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Canada and the constitution, 1979-1982 : patriation and the charter of rights / Edward McWhinney.

Title
Canada and the constitution, 1979-1982 : patriation and the charter of rights / Edward McWhinney.
Author
McWhinney, Edward.
Publication
Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c1982.

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Description
xii, 227 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Canada > Politics and government > 1945-
  • Canada > Politics and government > 1945-1980
  • Constitutional history > Canada
  • Québec (Province) > Autonomy and independence movements
Genre/Form
History.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction: from dualism to regionalism -- 1. Constitutional interlude 1979-80 -- 2. Constitutional parameters -- 3. The Quebec referendum -- 4. Federal-provincial diplomacy, summer 1980 -- 5. Unilateral federal action -- 6. The patriation package -- 7. Cutting the imperial Gordian knot -- 8. The premiers in court -- 9. The Supreme Court ruling -- 10. The Guy Fawkes Day compromise -- 11. New players, new people's power -- 12. The constitution and the future -- 13. Constitutional postscript
ISBN
  • 0802024785
  • 0802065015 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^^82190520^
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library