Research Catalog

Title

Constitutional amendment in Canada / edited by Emmett Macfarlane.

Publication

• Toronto ; Buffalo ; London : University of Toronto Press, [2016]
• ©2016

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Details

Additional Authors

• Macfarlane, Emmett,
• Verrelli, Nadia, 1975-

Description

x, 337 pages; 24 cm

Summary

• "Constitutional Amendment in Canada is the first volume to focus solely on the implications of the amending formula in Canada. Emmett Macfarlane has brought together a group of expert authors to address such topics as the difficulties of constitutional reform, the intersection of various levels of government and the judiciary, and the ability of the public to veto proposed changes. Filling a serious gap in the literature, Constitutional Amendment in Canada is an authoritative study of the historical and contemporary implications of the amending formula."--
• "In Canada, the 1982 Constitution Act contains the amending formula, which outlines a set of procedures required to make changes to the constitution. Recent debates over Senate reform, the status of the Supreme Court of Canada, and the rules governing royal succession have highlighted how important the amending formula is in maintaining the vitality and relevance of the governing system."--

Subject

• Canada
• Constitution Act, 1982 (Canada)
• Constitutional amendments > Canada
• Constitutional amendments

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-322) and index.

Contents

Searching for an amending formula: the 115-year journey / Nadia Verrelli -- Uncovering the wall surrounding the castle of the Constitution: judicial interpretation of Part V of the Constitution Act, 1982 / Adam Dodek -- The federal principle: Constitutional amendment and intergovernmental relations / Carissima Mathen -- Part II and Part V: Aboriginal peoples and Constitutional amendment / Christa Scholtz -- Constitutional amendment by legislation / Warren J. Newman -- U2: unanimity versus unilateralism in Canada's politics of Constitutional amendment / Rainer Knopff -- Understanding the Section 43 bilateral amending formula / Dwight Newman -- The possibilities and limits of provincial Constitution-making power: the case of Quebec / Emmanuelle Richez -- The end of informal constitutional change in Canada? / Dennis Baker and Mark D. Jarvis -- DIY 101: the constitutional entrenchment of the Supreme Court of Canada / Erin Crandall -- The uncertain future of Senate reform / Emmett Macfarlane -- The Crown and constitutional amendment after the Senate and Supreme Court references / Philippe Lagassé and Patrick Baud -- "The most radical amendment of all": the power to secede and the secession reference / Kate Puddister.

ISBN

• 9781442640498
• 1442640499
• 9781442628731
• 1442628731

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library