The myth of the sacred the Charter, the courts and the politics of the constitution in Canada / [electronic resource] : edited by Patrick James, Donald E. Abelson and Michael Lusztig. - Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2002. - xiii, 256 p.

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction : the myth of sacred in the Canadian constitutional order / 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 / The Constitution and rational choice theory. Canada's three constitutions : protecting, overturning, and reversing the status quo / Non-governmental players in the Constitutional arena. Think tanks, public policy, and constitutional politics in Canada / The culture of constitution-making in Canada. Deeper and deeper : deep diversity, federalism, and redistributive politics in Canada / Patrick James, Donald E. Abelson, and Michael Lusztig -- 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 -- Tom Flanagan ; Strategic behaviour and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms / Christopher P. Manfredi -- Donald E. Abelson ; Cooperation and conflict : group activity in R. v. Keegstra / Shannon Ishiyama Smithey -- Michael Lusztig ; Is a "true" multination federation the cure for our ills? / Hudson Meadwell.


Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.





GBA2-U1977




Canada. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Canada. Charte canadienne des droits et libertes.


Political questions and judicial power--Canada.
Civil rights--Canada.
Politique et pouvoir judiciaire--Canada.
Droits de l'homme--Canada.


Electronic books.

KE4381.5 / .M98 2002

342.71/085