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The myth of the sacred : the Charter, the courts and the politics of the constitution in Canada / edited by Patrick James, Donald E. Abelson and Michael Lusztig.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- James, Patrick, Author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Canada. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
- Canada.
- Political questions and judicial power--Canada.
- Political questions and judicial power.
- Civil rights--Canada.
- Civil rights.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 256 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2002.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- A title that challenges the "myth of the sacred" - the idea that certain aspects of the constitutional process - judicial political behaviour, interest group politics, and centralization of power - are untouchable politically.
- Contents:
- Introduction : the myth of sacred in the Canadian constitutional order / Patrick James, Donald E. Abelson, and Michael Lusztig
- Judicial review and group status. Judicial rationalism and the therapeutic constitution : The Supreme Court's reconstruction of equality and democratic process under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms / Anthony A. Peacock ; Judicial supervision of the political process : Canadian and American responses to homosexual rights challenges / Mark E. Rush ; The Supreme Court of Canada and the complexity of judicial activism / James B. Kelly
- The Constitution and rational choice theory. Canada's three constitutions : protecting, overturning, and reversing the status quo / Tom Flanagan ; Strategic behaviour and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms / Christopher P. Manfredi
- Non-governmental players in the Constitutional arena. Think tanks, public policy, and constitutional politics in Canada / Donald E. Abelson ; Cooperation and conflict : group activity in R. v. Keegstra / Shannon Ishiyama Smithey
- The culture of constitution-making in Canada. Deeper and deeper : deep diversity, federalism, and redistributive politics in Canada / Michael Lusztig ; Is a "true" multination federation the cure for our ills? / Hudson Meadwell.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-53001-5
- 9786613842466
- 0-7735-7057-8
- OCLC:
- 929120700
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