LEADER 04288nam 2200709 450 001 9910460165003321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-4426-5975-0 010 $a1-4426-5517-8 024 7 $a10.3138/9781442659759 035 $a(CKB)3710000000324240 035 $a(EBL)3296959 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001467483 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11872173 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001467483 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11514374 035 $a(PQKB)11373812 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4670203 035 $a(CEL)449432 035 $a(OCoLC)903441041 035 $a(CaBNVSL)thg00916143 035 $a(DE-B1597)465598 035 $a(OCoLC)944178652 035 $a(DE-B1597)9781442659759 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4670203 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11256717 035 $a(OCoLC)958565024 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000324240 100 $a20160920h19951995 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aConstitutional law in theory and practice /$fDavid Beatty 210 1$aToronto, Ontario ;$aBuffalo, New York ;$aLondon, England :$cUniversity of Toronto Press,$d1995. 210 4$dİ1995 215 $a1 online resource (217 p.) 225 0 $aHeritage 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-8020-7650-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 163-199) and index. 327 $tFrontmatter -- $tContents -- $tPreface -- $t1. Constitutional Law -- $t2. Division of Powers -- $t3. Human Rights -- $t4. Comparative Constitutional Law -- $t5. Law and Politics -- $tNotes -- $tIndex 330 $aDavid Beatty draws on more than twenty years' teaching experience to produce a comprehensive introduction to the basic rules in constitutional law, accessible to law and non-law students alike. He reviews the leading cases handed down by the Supreme Court of Canada and the Privy Council concerning the original BNA Act of 1867 and the Canadian Charter of Rights enacted in 1982. As well, Beatty reviews many of the most important decisions made by other courts around the world and analyses the function judges and courts perform in liberal democratic societies when they enforce written constitutions including bills of rights.The initial chapter introduces the reader to the subject of constitutional law - what it is all about, what its function is, and how it interacts with the constitutional text. The book goes on to examine Canadian federalism law and the Supreme Court of Canada's experience in the first decade in the life of the Charter of Rights. Beatty also examines significant human rights cases decided by the major courts around the world, in order to illustrate how the same principles and methods of reasoning are used to resolve disputes about the validity of laws no matter what the issue is or where it arises. The book concludes by showing how a theory of constitutional law which emphasizes the social duties which politicians must respect rather than individual rights should be responsive to the concerns of those who are more sceptical about the virtues of law and the courts as well as those who fear the cultural imperialism of western legal concepts.Beatty proposes a radically new way to think about the idea of ?rights,? one which emphasizes the social duties that are inherent in every conception of rights. The book argues that by reorienting our thinking about what rights and the rule of law are all about, it is easier to see that rather than being in conflict or tension with each other, democratic decision making and judicial review are supportive of a common set of values and ideals. 606 $aConstitutional law$zCanada 606 $aConstitutional law 606 $aCivil rights$xSocial aspects 606 $aSocial contract 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aConstitutional law 615 0$aConstitutional law. 615 0$aCivil rights$xSocial aspects. 615 0$aSocial contract. 676 $a342.71 700 $aBeatty$b David M.$0323865 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910460165003321 996 $aConstitutional law in theory and practice$92281643 997 $aUNINA