Essays on the Constitution : Aspects of Canadian law and politics /
Comprising some thirty articles and occasional pieces from four decades, this book reflects the achievements of a legal scholar whose interests and concerns have always been in the vanguard of Canadian political thought and closely attuned to practical matters of national policy.
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| Language: | English |
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Buffalo :
University of Toronto Press,
1977.
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| Series: | Heritage
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
Table of Contents:
- Cover; Preface; Political Nationalism and Confederation; The Development of Canadian Federalism; The Trial of the Toronto Communists; Freedom of Speech in Canada; Wade v. Egan: a case comment; Nationalism in French Canada; The Privy Council and Mr Bennett's 'New Deal' Legislation; Canada's Future in the British Commonwealth; Section 94 of the British North America Act; Etat federal canadien et provinces; Constitutional Adaptations to Changing Functions of Government; The End of Dominion Status; The Special Nature of Canadian Federalism
- The Deportation of Japanese Canadians: An Open Letter to the PressDuplessis v. Jehovah; Canada, Quebec, and Bilingualism; The British North America (No. 2) Act, 1949; Dominion Jurisdiction over Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms; The Redistribution of Imperial Sovereignty; Centralization and Decentralization in Canadian Federalism; Canada et Canada français; The Constitutional Background of Taxation Agreements; Areas of Conflict in the Field of Public Law and Policy; The Bill of Rights and Quebec Law; Federal Jurisdiction over Labour Relations: A New Look
- Expanding Concepts of Human RightsCanadian Federalism: The Legal Perspective; Language Rights and Language Policy in Canada; Our Changing Constitution; Selected Bibliography of Other Writings on Canadian Government and Politics; Index of Cases; Index of Topics
