The Politics of the Charter : : The Illusive Promise of Constitutional Rights /

The Politics of the Charter : : The Illusive Promise of Constitutional Rights / / Andrew Petter.

Andrew Petter is a leading constitutional scholar who served from 1991 to 2001 as a British Columbia MLA and cabinet minister, including Attorney General. In The Politics of the Charter, Petter assembles a set of his original essays written over three decades to provide a coherent critique of the po...

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Petter, Andrew,
Place / Publishing House:Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2017]
©2010
Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (256 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgments
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Politics of the Charter
  • 2. Charter Legitimacy on Trial: The Resistible Rise of Substantive Due Process
  • 3. Private Rights/Public Wrongs: The Liberal Lie of the Charter
  • 4. Canada's Charter Flight: Soaring Backwards into the Future
  • 5. Rights in Conflict: The Dilemma of Charter Legitimacy
  • 6. Rip Van Winkle in Charterland
  • 7. Look Who's Talking Now: Dialogue Theory and the Return to Democracy
  • 8. Wealthcare: The Politics of the Charter Revisited
  • 9. Taking Dialogue Theory Much Too Seriously (or Perhaps Charter Dialogue Isn't Such a Good Thing After All)
  • 10. Legalize This: The Chartering of Canadian Politics
  • Conclusion
  • Index

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