Andrew Petter

The Politics of the Charter

The Illusive Promise of Constitutional Rights

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

The Politics of the Charter is vividly written, free of legal jargon, accessible to a broad readership, and will provoke renewed discussion about how best to achieve a more compassionate and egalitarian Canadian society.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 256
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. Januar 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 226mm x 150mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 408g
• ISBN-13: 9780802095992
• ISBN-10: 0802095992
• Artikelnr.: 28522881

Autorenporträt

Andrew Petter is a professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Victoria.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS
 
Acknowledgements.................................................................................................4
Introduction.................................................................................................7
Chapter 1:The Politics of the Charter
........................................................26
Chapter2:Charter Legitimacy on Trial: The Resistible Rise of
Substantive Due
Process...........................................................71
Chapter 3:Private Rights/Public Wrongs: The Liberal Lie of the
Charter
....................................................................................109
Chapter 4:Canada's Charter Flight: Soaring Backwards into the
Future.......................................................................................140
Chapter 5:Rights in Conflict: The Dilemma of Charter
Legitimacy..............164
Chapter 6:Rip Van Winkle in Charterland
................................................190
Chapter 7:Look Who's Talking Now: Dialogue Theory and the Return
to
Democracy...........................................................................209
Chapter 8:Wealthcare: The Politics of the Charter
Revisited......................233
Chapter 9:Taking Dialogue Theory Much Too Seriously (Or Perhaps
Charter Dialogue Isn't Such a Good Thing After All).................265
Chapter 10:Legalise This: The Chartering of Canadian
Politics....................293
Conclusion.................................................................................................321