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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910450620703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Montreal, : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2002
• ISBN: 1-283-53001-5; 9786613842466; 0-7735-7057-8
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (271 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): AbelsonDonald E; JamesPatrick <1957->; LusztigMichael <1962->
• Disciplina: 342.71/085
• Soggetti: Political questions and judicial power - Canada; Civil rights - Canada; Politique et pouvoir judiciaire - Canada; Droits de l'homme - Canada; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.