Constraining the Court: Judicial Power and Policy Implementation in the Charter Era - Couverture souple

Kelly, James B.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0774870486 ISBN 13 : 9780774870481

Editeur : University of British Columbia Press, 2024

Synopsis

An investigation into what happens when the Supreme Court of Canada declares a statute unconstitutional.

When the Supreme Court of Canada makes a decision that invalidates a statute, it creates a constitutional moment. But does that have a direct and observable impact on public policy? Constraining the Court explores what happens when a statute involving a significant public policy issue--French language rights in Quebec, supervised consumption sites, abortion, or medical assistance in dying--is declared unconstitutional. James B. Kelly examines the conditions under which Parliament or provincial/territorial legislatures attempt to contain the policy impact of judicial invalidation and engage in non-compliance without invoking the notwithstanding clause. He considers the importance of the issue, the unpopularity of a judicial decision, the limited reach of a negative rights instrument such as the Charter, the context of federalism, and the mixture of public and private action behind any legislative response. While the Supreme Court's importance cannot be denied, this rigorous analysis convincingly concludes that a judicial decision does not necessarily determine a policy outcome.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

James B. Kelly is professor in the Department of Political Science at Concordia University. He is the author of Governing with the Charter: Legislative and Judicial Activism and Framers' Intent. He served as the 2006-07 Seagram Chair in Canadian Studies at the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, where he coedited Contested Constitutionalism: Reflections on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms with Christopher P. Manfredi. With Janet L. Hiebert, he is also a coauthor of Parliamentary Bills of Rights: The Experiences of New Zealand and the United Kingdom. He has been a visiting fellow at the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies at Melbourne Law School; visiting professor at the Faculty of Law of Bar-IIan University, Israel; and editor of the Canadian Journal of Political Science.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: University of British Columbia Press
• Date d'édition: 2024
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0774870486
• ISBN 13: 9780774870481
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 448
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