Protecting Rights and Freedoms : Essays on the Charter's Place in Canada's Political, Legal, and Intellectual Life.
Bryden, Philip.
Protecting Rights and Freedoms : Essays on the Charter's Place in Canada's Political, Legal, and Intellectual Life. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (252 pages) - Heritage Series . - Heritage Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1 Protecting Rights and Freedoms: An Overview -- I: THE CHARTER AND CANADIAN POLITICAL LIFE -- 2 Parliament's Role in Protecting the Rights and Freedoms of Canadians -- 3 The Political Purposes of the Charter: Have They Been Fulfilled? An Agnostic's Report Card -- 4 The Charter and Quebec -- 5 Rights Talk: The Effect of the Charter on Canadian Political Discourse -- 6 Have the Equality Rights Made Any Difference? -- II: THE CHARTER IN THE COURTS -- 7 The Supreme Court Judges' Views of the Role of the Courts in the Application of the Charter -- 8 The Charter Then and Now -- 9 The Supreme Court's Rethinking of the Charter's Fundamental Questions (Or Why the Charter Keeps Getting More Interesting) -- III: THE CHARTER AND OUR INTELLECTUAL TRADITIONS -- 10 Is Democracy a Constitutional Right? New Turns in an Old Debate -- 11 Après Nous la Liberté? -- 12 Multirow Federalism and the Charter -- 13 Nationalistic Minorities and Liberal Traditions.
In his introduction, 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 essays in this book reveal, the case in favour of the Charter is not simple or one-sided.
9781442678859
Canada.--Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Civil rights--Canada.
Canada--Politics and government--1980-.
Electronic books.
KE4381.5 .P768 1994
323/.0971/09048
Protecting Rights and Freedoms : Essays on the Charter's Place in Canada's Political, Legal, and Intellectual Life. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (252 pages) - Heritage Series . - Heritage Series .
Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1 Protecting Rights and Freedoms: An Overview -- I: THE CHARTER AND CANADIAN POLITICAL LIFE -- 2 Parliament's Role in Protecting the Rights and Freedoms of Canadians -- 3 The Political Purposes of the Charter: Have They Been Fulfilled? An Agnostic's Report Card -- 4 The Charter and Quebec -- 5 Rights Talk: The Effect of the Charter on Canadian Political Discourse -- 6 Have the Equality Rights Made Any Difference? -- II: THE CHARTER IN THE COURTS -- 7 The Supreme Court Judges' Views of the Role of the Courts in the Application of the Charter -- 8 The Charter Then and Now -- 9 The Supreme Court's Rethinking of the Charter's Fundamental Questions (Or Why the Charter Keeps Getting More Interesting) -- III: THE CHARTER AND OUR INTELLECTUAL TRADITIONS -- 10 Is Democracy a Constitutional Right? New Turns in an Old Debate -- 11 Après Nous la Liberté? -- 12 Multirow Federalism and the Charter -- 13 Nationalistic Minorities and Liberal Traditions.
In his introduction, 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 essays in this book reveal, the case in favour of the Charter is not simple or one-sided.
9781442678859
Canada.--Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Civil rights--Canada.
Canada--Politics and government--1980-.
Electronic books.
KE4381.5 .P768 1994
323/.0971/09048