Constitutional Amendment in Canada /

Constitutional Amendment in Canada / / ed. by Emmett Macfarlane.

In Canada, the 1982 Constitution Act contains the amending formula, which outlines a set of procedures required to make changes to the constitution. Recent debates over Senate reform, the status of the Supreme Court of Canada, and the rules governing royal succession have highlighted how important t...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press Complete eBook-Package 2016
MitwirkendeR:
Baker, Dennis,
Baud, Patrick,
Crandall, Erin,
Dodek, Adam,
Jarvis, Mark D.,
Knopff, Rainer,
Lagassé, Philippe,
MacFarlane, Emmett,
Mathen, Carissima,
Newman, Dwight,
Newman, Warren J.,
Puddister, Kate,
Richez, Emmanuelle,
Verrelli, Nadia,
HerausgeberIn:
Macfarlane, Emmett,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2018]
©2016
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (352 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction Striking a Balance: The Players and Procedures of Canada’s Constitutional Amending Formula
  • PART ONE. The Players
  • 1. Searching for an Amending Formula: The 115-Year Journey
  • 2. Uncovering the Wall Surrounding the Castle of the Constitution: Judicial Interpretation of Part V of the Constitution Act, 1982
  • 3. The Federal Principle: Constitutional Amendment and Intergovernmental Relations
  • 4. Part II and Part V: Aboriginal Peoples and Constitutional Amendment
  • PART TWO. The Procedures
  • 5. Constitutional Amendment by Legislation
  • 6. U2: Unanimity versus Unilateralism in Canada’s Politics of Constitutional Amendment
  • 7. Understanding the Section 43 Bilateral Amending Formula
  • 8. The Possibilities and Limits of Provincial Constitution-Making Power: The Case of Quebec
  • 9. The End of Informal Constitutional Change in Canada?
  • PART THREE. The Issues
  • 10. DIY 101: The Constitutional Entrenchment of the Supreme Court of Canada
  • 11. The Uncertain Future of Senate Reform
  • 12. The Crown and Constitutional Amendment after the Senate Reform and Supreme Court References
  • 13. “The Most Radical Amendment of All”: The Power to Secede and the Secession Reference
  • Conclusion. The Future of Canadian Constitutional Amendment
  • Appendix
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Contributors
  • Index

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