Petter, Andrew.

The politics of the Charter the illusive promise of constitutional rights / Andrew Petter. - Toronto [Ont. : University of Toronto Press, (c)2010. (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, (c)2010). - 1 online resource (xi, 256 pages)

Includes bibliographies and index.

1 The Politics of the Charter -- 2 Chapter Legitimacy on Trial: The Resistible Rise of Substantive Due Process -- 3 Private Rights/Public Wrongs: The Liberal Lie of the Charter -- 4 Canada's Charter Flight: Soaring Backwards into the Future -- 5 Rights in Conflict: The Dilemma of Charter Legitimacy -- 6 Rip Van Winkle in Charterland -- 7 Look Who's Talking Now: Dialogue Theory and the Return to Democracy -- 8 Wealthcare: The Politics of the Charter Revisited -- 9 Taking Dialogue Theory Much Too Seriously (or Perhaps Charter Dialogue Isn't Such a Good Thing After All) -- 10 Legalize This: The Chartering of Canadian Politics -- Conclusion.



9781442698864




Canada -- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
Canada. Supreme Court.


Civil rights--Canada.
Judicial power--Canada.
Legislative power--Canada.
Equality--Canada.


Electronic Books.

KE4381 / .P655 2010