The Canadian Constitution in Transition
© 2019
The year 2017 marked the 150th anniversary of Confederation and the 1867 Constitution Act. Anniversaries like these are often seized upon as opportunities for retrospection. This volume, by contrast, takes a distinctively forward-looking approach. Featuring essays from both emerging and established scholars, The Canadian Constitution in Transition reflects on the ideas that will shape the development of Canadian constitutional law in the decades to come. Moving beyond the frameworks that previous generations used to organize constitutional thinking, the scholars in this volume highlight new and innovative approaches to perennial problems, and seek new insights on where constitutional law is heading.
Featuring fresh scholarship from contributors who will lead the constitutional conversation in the years ahead - and who represent the gender, ethnic, linguistic, and demographic make-up of contemporary Canada - The Canadian Constitution in Transition enriches our understanding of the Constitution of Canada, and uses various methodological approaches to chart the course toward the bicentennial.
Product Details
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- Page Count: 416 pages
- Dimensions: 6.0in x 1.0in x 9.0in
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Reviews
"The Canadian Constitution in Transition seeks to move beyond familiar frameworks in the study of the Canadian Constitution, searching for fresh insights enriched by critical, sociological, and global perspectives. Filled with illuminating analyses offered by emerging leaders in the field, the result is a collection that points us in new and exciting directions in Canadian constitutional scholarship."
Benjamin L. Berger, Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University"The Canadian Constitution in Transition is a strong volume comprised of thoughtful and interesting research. Featuring fresh and emerging voices in the field, this collection will contribute to both the richness and the direction of scholarship on the Canadian Constitution."
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Author Information
Richard Albert is Professor of Law at The University of Texas at Austin and, in 2017-18, Distinguished Visiting Professor at the Faculty of Law at the University of Toronto.
Paul Daly is a University Senior Lecturer in Public Law at University of Cambridge and the Derek Bowett Fellow in Law at Queen's College, Cambridge.
Vanessa A. MacDonnell is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Ottawa. -
Table of contents
Introduction: The Constitution of Canada in a New Key
Richard Albert, Paul Daly, and Vanessa MacDonnell1. The Most Opaque Branch? The (Un)accountable Growth of Executive Power in Modern Canadian Government
Mary Liston2. The Future of Constitutional Change in Canada: Examining Our Legal, Political, and Jurisprudential Straitjacket
Emmett Macfarlane3. Section 96: Striking a Balance between Legal Centralism and Legal Pluralism
Paul Daly4. Canada’s "Constitution outside the Courts": Provincial Non-enforcement of Constitutionally Suspect Federal Criminal Laws as Case Study
Wade K. Wright5. Cooperative Federalism in Canada and Quebec’s Changing Attitudes
Noura Karazivan6. Religious and Political Communities in the Canadian Judicial Imagination: Two Tensions, Two Questions
Howard Kislowicz7. Collective Diversity and Jurisdictional Accommodations in Constitutional Perspective
Asha Kaushal8. Difference and Inclusion: Reframing Reasonable Accommodation
Vrinda Narain9. Freeing Inherent Aboriginal Rights from the Past
David Milward10. False Western Universalism in Constitutionalism? The 1867 Canadian Constitution and the Legacy of the Residential Schools
Sujith Xavier11. The Unstable Scope of Constitutionalized Property Rights in Canada: Public, Indigenous, and Private
Dwight Newman12. A Role for Human Dignity under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Emily Kidd White13. Is the Permanent Campaign the End of the Egalitarian Model for Elections?
Michael Pal14. Immutability, Immigration Status, and the Limits of Equality Protection
Efrat Arbel and Eileen MyrdahlContributors
Index
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