Protecting rights and freedoms : essays on the Charter's place in Canada's political, legal, and intellectual life

Protecting rights and freedoms : essays on the Charter's place in Canada's political, legal, and intellectual life / Philip Bryden, Steven Davis, John Russell, editors.

In his introduction to this collection of essays by constitutional experts, Philip Bryden says that Canadians can be proud of their commitment to the protection of rights and liberties in the Charter. Canada, he believes, is a better place to live then it would be otherwise. Nevertheless, as the ess...

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Other Authors: Bryden, P., Davis, Steven, 1937-, Russell, John, 1956-
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, ©1994.
Subjects:
Canada. > Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Canada)
Since 1980
Civil rights > Canada.
LAW > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Civil Rights.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Political Freedom & Security > Human Rights.
Civil rights
Politics and government
Kongress
Droits de l'homme > Canada.
Droits civils et politiques > Canada.
Canada > Politics and government > 1980-
Canada
Canada > Politique et gouvernement > 1984-1993.
Canada > Politique et gouvernement > 1980-1983.
Kanada > Verfassung (1982)
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Table of Contents:
  • Protecting rights and freedoms : an overview / Philip Bryden
  • Parliament's role in protecting the rights and freedoms of Canadians / Kim Campbell
  • The political purposes of the Charter : have they been fulfilled? An agnostic's report card / Peter H. Russell
  • The Charter and Quebec / Lysiane Gagnon
  • Rights talk : the effect of the Charter on Canadian political discourse / Jeffrey Simpson
  • Have the equality rights made any difference? / Lynn Smith
  • The Supreme Court judges' views of the role of the courts in the application of the Charter / Andrée Lajoie and Henry Quillinan
  • The Charter then and now / Patrick J. Monahan
  • The Supreme Court's rethinking of the Charter's fundamental questions (or why the Charter keeps getting more interesting) / Robin Elliot
  • Is democracy a constitutional right? New turns in an old debate / Frank I. Michelman
  • Après nous la liberté? / Edgar Z. Friedenberg
  • Multirow federalism and the Charter / James Tully
  • Nationalistic minorities and liberal traditions / John Russell.

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