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The politics of the Charter : the illusive promise of constitutional rights / Andrew Petter.

Title
The politics of the Charter : the illusive promise of constitutional rights / Andrew Petter.
Author
Petter, Andrew
Publication
Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2010.

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Description
xi, 256 p.; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Canada
  • Canada. Cour suprême
  • Civil rights > Canada
  • Droits de l'homme > Canada
  • Pouvoir judiciaire > Canada
  • Pouvoir législatif > Canada
  • Égalité (Sociologie) > Canada
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- The politics of the Charter -- Charter legitimacy on trial : the resistible rise of substantive due process -- Private rights / public wrongs : the liberal lie of the Charter -- Canada's Charter flight : soaring backwards into the future -- Rights in conflict : the dilemma of Charter legitimacy -- Rip Van Winkle in Charterland -- Look who's talking now : dialogue theory and the return to democracy -- Wealthcare : the politics of the Charter revisited -- Taking dialogue theory much too seriously (or perhaps Charter dialogue isn't such a good thing after all) -- Legalize this : The Chartering of Canadian politics -- Conclusion.
ISBN
  • 9780802098986 (bound)
  • 0802098983 (bound)
  • 9780802095992 (pbk.)
  • 0802095992 (pbk.)
LCCN
^^2010292143
OCLC
613312235
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library