The Charter Revolution and the Court Party / / F.L. Morton, Rainer Knopff.

The Charter of Rights has transformed Canadian politics. The Supreme Court has used the Charter to change government policy on an ever-expanding list of controversial issues-abortion, aboriginal rights, gay rights, bilingualism, criminal law enforcement, and prisoner-voting. The Court has made itsel...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]
©2013
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (240 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • PREFACE
  • LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS
  • One: Introduction
  • Two: Judges and the Charter Revolution
  • Three: The Court Party
  • Four: The State Connection
  • Five: The Jurocracy
  • Six: Power Knowledge: The Supreme Court as the Vanguard of the Intelligentsia
  • Seven: What's Wrong with the Charter Revolution and the Court Party?
  • NOTES
  • LIST OF CASES CITED
  • SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
  • INDEX