{"product_id":"seeking-the-courts-advice-9780774861113","title":"Seeking the Courts Advice","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eCan Parliament legalize same-sex marriage? Can Quebec unilaterally secede from Canada? Can the federal government create a national firearms registry? Each of these questions is contentious and deeply political, and each was addressed by a court in a reference case, not by elected policy makers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eReference cases allow governments to obtain an advisory opinion from a court without a live dispute and opposing litigants  and governments often wield this power strategically. Through a reference case, elected officials can insert the courts and the judiciary into political debates that can be both contentious and normative. \u003cem\u003eSeeking the Court's Advice\u003c\/em\u003e is the first in-depth study of the reference power, drawing on over two hundred reference cases from 1875 to 2017. With novel insight and analysis, Kate Puddister demonstrates that the actual outcome of a reference case  win or lose  is often secondary to the political benefits that can be attained from relying on courts throug\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ethis is an excellent book that completely fills a major and unfortunate lacuna in the academic literature. It is well organized, well written, thorough and balanced, and it winds up with recommendations for better squaring the practice with judicial independence concerns.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA first book, you say, and by a very junior author? It certainly doesn’t read that way—this is a polished work of mature scholarship. I recommend it highly.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Peter McCormick * Canadian Journal of Political Science *\u003cbr\u003e[Puddister] manages to provide a superb and comprehensive analysis of the development, evolution, and purposes of the reference power. -- Emmett Macfarlane, associate professor, University of Waterloo * The Review of Constitutional Studies *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e…\u003cem\u003eSeeking the Court’s Advice\u003c\/em\u003e will likely affect the way the power is exercised and conceived of by governments, interveners, and courts.\u003c\/p\u003e -- Jennah Khaled, JD, Osgoode Hall Law * Osgoode Hall Law Journal *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Reference Cases as a Mix of Law and Politics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e1 Origins and Implications of the Reference Power\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2 Contestation and Reference Cases\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Routine Politics and Nonroutine Litigation: References after 1949\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e4 “It’s Always a Little Bit of Politics”: Why Governments Ask Reference Questions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Why Not Refer Everything? The \u003cem\u003ePadlock Act\u003c\/em\u003e and Blasphemy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e6 Seeking the Court’s Advice and the Delegation of Decision Making\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eConclusion: A Legal Solution to Political Problems\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix A: Canadian Reference Legislation\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAppendix B: Reference Case List\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNotes; References; Index\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"University of British Columbia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49404942090583,"sku":"9780774861113","price":25.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780774861113.jpg?v=1730488134","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/seeking-the-courts-advice-9780774861113","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}