{"product_id":"contested-constitutionalism-9780774816755","title":"Contested Constitutionalism","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe introduction of the \u003cem\u003eCanadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms\u003c\/em\u003e in 1982 was accompanied by much fanfare and public debate, and the \u003cem\u003eCharter\u003c\/em\u003e remains the subject of controversy twenty-five years later. \u003cem\u003eContested Constitutionalism\u003c\/em\u003e does not celebrate the \u003cem\u003eCharter\u003c\/em\u003e; rather it offers a critique by distinguished scholars of law and political science of its effect on democracy, judicial power, and the place of Quebec and Aboriginal peoples in Canada. Employing a diversity of methodological approaches, contributors explore three themes: governance and institutions, policy making and the courts, and citizenship and identity politics. The influence of the \u003cem\u003eCharter\u003c\/em\u003e has been profound, they conclude, but has it been beneficial?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis thoughtful volume shifts the focus of debate from the \u003cem\u003eCharter's\u003c\/em\u003e appropriateness to its impact  for better or worse  on political institutions, public policy, and conceptions of citizenship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Kelly and Manfredi have assembled an \"all star team\" of scholars in the field. The result is a volume with thoughtful perspectives on governance and institutions, policy making and the courts, and citizenship and identity. This should be required reading for both specialists in the field and those with an interest in constitutional and Canadian politics. - Patrick James, University of Southern California\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Should We Cheer? Contested Constitutionalism and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms \/ \u003cem\u003eJames B. Kelly and Christopher P. Manfredi\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 1: Governance and Institutions\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Legalise This: The Chartering of Canadian Politics \/ \u003cem\u003eAndrew Petter\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Rationalizing Judicial Power: The Mischief of Dialogue Theory \/ \u003cem\u003eGrant Huscroft\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 Courting Controversy: Strategic Judicial Decision Making \/ \u003cem\u003eRainer Knopff, Dennis Baker, and Sylvia LeRoy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Legislative Activism and Parliamentary Bills of Rights: Institutional Lessons for Canada \/ \u003cem\u003eJames B. Kelly\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Compromise and the Notwithstanding Clause: Why the Dominant Narrative Distorts Our Understanding \/ \u003cem\u003eJanet L. Hiebert\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 2: Policy Making and the Courts\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e7 Judicializing Health Policy: Unexpected Lessons and an Inconvenient Truth \/ \u003cem\u003eChristopher P. Manfredi and \u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003eAntonia Maioni\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e8 National Security and the \u003cem\u003eCharter\u003c\/em\u003e \/ \u003cem\u003eKent Roach\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e9 Canadian Language Rights: Liberties, Claims, and the National Conversation \/ \u003cem\u003eGraham Fraser\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e10 Explaining the Impact of Legal Mobilization and Judicial Decisions: Official Minority Language Education Rights outside Quebec \/ \u003cem\u003eTroy Riddell\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e11 Reference re Same-Sex Marriage: Making Sense of the Government’s Litigation Strategy \/ \u003cem\u003eMatthew Hennigar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart 3: Citizenship and Identity\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e12 Bills of Rights as Instruments of Nation Building in Multinational States: The Canadian \u003cem\u003eCharter\u003c\/em\u003e and Quebec Nationalism \/ \u003cem\u003eSujit Choudhry\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e13 The Internal Exile of Quebecers in the Canada of the \u003cem\u003eCharter\u003c\/em\u003e \/ \u003cem\u003eGuy Laforest\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e14 The Road Not Taken: Aboriginal Rights after the Re-Imagining of the Canadian Constitutional Order \/ \u003cem\u003eKiera L. Ladner and Michael McCrossan\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eConclusion\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e15 The \u003cem\u003eCharter\u003c\/em\u003e and Canadian Democracy \/ Peter H. Russell\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404919185751,"sku":"9780774816755","price":26.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774816755.jpg?v=1730488052","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/contested-constitutionalism-9780774816755","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}