bora Laskin 100

3.2 Constitution Act, 1867, Sections 96-101 109

3.3 The Canadian Judicial System 110

3.4 The Criminal and Civil Court Processes 112

4 Judicial Recruitment and Selection 117

4.1 "Patronage in Judicial Appointments" / Jeffrey Simpson 133

4.2 "Judicial Appointments in Great Britain" / Sir Robert Megarry 137

4.3 "Mulroney's Judicial Appointments and the New Judicial Advisory Committees" / Peter H. Russell, Jacob S. Ziegel 143

4.4 "Will Women Judges Really Make a Difference?" / Justice Bertha Wilson 147

4.5 "A 'Gender Patronage' for Judges?" / Rob Martin 152

4.6 "To Bring Judicial Appointments Out of the Closet" / F.L. Morton 154

4.7 "What to Look For, and Guard Against, in a Supreme Court Judge" / William Thorsell 157

4.8 "Merit Selection and Democratization of Appointments to the Supreme Court of Canada" / Jacob S. Ziegel 159

5 Judicial Independence, Ethics, and Discipline 169

5.1 "The Independence of the Judiciary" / W.R. Lederman 183

5.2 The Berger Affair 189

5.3 "The Meaning and Scope of Judicial Independence" / Chief Justice Bora Laskin 196

5.4 The McClung Affair 201

5.5 "L'Heureux-Dube Crosses the Line" / F.L. Morton 206

5.6 Reference re Remuneration of Judges of the Provincial Court (P.E.I.) 212

5.7 "Judicial Independence: The Views of Appellate Judges" / Ian Greene et al. 238

5.8 "What Are Judges For?" / Conor A. Gearty 245

6 Access to Judicial Power 255

6.1 "Constitutional References" / Barry Strayer 265

6.2 Minister of Justice of Canada v. Borowski 274

6.3 Borowski v. Attorney-General of Canada 280

6.4 "Interventions and the Public Interest" / Alan Borovoy 289

6.5 Ian Brodie, Intervenors and the Charter 295

6.6 "Agenda Setting: The Selection of Cases for Judicial Review in the Supreme Court of Canada" / Roy B. Flemming 298

7 Interest Groups and Litigation 301

7.1 Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women, "Equality Rights and Legal Action" 309

7.2 "The Women's Legal Education and Action Fund" / Sherene Razack 316

7.3 "The Court Challenges Program" / Ian Brodie 326

7.4 "Constitutional Rights and Interest Advocacy: Litigating Education Reform in Canada and the United States" / Christopher P. Manfredi 329

7.5 "Interest Group Litigation and Canadian Democracy" / Gregory Hein 343

7.6 "Response to Gregory Hein" / Ian Brodie 360

8 Fact Finding in the Courts 363

8.1 "Fact Finding in Adjudication" / Donald C. Horowitz 370

8.2 "Social Facts, Court Delay and the Charter" / Carl Baar 375

8.3 "The Anti-Inflation Case: The Anatomy of a Constitutional Decision" / Peter H. Russell 384

9 Prcedents, Statutes, and Legal Reasoning 387

9.1 "Stare Decisis: The Use of Precedents" / G. Gordon Post 395

9.2 "The Duty of a Court" / A.V.C. Dicey 398

9.3 "Architect of the Common Law" / Paul Weiler 398

9.4 Boucher v. The King 405

9.5 "The Transformative Power of the Legal Narrative" / David Greener 409

9.6 "The Influence of Legal Commentary on Judicial Interpretation of the Charter" / Troy Riddell 414

10 Judicial Review and Federalism 423

10.1 "The Origins of Judicial Review in Canada" / Jennifer Smith 433

10.2 "The 'Living Tree' Approach to Interpreting the BNA Act" / Lord Sankey 442

10.3 "The 'Watertight Compartments' Approach to Interpreting the BNA Act" / Lord Atkin 443

10.4 "The Anti-Inflation Case: The Anatomy of a Constitutional Decision" / Peter H. Russell 443

10.5 "Does Federalism Review Matter?" / Patrick Monahan 467

10.6 "Re Constitution of Canada, 1981: The Patriation Reference" / Michael Mandel 477

10.7 Reference re the Secession of Quebec 477

11 Judicial Review and Civil Liberties 479

11.1 "Of the Extent of the Legislative Power" / John Locke 495

11.2 "The Rule of Law" / A.V.C. Dicey 495

11.3 Roncarelli v. Duplessis 496

11.4 Boucher v. The King 496

11.5 "The Supreme Court of Canada's Charter of Rights Decisions, 1982-1999: A Statistical Analysis" / James B. Kelly 496

11.6 "Liberal versus Post-liberal Constitutionalism: Applying the Charter to Civil Society" / Thomas M.J. Bateman 512

11.7 "Do Bills of Rights Matter?" / Charles Epp 512

11.8 "Interest Group Litigation and Canadian Democracy" / Gregory Hein 531

12 Judicial Decision-Making 533

12.1 "Decision-making in the Supreme Court of Canada" / Justice Bertha Wilson 543

12.2 "Agenda Setting: The Selection of Cases for Judicial Review in the Supreme Court of Canada / Roy B. Flemming 546

12.3 "The Role of Clerks in the Supreme Court of Canada" / F.L. Morton, Rainer Knopff 555

12.4 "Judging the Judges: The Decline of Dissent in the Supreme Court's Charter Decisions" / James B. Kelly 560

13 Reconciling Judicial Review and Constitutional Democracy 571

13.1 "Courts, Legislatures, and the Protection of Human Rights" / Donald Smiley 575

13.2 "On Not Standing for Notwithstanding" / John D. Whyte 577

13.3 "Standing Up for Notwithstanding" / Peter H. Russell 584

13.4 "A Better Way of Saying 'Notwithstanding'" / Scott Reid 596

13.5 "Interest Group Litigation and Canadian Democracy" / Gregory Hein 598

13.6 "Judicial Independence: The Views of Appellate Judges" / Ian Greene et al. 599

13.7 Dialogue or Monologue? Hogg versus Morton

13.8 "Judicial Independence and Judicial Activism" / Justice Claire L'Heureux-Dube 609

13.9 "Courts, Legislatures, and Executives in the Post-Charter Era" / Chief Justice Beverley McLachlin 617

A Constitution Act, 1867, ss. 91-95, 133 627

B Canadian Bill of Rights, 1960 633

C Constitution Act, 1982

Sections 1-34. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms 636

Section 35. Rights of the Aboriginal Peoples of Canada 642

Sections 38-49. Procedure for Amending the Constitution of Canada 643

Section 52. Supremacy Clause 646

D Chief Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada 647

E Puisne Justices of the Supreme Court of Canada 649.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1552380467

OCLC:

47740932