The most dangerous branch : how the Supreme Court of Canada has undermined our law and our democracy / Robert Ivan Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Robert, 1939-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canada. Supreme Court--History.

Canada.

Constitutional courts--Canada--History.

Constitutional courts.

Constitutional history--Canada.

Constitutional history.

Political questions and judicial power--Canada--History.

Political questions and judicial power.

Judicial review--Canada--History.

Judicial review.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 285 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2003.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In The Most Dangerous Branch Robert Martin argues that the Supreme Court has changed from acting on principles to acting on values, allowing it to impose personal preferences. Martin shows that the Court's judges have adopted an orthodoxy of moral relativism and identity politics that he likens to a secular state religion. This orthodoxy, in his view, denies the possibility of objectivity about human endeavour and regards social reality as "constructed." While purporting to be concerned with the plight of the oppressed, it is actually based on profound condescension. Martin believes that the "theocracy" that dominates the Supreme Court of Canada is subverting democracy and the rule of law."--Jacket

Contents:

Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Attack on Law; 2. The Attack on Democracy; 3. Philosopher Kings and Queens; 4. Who Are These People?; 5. Judicial Review of Everything; 6. Making It Up as They Go Along: Herein of the Unwritten Constitution and Other Matters; 7. The Matriarchy in Charge; 8. Is the Supreme Court Still a Court?; 9. Encore une Trahison des Clercs; 10. One Tiger to a Hill; 11 What Is to Be Done?; Appendix; Notes; Table of Cases; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [261]-278) and index.

ISBN:

1-282-86151-4

9786612861512

0-7735-7149-3

OCLC:

180704133