The Court and the Charter: Leading Cases - Couverture souple

Bateman, Thomas M.J.; Hiebert, Janet L.; Knopff, Rainer; Russell, Peter H.

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1552392767 ISBN 13 : 9781552392768

Editeur : Emond Montgomery, 2008

Synopsis

The entrenchment of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms into the Canadian Constitution on April 17, 1982 is among the most significant developments in Canadian constitutional history. While the Charter is only part of the Canadian Constitution, which has both written and unwritten components, and was merely a part of the package of changes entrenched when the Constitution was patriated from Britain in 1982, in the popular mind the Charter towers over other pillars of Canadian constitutionalism. While federalism and parliamentary government continue to pervade our constitutional self-understanding and the actual working of the country, the Charter routinely makes the headlines. Charter rights claimants become celebrities or media villains. Canadians increasingly articulate their values and their political demands as rights. Supreme Court justices travel the lecture circuit. Supreme Court nominees now appear before Parliament prior to appointment. Canadian life is very different in the post-Charter era. This explores the changes that the Charter has produced.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Emond Montgomery
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1552392767
• ISBN 13: 9781552392768
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 476
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible