Research Catalog

Title

Forging Alberta's constitutional framework / Richard Connors and John M. Law, editors.

Publication

Edmonton : The University of Alberta Press in association with Centre for Constitutional Studies = Centre d'études constitutionnelles, University of Alberta, [2005], ©2005.

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Additional Authors

• Connors, Richard, 1964-
• Law, John M.
• University of Alberta. Centre for Constitutional Studies.

Description

xxxvi, 538 pages : maps; 24 cm

Subject

• Constitutional history > Alberta
• Civil rights > Alberta > History
• Federal-provincial relations > Alberta > History
• Law > Alberta > History
• Droits de l'homme > Alberta > Histoire
• Relations fédérales-provinciales (Canada) > Alberta > Histoire
• Droit > Alberta > Histoire
• Alberta > Histoire constitutionnelle

Note

• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references: p. 497-515.

Contents

A legal and constitutional history of Alberta / Richard Connors and John M. Law -- 1. In the mind's eye : law and British colonial expansion in Rupert's land in the age of empire / Richard Connors -- 2. Ambiguous authority : the development of criminal law in the Canadian North-West and Alberta / Desmond Brown -- 3. Venerable rights : constitutionalizing Alberta's schools, 1869-1905 / Sandra M. Anderson -- 4. One language and one nationality : the forcible constitution of a unilingual province in a bilingual country, 1870-2005 / Edmund A. Aunger -- 5. Out of the west : history, memory, and the "persons" case, 1919-2000 / Catherine Cavanaugh -- 6. Alberta's real constitution : the natural resources transfer agreement / Thomas Flanagan and Mark Milke -- 7. Bible Bill and the money barons : the social credit court references and their constitutional consequences / Dale Gibson -- 8. Not like the others : the regulation of Indian hunting and fishing in Alberta / Robert Irwin -- 9. Justices of the peace in Alberta / Rod Macleod and Nancy Parker -- 10. Alberta's crowning glory : the office of lieutenant-governor / Kenneth Munro -- 11. Federal-provincial tensions and the evolution of a province / Preston Manning -- 12. Alberta Metis settlements : a brief history / Fred V. Martin -- 13. The perfect storm : the national energy program and the failure of federal-provincial relations / Douglas Owram -- 14. Premiere Peter Lougheed, Alberta and the transformation of constitutionalism in Canada, 1971-1985 / Michael D. Behiels -- 15. Equality and women's political identity in post-1970s Alberta / Lois Harder -- 16. Uncertain future : Alberta in the Canadian Community / Allan Tupper.

ISBN

• 0888644574 (bound) :
• 0888644582 (pbk.) :

OCLC

• ocm61526348
• SCSB-5227288

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Columbia University Libraries