TY  - BOOK
AU  - James,Patrick
AU  - Abelson,Donald E.
AU  - Lusztig,Michael
TI  - Myth of the Sacred: The Charter, the Courts, and the Politics of the Constitution in Canada
SN  - 9780773570573
AV  - KE4381.5 -- .M98 2002eb 
PY  - 2002///
CY  - Montreal
PB  - McGill-Queen's University Press
KW  - Electronic books
N2  - In this collection the authors challenge the "myth of the sacred" - the idea that certain aspects of the constitutional process - judicial political behaviour, interest group politics, and centralization of power - are untouchable politically. They suggest that certain actors and institutions have contributed to a myth about the normative basis of Canadian constitutional politics, a myth perpetuated through the popular media as well as much of the scholarly literature. Such actors often disguise their overtly political behavior with a cloak of impartiality, presenting their actions as furthering the public good and therefore immune to challenge. The Myth of the Sacred seeks to challenge this ideal
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