The Oxford Handbook of the Canadian Constitution

Herausgeber: Oliver, Peter; Des Rosiers, Nathalie; Macklem, Patrick

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Produktbeschreibung

The Oxford Handbook of the Canadian Constitution provides an ideal first stop for Canadians and non-Canadians seeking a clear, concise, and authoritative account of Canadian constitutional law. The Handbook is divided into six parts: Constitutional History, Institutions and Constitutional Change, Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian Constitution, Federalism, Rights and Freedoms, and Constitutional Theory.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
• Seitenzahl: 1168
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. September 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 249mm x 175mm x 66mm
• Gewicht: 2087g
• ISBN-13: 9780190664817
• ISBN-10: 0190664819
• Artikelnr.: 48318890

Autorenporträt

Peter Oliver is Full Professor and Vice Dean Research in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa. Patrick Macklem is the William C. Graham Professor of Law at the University of Toronto, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. Nathalie Des Rosiers is Full Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

* Contributors
* 1. Introduction by the Editors, Peter Oliver, Patrick Macklem and
Nathalie Des Rosiers
* Part I -- Constitutional History
* Aboriginal Legal Systems and Governance
* 2. Indigenous Constitutionalism: Pre-existing Legal Genealogies in
Canada
* John Borrows
* French-Canadians and the Constitution
* 3. Constitutional Debates in French Canada, 1764-1774
* Michel Morin
* 1867: Confederation
* 4. 1867: Confederation
* Robert Vipond
* The British Constitutional Tradition
* 5. The British Legal Tradition in Canadian Constitutional Law
* Mark Walters
* Part II - Institutions and Constitutional Change
* The Crown and the Executive
* 6. The Crown in Canada
* Jennifer Smith and Marcella Firmini
* 7. The Executive, the Royal Prerogative and the Constitution
* Craig Forcese
* The Parliamentary System
* 8. Political Institutions in Canada in a New Era
* Lori Turnbull
* 9. Parliamentary Sovereignty in Canada
* John Lovell
* The Courts
* 10. The Supreme Court of Canada and Appointment of Judges in Canada
* Adam Dodek and Rosemary Cairns Way
* 11. Courts, Administrative Agencies and the Constitution
* Lorne Sossin
* Constitutional Amendment
* 12. Amending the Constitution of Canada
* Benoit Pelletier
* Part III - Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian Constitution
* Aboriginal Sovereignty
* 13. Contending Sovereignties
* Jeremy Weber
* Treaties
* 14. Treaties as Constitutional Agreements
* Sébastien Grammond
* Aboriginal Peoples and the Constitution Act, 1982
* 15. The Form and Substance of Aboriginal Title: Assimilation,
Recognition, Reconciliation
* Patrick Macklem
* 16. The Section 35 Duty to Consult
* Dwight Newman
* 17. Metis Constitutional Law Issues
* Larry Chartrand
* Part IV - Federalism
* Federalism in Canada
* 18. From Dualism to Cooperative Federalism and Back?: Evolving and
Competing Conceptions of Canadian Federalism
* Jean-François Gaudreault-Desbiens and Johanne Poirier
* 19. Key Doctrines in Canadian Legal Federalism
* Eugénie Brouillet and Bruce Ryder
* 20. The Spending Power in Canada
* Hoi Kong
* Federalism in Context
* 21. Federalism and Health Care in Canada: A Troubled Romance
* Colleen Flood, William Lahey and Bryan Thomas
* 22. Criminal Law in the Federal Context
* Mark Carter
* 23. The Environment and Federalism (in Context)
* Dayna Scott
* 24. Constitutional Aspects of Commercial Law
* Anita Anand
* 25. The Exploitation of Natural Resources in the Federation
* Luanne Walton
* 26. Minority Languages, Education and the Constitution
* Linda Cardinal and Pierre Foucher
* 27. Marriage, Family and Federal Concerns
* Robert Leckey and Carol Rogerson
* 28. International Treaty-Making and Treaty Implementation
* Hugo Cyr and Armand de Mestral
* Part V -- Rights and Freedoms
* Litigating and Interpreting the Charter
* 29. Interpreting the Charter
* Joanna Harrington
* 30. Access to Charter Justice
* Carissima Mathen
* 31. The Justification of Rights Violations: Section 1 of the Charter
* Charles-Maxime Panaccio
* 32. Charter Remedies
* Kent Roach
* 33. The Notwithstanding Clause: Why Non-Use does not Necessarily
Equate with Abiding by Judicial Norms
* Janet Hiebert
* Rights and Freedoms under the Charter
* 34. Democratic Rights
* Yasmin Dawood
* 35. The Right to Protest, Freedom of Expression, and Freedom of
Association
* Jamie Cameron and Nathalie Des Rosiers
* 36. Freedom of Religion
* Benjamin Berger
* 37. The Right to Life, Liberty and Security of the Person
* Margot Young
* 38. The Charter and the Criminal Law
* Don Stuart
* 39. Equality and Anti-discrimination: The relationship between
government goals and finding discrimination in section 15
* Sonia Lawrence
* 40. Social and Economic Rights in Canada
* Martha Jackman and Bruce Porter
* Part VI - Constitutional Theory
* Constitutional Interpretation
* 41. Constitutional Interpretation: On Issues of Ontology and of
Interlegality
* Stéphane Beaulac
* 42. The Living Tree
* Will Walachow
* Constitutional Pluralism
* 43. Canadian Constitutional Culture: A Genealogical Account
* David Schneiderman
* Key Debates in Constitutional Theory
* 44. The Role of Theory in Canadian Constitutional Law
* Timothy Endicott and Peter Oliver
* 45. Feminist Constitutionalism in Canada
* Beverley Baines and Ruth Rubio-Marin
* 46. The Politics of Constitutional Law: A Critical Approach
* Allan Hutchinson
* The Role of Constitutional Principles in Canadian Constitutional Law
* 47. Constitutional Principles in the Secession Reference
* Jean Leclair
* 48. The Rule of Law, the Separation of Powers and Judicial
Independence in Canada
* Warren Newman
* Dialogue Theory and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
* 49. Understanding Dialogue Theory
* Ravi Amarnath and Peter Hogg
* The Canadian Constitution in a Comparative Law Perspective
* 50. The Canadian Constitution and the World
* Sujit Choudhry
* Table of Cases
* Index