Research Catalog

Title

Law, politics and the judicial process in Canada / edited by F.L. Morton.

Publication

Calgary : University of Calgary Press, ©1992.

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Additional Authors

Morton, F. L. (Frederick Lee), 1949-

Description

x, 502 pages; 23 cm

Subject

• Courts > Canada
• Judicial process > Canada
• Political questions and judicial power > Canada
• Courts
• Judicial process
• Political questions and judicial power
• Recht
• Rechtspflege
• Verfassungsrecht
• Canada
• Kanada

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Preface -- 1. The rule of law in the Canadian Constitution -- 1.1 Roncarelli v. Duplessis -- 1.2 Of the extent of the legislative power / John Locke -- 1.3 The Declaration of Independence / Thomas Jefferson -- 1.4 The rule of law / A.V. Dicey -- 1.5 The independence of the judiciary* / W.R. Lederman -- 1.6 Key terms -- 2. Political jurisprudence -- 2.1 Two models of judicial decision-making / Paul Weiler -- 2.2 Will women judges really make a difference?*/ Bertha Wilson -- 2.3 Harrison v. Carswell -- 2.4 Re Constitution of Canada 1981: the patriation reference / Michael Mandel -- 2.5 Key terms -- 3. The Canadian judicial system -- 3.1 The role and functions of final appellate courts: the Supreme Court of Canada / Bora Laskin -- 3.2 Constitution Act, 1867, ss. 96-101 -- 3.3 The Canadian judicial system -- 3.4 The criminal and civil court processes -- 3.5 Key terms -- 4. Judicial recruitment and selection -- 4.1 Patronage in judicial appointments / Jeffrey Simpson -- 4.2 Mulroney's judicial appointments and the new judicial advisory committees / Peter H. Russell and Jacob S. Ziegal -- 4.3 Will women judges really make a difference? / Bertha Wilson -- 4.4 A "gender patronage" or judges? / Rob Martin -- 4.5 Judicial appointments in Great Britain / Sir Robert Megarry -- 4.6 Judicial appointments in the United States: the Judge Bork affair / F.L. Morton -- 4.7 Debate: should there be confirmation hearings for Supreme Court Judges? -- Affirmative: F.L. Morton -- Negative : Ian Hunter -- 4.8 Key terms -- 5. Judicial independence, ethics, and discipline -- 5.1 The independence of the judiciary / W.R. Lederman -- 5.2 Hickman v. MacKeigan -- 5.3 The Berger affair -- 5.4 The meaning and scope of judicial independence / Bora Laskin -- 5.5 Report to the Canadian Judicial Council re the conduct of judges involved in the Donald Marshall prosecution -- 5.6 Administrative independence: concerns of the Canadian judiciary / Jules Deschenes and Carl Baar -- 5.7 Are Canadian judges independent enough? / Ian Greene -- 5.8 Key terms -- 6. Access to judicial power -- 6.1 Constitutional references / Barry Strayer -- 6.2 Minister of Justice of Canada v. Borowski -- 6.3 Borowski v. Attorney General of Canada -- 6.4 Operation dismantle v. the Queen -- 6.5 Interventions and the public interest / A. Alan Borovoy -- 6.6 Intervenors and the Charter / Ian Brodie -- 6.7 Key terms -- 7. Interest groups and litigation -- 7.1 Equality rights and legal action / M. Atcheson, M. Eberts, and B. Symes -- 7.2 The women's legal education and action fund / Sherene Razack -- 7.3 The court challenges program / Ian Brodie -- 7.4 Operation dismantle v. the Queen* -- 7.5 The NCC challenges the Canada Elections Act / Janet Hiebert -- 7.6 Class actions as a regulatory instrument / D.N. Dewees, J.R.S. Prichard, and M.J. Trebilcock -- 7.7 Debate: should access to class actions be expanded? -- Affirmative: Allan C. Hutchinson and Kent Roach -- Negative: William Macdonald and William Rowley -- 7.8 Key terms -- 8. Fact finding in the courts -- 8.1 Fact finding in adjudication / Donald C. Horowitz -- 8.2 The Anti-Inflation case: the anatomy of a constitutional decision* / Peter Russell -- 8.3 The institutional capacity of the court / Bertha Wilson -- 8.4 Social facts, court delay and the Charter / Carl Baar -- 8.5 Key terms.
• 9. Precedents, statutes, and legal reasoning -- 9.1 Stare decisis: the use of precents / G. Gordon Post -- 9.2 The duty of a court / A.V. Dicey -- 9.3 Architect of the common law / Paul Weiler -- 9.4 Boucher v. the King -- 9.5 Regina v. Ojibway -- 9.6 Policy-making by exegesis: the abolition of "mandatory retirement" in Manitoba / Thomas Flanagan -- 9.7 Key terms -- 10. Judicial review and federalism -- 10.1 The origins of judicial review in Canada / Jennifer Smith -- 10. 2 The "living tree" approach to interpreting the BNA Act / Lord Sankey -- 10.3 The "watertight compartments" approach to interpreting the BNA Act / Lord Atkin -- 10.4 The Anti-Inflation case: the anatomy of a constitutional decision / Peter Russell -- 10.5 Does federalism review matter? / Patrick Monahan -- 10.6 Re Constitution of Canada 1981: thepatriation reference* / Michael Mandel -- 10.7 Key terms -- 11. Judicial review and civil liberties -- 11.1 Of the extent of the legislative power* / John Locke -- 11.2 The rule of law* / A.V. Dicey -- 11.3 Roncarilli v. Duplessis* -- 11.4 Boucher v. The King* -- 11.5 The Supreme Court's first one hundred Chater of Rights decisions, 1982-1989 / F.L. Morton, Peter H. Russell, and Michael J. Withey -- 11.6 The Charter and good government / A. Kim Campbell -- 11.7 Charter Worshippers' Society / John young -- 11.8 Key Terms -- 12. Judicial decision-making -- 12.1 Decision-making in the Supreme Court of Canada / Bertha Wilson -- 12.2 Opinion-writing in the U.S. Supreme Court / F.L. Morton -- 12.3 Judging the judges: consensus and dissent in the Supreme Court's Charter decisions / F.L. Morton, Peter H. Russell, and Michael J. Withey -- 12.4 Key terms -- 13. Reconciling judicial review and constitutional democracy -- 13.1 Courts, legislatures, and the protection of human rights / Donald Smiley -- 13.2 The democratic character of the Charter of Rights / Brian Dickson -- 13.3 On not standing for notwithstanding / John D. Whyte -- 13.4 Standing up for notwithstanding / Peter H. Russell -- Appendix : -- 1. Constitution Act, 1867, ss.91-92 -- 2. Canadian Bill of Rights, 1960 -- 3. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 1982 -- Index -- * Reprinted elsewhere in the book.

ISBN

• 0919813836
• 9780919813830

OCLC

• ocm25870087
• 25870087
• SCSB-1974157

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library