Most Dangerous Branch : How the Supreme Court of Canada Has Undermined Our Law and Our Democracy.

Intro -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Introduction -- 1 The Attack on Law -- 2 The Attack on Democracy -- 3 Philosopher Kings and Queens -- 4 Who Are These People? -- 5 Judicial Review of Everything -- 6 Making It Up as They Go Along: Herein of the "Unwritten Constitution" and Other Matters -- 7 The Matriarchy in Charge -- 8 Is the Supreme Court Still a Court? -- 9 Encore une Trahison des Clercs -- 10 One Tiger to a Hill -- 11 What Is to Be Done? -- Appendix -- Notes -- Table of Cases -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

Judges on the Supreme Court of Canada are guided by reason and principle - or so most Canadians think. In The Most Dangerous Branch Robert Martin argues that the court has changed from acting on principles to acting on values, allowing it to impose its own personal preferences. As judges are not elected, Martin argues, they should not be permitted to set the social agenda, amend legislation, amend the constitution, or attack democracy and democratic institutions.

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