Rethinking the Constitution: Perspectives on Canadian Constitutional Reform, Interpretation, and Theory

Peacock, Anthony A.

ISBN 10: 0195411781 / ISBN 13: 9780195411782

Published by Oxford University Press, Don Mills, 1996

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xxix, 286pp., index, notes, references. Very light wear. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Seller Inventory # 007758

Bibliographic Details

Title: Rethinking the Constitution: Perspectives on...

Publisher: Oxford University Press, Don Mills

Publication Date: 1996

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Good

Book Type: Book

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Synopsis:

The interpretive enterprise of Charter review, and the symbolic politics it has generated have had consequences far beyond the purview of Canadian courts and the parties, to constitutional litigation. The problems that plagued constitutional reform in the late 1980s and early 1990s, and that resulted in the demise of the Charlottetown Accord as well as of the federal Progressive Conservative Party itself, seemed intimately related to the politics of judicial review. Was there a common thread linking the problems of Canadian constitutional reform, interpretation, and theory? This work addresses these themes with a view of rethinking them in the context of Canadian liberal constitutionalism.

About the Author:

Anthony A. Peacock is a member of the Bar of Ontario. After articling and practicing litigation for five years in Toronto, he moved to the Los Angeles area, where he government at Claremont McKenna College.