Constitutional Amendment in Canada / / Paul Gérin-Lajoie.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Toronto Press eBook-Package Archive 1933-1999
• VerfasserIn: Gérin-Lajoie, Paul,
• MitwirkendeR: Dawson, R. MacGregor,
• Place / Publishing House: Toronto : : University of Toronto Press, , [2019]; ©1950
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Language: English
• Series: Heritage
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (384 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Preface --; Foreword --; Contents --; Introduction --; Part I: The Constitution Of Canada --; I. The Constitution Defined --; II. The Flexibility of the Constitution --; Part II. How Past Amendments Were Secured --; III. How Past Amendments Were Secured --; Part III. The Amending Process To-Day --; IV. An Address from Both Houses of Parliament --; V. The Participation of the Provinces --; VI. The Role of the British Parliament --; VII. Conflicting Views on the Amending Process --; Part IV. Proposals For A New Amending Machinery --; VIII. Changes of Procedure Advocated in the Past --; IX. An Approach to the Future --; Appendices --; Bibliography --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781487595784; 9783110490947
• DOI: 10.3138/9781487595784
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Paul Gérin-Lajoie.

On one of the most important and controversial matters in Canada—the drafting of an amending clause to the British North America Act. A forceful, lucid discussion of past amendments, conflicting views, and a possible solution. This book won the Grand Prize of the Province of Quebec for Moral and Political Science in 1950. Canadian Government Series.