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Title The myth of the sacred [electronic resource] : the Charter, the courts and the politics of the constitution in Canada / edited by Patrick James, Donald E. Abelson and Michael Lusztig.

Imprint Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2002.

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Description xiii, 256 p.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references.
Contents Introduction : the myth of sacred in the Canadian constitutional order / Patrick James, Donald E. Abelson, and Michael Lusztig -- Judicial review and group status. Judicial rationalism and the therapeutic constitution : The Supreme Court's reconstruction of equality and democratic process under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms / Anthony A. Peacock ; Judicial supervision of the political process : Canadian and American responses to homosexual rights challenges / Mark E. Rush ; The Supreme Court of Canada and the complexity of judicial activism / James B. Kelly -- The Constitution and rational choice theory. Canada's three constitutions : protecting, overturning, and reversing the status quo / Tom Flanagan ; Strategic behaviour and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms / Christopher P. Manfredi -- Non-governmental players in the Constitutional arena. Think tanks, public policy, and constitutional politics in Canada / Donald E. Abelson ; Cooperation and conflict : group activity in R. v. Keegstra / Shannon Ishiyama Smithey -- The culture of constitution-making in Canada. Deeper and deeper : deep diversity, federalism, and redistributive politics in Canada / Michael Lusztig ; Is a "true" multination federation the cure for our ills? / Hudson Meadwell.
Reproduction Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
Subject Canada. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Canada. Charte canadienne des droits et libertes.
Political questions and judicial power -- Canada.
Civil rights -- Canada.
Politique et pouvoir judiciaire -- Canada.
Droits de l'homme -- Canada.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Abelson, Donald E.
James, Patrick, 1957-
Lusztig, Michael, 1962-
ProQuest (Firm)
ISBN 0773524347

 
    
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