
Myth of the Sacred : The Charter, the Courts and the Politics of the Constitution in Canada
by James, Patrick-
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Table of Contents
Acknowledgments | p. ix |
Contributors | p. xi |
Introduction: The Myth of the Sacred in the Canadian Constitutional Order | p. 3 |
Judicial Review and Group Status | |
Judicial Rationalism and the Therapeutic Constitution: The Supreme Court's Reconstruction of Equality and Democratic Process under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms | p. 17 |
Judicial Supervision of the Political Process: Canadian and American Responses to Homosexual Rights Challenges | p. 67 |
The Supreme Court of Canada and the Complexity of Judicial Activism | p. 97 |
The Constitution and Rational Choice Theory | |
Canada's Three Constitutions: Protecting, Overturning, and Reversing the Status Quo | p. 125 |
Strategic Behaviour and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms | p. 147 |
Non-Governmental Players in the Constitutional Arena | |
Think Tanks, Public Policy, and Constitutional Politics in Canada | p. 171 |
Cooperation and Conflict: Group Activity in R. v. Keegstra | p. 189 |
The Culture of Constitution-Making in Canada | |
Deeper and Deeper: Deep Diversity, Federalism, and Redistributive Politics in Canada | p. 207 |
Is a "True" Multination Federation the Cure for Our Ills? | p. 219 |
Bibliography | p. 239 |
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