Description
Book SynopsisReckoning with Racism is a riveting account of Canada's most momentous race case, which drew in the country's first Black female judge and spotlighted racist police practices.
Trade ReviewThis is a landmark book about a landmark case in Canadian history.
-- B. F. R. Edwards, Queen's University * CHOICE Connect *
"As Backhouse notes in the introduction, decades before George Floyd, this case brought the discussion of race in our legal system into focus, challenging the white privileged and racial silence that generally characterize Western justice."
-- Shauna Wilton * Ethnic and Racial Studies *
Table of ContentsIntroduction
1 The Trial
2 The People
3 A Black History of Nova Scotia
4 Race and Policing in Nova Scotia
5 The Initial Fallout
6 The Appeals Begin in Nova Scotia’s Supreme Court
7 Nova Scotia Court of Appeal
8 Gender Matters
9 Appeal to the Supreme Court of Canada
10 The Supreme Court of Canada’s “Gang of Five”
11 The Concurring Opinion in Defence of Judge Sparks
12 Epilogue
Conclusion
Chronology
Notes; Index
