Charting the consequences : the impact of charter rights on Canadian law and politics

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Charting the consequences : the impact of charter rights on Canadian law and politics

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the impact of charter rights on Canadian law and politics

Statement of responsibility

edited by David Schneiderman & Kate Sutherland

Creator

• Schneiderman, David, 1958-

Contributor

• University of Alberta, Centre for Constitutional Studies
• Sutherland, Kate

Subject

• Canada -- Politics and government -- 1984-1993
• Canada -- Politics and government -- 1993-2006
• Canada -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1984-1993
• Canada -- Politique et gouvernement -- 1993-
• Canada.
• Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Canada)
• Civil rights
• Civil rights -- Canada
• Droit -- Canada
• Electronic books
• LAW / Constitutional
• LAW / Public
• POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Canadian
• Canada

Genre

• Electronic books

Language

eng

Summary

"In 1990 Supreme Court Justice Bertha Wilson proclaimed that the Canadian Charter of Rights 'is and must continue to be a vital force in molding the lives of Canadians.' In this collection of original essays commissioned by the Centre for Constitutional Studies, University of Alberta, legal and political scholars evaluate the impact of the Charter on life in Canada since 1982." "Other works have focused on the jurisprudence of the Charter - its internal coherence or its implications for the role of courts. Charting the Consequences considers 'externalities' - the effect of the Charter and its jurisprudence on non-constitutional aspects of the law and on the dynamics of legislative power, provincial politics, and social movements. Specific contexts are examined, including certain provinces, economic rights, taxation, First Nations, sexual orientation, social movements, private law, access to justice, and political science. Patterns become manifest across contexts. First, the editors identify three strata of actors in society - ranging from the most powerful to the least powerful - who are affected by the Charter in differing degrees. Second, they expose how the actors' influences on Charter interpretation are determined, in some measure, by the magnitude of their social and political power." "Charting the Consequences offers a fresh perspective on the Charter. It will generate new thinking and scholarship among lawyers, political scientists, and public policy makers."--Jacket

Action

digitized

Cataloging source

OCLCE

Index

no index present

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography