Friends of the court : the privileging of interest group litigants in Canada / Ian Brodie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Brodie, Ian (Ian Ross)

Series:

SUNY series in American constitutionalism

SUNY series in American Constitutionalism

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Citizen suits (Civil procedure)--Canada.

Citizen suits (Civil procedure).

Public interest law--Canada.

Public interest law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxi, 161 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Albany : State University of New York Press, c2002.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In this book-length study of interest group litigation in Canada, Friends of the Court traces the Canadian Supreme Court's ever-changing relationship with interest groups since the 1970s. After explaining how the Court was pressured to welcome more interest groups in the late 1980s, Brodie introduces a new theory of political status describing how the Court privileges certain groups over others. By uncovering the role of the state in encouraging and facilitating litigation, this book challenges the idea that interest group litigation in Canada is a grassroots phenomenon."--Jacket

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

The Political Disadvantage Theory

Interveners at the Supreme Court of Canada

Interest Group Litigation and Judicial Supremacy

The Market for Section 15 Status

Political Disadvantage and State Action

Postscript and Conclusion

Notes

References

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780791488966

0791488969

9780585463988

0585463980

OCLC:

61367590