The notwithstanding clause and the Canadian charter : rights, reforms, and controversies / edited by Peter L. Biro.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Biro, Peter L., 1960- editor.

Walter de Gruyter & Co.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Canada. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Canada.

Derogation (Law)--Canada.

Derogation (Law).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Montreal ; Kingston ; London ; Chicago : McGill-Queen's University Press, 2024.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Introduction

Setting the Stage: Chekhov's Gun Inverted

Part one . Genesis and Context

1 An Historic Canadian Compromise: Forty Years after the Patriation of the Constitution, Should We Cheer a Little?

2 The Evolving Debate over Section 33 of the Charter

Part two . Fundamentals

3 Key Foundations for the Notwithstanding Clause in Institutional Capacities, Democratic Participatory Values, and Dimensions of Canadian Identities

4 The Notwithstanding Clause, the Operation of Legislation, and Judicial Review

Part three . Judicial Review

5 Legislative Choices in Using Section 33 and Judicial Scrutiny

6 Judicial Declarations Notwithstanding the Use of the Notwithstanding Clause? A Response to a (Non-) Rejoinder

7 Notwithstanding Judicial Review: Legal and Political Reasons Why Courts Cannot Review Laws Invoking Section 33

8 Courts, Legislatures, and the Politics of Judicial Decision-Making (or Perhaps the Notwithstanding Clause Isn't Such a Bad Thing after All)

Part Four . QueBec

9 The Notwithstanding Powers and Provisions: An Asset for Quebec and for Canada

10 Bill 21 and Bill 96 in Light of a Distinctive Quebec Theory of the Notwithstanding Clause: A Distinct Approach for a Distinct Society and a Distinct Legal Tradition

11 Quebec's Bills 21 and 96: An Underwater Eruption

12 The Rise and Fall of Liberal Constitutionalism in Quebec

Part Five . Legitimacy, Justification, Democracy

13 The Notwithstanding Clause, Bill 96, and Tyranny

14 Are There Constitutional Limits on the Use of the Notwithstanding Clause?

15 Notwithstanding v. Notwithstanding: Sections 28 and 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

16 Section 33, the Right to Vote, and Democratic Accountability

17 The Text and the Ballot Box: Section 3, Section 33, and the Right to Cast an Informed Vote

18 Notwithstanding Minority Rights: Rethinking Canada's Notwithstanding Clause

19 Detoxing Democracy: Exploring Motivation, Authority, and Power

Contributors

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Berlin Available via World Wide Web.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Notwithstanding clause and the Canadian charter.

ISBN:

9780228020226

0228020212

0228020220

9780228020219

Publisher Number:

40032284467

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.