LEADER 03586nam 2200733 a 450 001 9910782082103321 005 20230912170740.0 010 $a1-282-86151-4 010 $a9786612861512 010 $a0-7735-7149-3 024 7 $a10.1515/9780773571495 035 $a(CKB)1000000000521357 035 $a(OCoLC)180704133 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10135240 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000282087 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11224977 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000282087 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10317025 035 $a(PQKB)10497299 035 $a(CaPaEBR)400271 035 $a(CaBNvSL)gtp00521528 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3331235 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10141908 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL286151 035 $a(OCoLC)929121612 035 $a(DE-B1597)654898 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780773571495 035 $a(VaAlCD)20.500.12592/srh5h4 035 $a(schport)gibson_crkn/2009-12-01/1/400271 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3331235 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3245509 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000521357 100 $a20040715d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 14$aThe most dangerous branch $ehow the Supreme Court of Canada has undermined our law and our democracy /$fRobert Ivan Martin 210 1$aMontreal ;$aIthaca [N.Y.] :$cMcGill-Queen's University Press,$d2003. 215 $a1 online resource (xxii, 285 pages) 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 0 $a0-7735-2917-9 311 0 $a0-7735-2614-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [261]-278) and index. 327 $aForeword; Preface; Introduction; 1. The Attack on Law; 2. The Attack on Democracy; 3. Philosopher Kings and Queens; 4. Who Are These People?; 5. Judicial Review of Everything; 6. Making It Up as They Go Along: Herein of the Unwritten Constitution and Other Matters; 7. The Matriarchy in Charge; 8. Is the Supreme Court Still a Court?; 9. Encore une Trahison des Clercs; 10. One Tiger to a Hill; 11 What Is to Be Done?; Appendix; Notes; Table of Cases; Bibliography; Index 330 $a"In The Most Dangerous Branch Robert Martin argues that the Supreme Court has changed from acting on principles to acting on values, allowing it to impose personal preferences. Martin shows that the Court's judges have adopted an orthodoxy of moral relativism and identity politics that he likens to a secular state religion. This orthodoxy, in his view, denies the possibility of objectivity about human endeavour and regards social reality as "constructed." While purporting to be concerned with the plight of the oppressed, it is actually based on profound condescension. Martin believes that the "theocracy" that dominates the Supreme Court of Canada is subverting democracy and the rule of law."--Jacket 606 $aConstitutional courts$zCanada$xHistory 606 $aConstitutional history$zCanada 606 $aPolitical questions and judicial power$zCanada$xHistory 606 $aJudicial review$zCanada$xHistory 615 0$aConstitutional courts$xHistory. 615 0$aConstitutional history 615 0$aPolitical questions and judicial power$xHistory. 615 0$aJudicial review$xHistory. 676 $a347.71/035 700 $aMartin$b Robert$f1939-$0191441 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910782082103321 996 $aThe most dangerous branch$93800911 997 $aUNINA