Law, politics, and the judicial process in Canada / F.L. Morton, ed., Dave Snow, ed.

"Since the first edition of this popular text was published in 1984, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms has transformed the role of the courts in Canadian politics. Newly revised and updated, Law, Politics, and the Judicial Process in Canada, 4th Edition provides an introduction to the issues r...

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Online Access: Full text (Emerson users only)
Contributors: Morton, F. L., Snow, Dave
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Calgary : University of Calgary Press, 2018.
Edition:4th ed.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • The rule of law in the Canadian Constitution
  • Political jurisprudence
  • The Canadian judicial system
  • Judicial recruitment and selection
  • Judicial independence, ethics, and discipline
  • Interest groups and access to judicial power
  • Precedents, statutes and legal reasoning
  • Judicial decision-making
  • Judicial review and federalism
  • Aboriginal law and the judicial process
  • The Harper conservatives and the Canadian judiciary
  • Reconciling judicial review and Constitutional democracy.