Judicial power and Canadian democracy

Record Type:

Record Type: Book Book

KM141.J824 2001

Published for the Institute for Research on Public Policy by McGill-Queen's University Press

2001

c2001

Institute for Research on Public Policy.

Part A. Setting the stage : the judiciary's role in Canada and Britain. Judicial politics in Canada : patterns and trends / Frederick Vaughan -- A British bill of rights : incorporating the European Convention on Human Rights / Kate Malleson -- Part ...Part A. Setting the stage : the judiciary's role in Canada and Britain. Judicial politics in Canada : patterns and trends / Frederick Vaughan -- A British bill of rights : incorporating the European Convention on Human Rights / Kate Malleson -- Part B. Are judges too powerful? Debate and dialogue. Courts, legislatures and executives in the post-Charter era / Beverley McLachlin -- We didn't volunteer / Bertha Wilson --Courts don't make good compromises / Rainer Knopff -- The Charter and legitimization of judicism activism / Sébastion Lebel-Grenier -- The provincial court judges case and extended judicial control / Pierre Patenaude -- The Charter dialogue between courts and legislatures / Peter W. Hogg and Alison A. Thornton -- Dialogue or monologue? / F.L. Morton -- Reform's judicial agenda / Peter H. Russell -- A 'B' for Prof. Russell / E. Preston Manning -- Part C. Judicial authority, issues and controversies. Merit selection and democratization of appointments to the Supreme Court of Canada / Jacob S. Ziegel -- Wrestling with rights : judges, Parliament and the making of social policy / Janet L. Hiebert -- Interest group litigation and Canadian democracy / Gregory Hein -- Public opinion and Canada's courts / Joseph F. Fletcher and Paul Howe -- Section 33, the Notwithstanding clause : a paper tiger? / Howard Leeson.  + Read More– Read Less