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Constitutional law in theory and practice / David Beatty.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Beatty, David M., author.
- Series:
- Heritage
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Constitutional law--Canada.
- Constitutional law.
- Civil rights--Social aspects.
- Civil rights.
- Social contract.
- Canada.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (217 p.)
- Edition:
- 2nd ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Toronto, Ontario ; Buffalo, New York ; London, England : University of Toronto Press, 1995.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- David Beatty draws on more than twenty years' teaching experience to produce a comprehensive introduction to the basic rules in constitutional law, accessible to law and non-law students alike.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Constitutional Law
- Introduction
- Constitutions
- Purpose
- Style
- The Dilemma
- Methods of Reform
- Constitutional Law
- Purpose and Method
- The Controversy
- The Rules
- 2 Division of Powers
- What Do the Words Mean?
- The Plain-Meaning Approach
- External Aids: Dictionaries and Precedents
- Internal Aids: The Intention of the Framers and the Logic of the Text
- The Federal Principle
- Guaranteeing Equal Sovereignty
- Maximizing Equal Sovereignty
- The Rules and the Record of the Court
- The Possibility of Judicial Review
- 3 Human Rights
- External Aids: American and Canadian Bills of Rights
- Defining Rights
- Fundamental Freedoms: Expression and Religion
- Reasonable Limits and Maximizing Rights
- Human Rights and Legal Reasoning
- Human Rights and the Rules of Constitutional Law
- Rationality, Proportionality, and the Record of the Court
- Human Rights and Judicial Exemptions
- Scope of the Charter: Where Rationality and Proportionality Do Not Apply
- Human Rights and Judicial Deference
- 4 Comparative Constitutional Law
- The United States
- India
- Japan
- Germany
- The European Court of Human Rights
- 5 Law and Politics
- Rights and the Rules of Law
- Rights and Duties
- Law and Politics
- Notes
- Index
- A
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- L
- M
- N
- O
- P
- R
- S
- U
- V
- W.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-199) and index.
- Includes index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-4426-5975-0
- 1-4426-5517-8
- OCLC:
- 903441041
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