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The Supreme Court on trial : judicial activism or democratic dialogue / Kent Roach.

Title: The Supreme Court on trial : judicial activism or democratic dialogue / Kent Roach.
Author: Roach, Kent
Publication: Toronto : Irwin Law, 2001.

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x, 352 p.; 23 cm.

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Contents

Preface -- Part 1: What is judicial activism? -- Chapter 1: The Supreme Court on trial -- Chapter 2: The endless American debate -- Chapter 3: Judicial activism before the Charter -- Chapter 4: The Charter's influential response to judicial activism -- Chapter 5: An American debate comes to Canada -- Chapter 6: Four dimensions of judicial activism -- Part 2: The extent of judicial activism -- Chapter 7: The constrained creativity of judicial law making -- Chapter 8: The limits of public law adjudication -- Chapter 9: Judicial acceptance of limits on rights -- Chapter 10: Dialogue between courts and legislatures -- Part 3: Beyond judicial activism -- Chapter 11: The myths of judicial activism -- Chapter 12: The myths of right answers -- Chapter 13: Democratic dialogue in theory -- Chapter 14: Democratic dialogue in practice -- Chapter 15: Judicial activism and democratic dialogue -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index

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1552210545 :

OCLC

47868274

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