Against Judicial Activism: The Decline of Freedom and Democracy in Canada - Hardcover

Leishman, Rory

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0773530541 ISBN 13: 9780773530546

Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2006

Synopsis

Against Judicial Activism cites numerous cases to support this argument. For instance, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal and Supreme Court read a ban on discrimination on the ground of transsexualism as being part of the province's human rights code. On the basis of this revision of the law, the tribunal ordered the Vancouver Rape Relief Society to pay $7,500 to a transsexual man in compensation for refusing to admit him into a training course for rape crisis counsellors.

About this title

About the Author:

Rory Leishman is a former lecturer, political science, University of Western Ontario, the national affairs columnist for The London Free Press, and a frequent contributor to newspapers and magazines across Canada. He lives in Canada.

Review:

"This is a grand book in the best tradition of 'a citizen speaks out.' Charterphile or charter-sceptic, you must take note." Janet Ajzenstat, political science, McMaster University, author of The Once and Future Canadian Democracy "Leishman does an admirable job of bringing an issue that has agitated the academic and legal profession for many years out of the shades of the arcane into the full light of day." Fred Vaughan, political science, University of Guelph

About this edition

• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 0773530541
• ISBN 13: 9780773530546
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320