{"product_id":"constitutional-crossroads-9780774867917","title":"Constitutional Crossroads","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eFour decades have passed since the adoption of the \u003cem\u003eConstitution Act, 1982.\u003c\/em\u003e Now it is time to assess its legacy. As \u003cem\u003eConstitutional Crossroads\u003c\/em\u003e makes clear, the 1982 constitutional package raises a host of questions about a number of important issues, including identity and pluralism, the scope and limits of rights, competing constitutional visions, the relationship between the state and Indigenous peoples, and the nature of constitutional change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection brings together an impressive assembly of established and rising stars of political science and law, who not only provide a robust account of the 1982 reform but also analyze the ensuing scholarship that has shaped our understanding of the Constitution. Contributors bypass historical description to offer reflective analyses of different aspects of Canada's constitution as it is understood in the twenty-first century. With a focus on the themes of rights, reconciliation, and constitutional change, \u003cem\u003eCo\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Complex Legacies: The Promise, Challenges, and Impact of the\u003cem\u003e Constitution Act, 1982 \/ Emmett Macfarlane and Kate Puddister\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Institutional Relationships\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e1 The Political Purposes of the Charter: Four Decades Later \/ \u003cem\u003eMark S. Harding \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e2 Revisiting Judicial Activism \/ \u003cem\u003eEmmett Macfarlane\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e3 Revisiting the Charter Centralization Thesis \/ \u003cem\u003eGerald Baier\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e4 Autochthony and Influence: The Charter’s Place in Transnational Constitutional Discourse \/ \u003cem\u003eMark Tushnet\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e5 It Works in Practice, but Does It Work in Theory? Accepting the \u003cem\u003eCanadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms\u003c\/em\u003e as a National Symbol \/ \u003cem\u003eAndrew McDougall\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e6 Charter Talk: How Canadian Media Cover Rights and Politics \/ \u003cem\u003eErin Crandall, Andrea Lawlor, and Kate Puddister\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e7 Notwithstanding the Media: Section 33 of the Charter after \u003cem\u003eToronto v Ontario \/ Dave Snow and Eleni Nicolaides \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Charter Rights\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e8 Policing Partisan Self-Interest? The Charter and Election Law in Canada \/ \u003cem\u003eTamara A. Small\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e9 The Most Important Charter Right? The Rise and Future of Section 7 \/ \u003cem\u003eMatthew Hennigar\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e10 Sex Work, Abjection, and the Constitution \/ \u003cem\u003eBrenda Cossman \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e11 \u003cem\u003eCarter\u003c\/em\u003e Compliance: Litigating for Access to Medical Assistance in Dying in Canada \/ \u003cem\u003eEleni Nicolaides\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e12 The Charter and the RCMP \/ \u003cem\u003eKent Roach\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e13 The Charter of Whites: Systemic Racism and Critical Race Equality in Canada \/ \u003cem\u003eJoshua Sealy-Harrington \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e14 Canada’s Sex Problem: Section 15 and Women’s Rights \/ \u003cem\u003eKerri A. Froc\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e15 Quebec and the “Sign Law” Thirty Years after \u003cem\u003eFord\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eDevine: \u003c\/em\u003eFord Construit Solide \/ \u003cem\u003eJames B. Kelly \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e16 Language Rights and the Charter: Forging the Next Forty Years \/ \u003cem\u003eStéphanie Chouinard\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e17 The Provincial Courts of Appeal and Section 24(2) of the Charter \/ \u003cem\u003eLori Hausegger, Danielle McNabb, and Troy Riddell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Reconciliation\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e18 Canadians’ Homeland Has Changed since Patriation Brought the Constitution Home \/ \u003cem\u003ePeter H. Russell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e19 Indigenous Rights and the \u003cem\u003eConstitution Act, 1982: \u003c\/em\u003eForty Years On and Still Fishing for Rights \/ \u003cem\u003eJeremy Patzer and Kiera Ladner\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e20 Using the Master’s Institutional Instruments to Dismantle the Master’s Goal of Indigenous-Rights Certainty \/ \u003cem\u003eRebecca Major and Cynthia Stirbys\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e21 Beyond Consultation: A Research Agenda to Investigate Partnerships and Comanagement in Land Governance \/ \u003cem\u003eMinh Do \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e22 Indigenous Sovereignty, Canadian Constitutionalism, and \u003cem\u003eCitizens Plus: \u003c\/em\u003eThe Unended Quest of Canada’s Original Hedgefox \/ \u003cem\u003eSamuel V. LaSelva\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 4: Constitutional Change\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e23 The Invisible Transformation of Canada’s Constitutional Amendment Rules \/ \u003cem\u003eRichard Albert\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e24 Still Not Cheering: Understanding Quebec’s Perspective on 1982 \/ \u003cem\u003eFélix Mathieu and Dave Guénette \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e25 Cracks in the Foundation: The Crown and Canada’s Constitutional Architecture \/ \u003cem\u003ePhilippe Lagassé\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e26 The Urban Gap \/ \u003cem\u003eRan Hirschl\u003c\/em\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404951494999,"sku":"9780774867917","price":69.7,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774867917.jpg?v=1730488168","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/constitutional-crossroads-9780774867917","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}