Law, Politics, and the Judicial Process in Canada, 4th Edition

Law, Politics, and the Judicial Process in Canada, 4th Edition
Author: F. L. Morton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2018
Genre: Courts
ISBN: 9781552389904

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 raised by the changing political role of Canadian judges. It includes over 40 new readings, including two all-new chapters on the Harper Conservatives and Aboriginal Law. Addressing current controversies, including the Canadian Judicial Council's investigations into Justice Robin Camp and Lori Douglas and the Trudeau Government's re-introduction of the Court Challenges Program, this book strives for competing perspectives, with many readings juxtaposed to foster debate. Taking a critical approach to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the growth of judicial power, editors F.L. Morton and Dave Snow provide an even-handed examination of current and ongoing issues. Law, Politics, and the Judicial Process in Canada, 4th Edition is the leading source for students interested in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the growth of judicial power in Canada.

Law, Politics, and the Judicial Process in Canada

Law, Politics, and the Judicial Process in Canada
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 714
Release: 2018
Genre: Courts
ISBN: 9781552389911

"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 raised by the changing political role of Canadian judges. It includes over 40 new readings, including two all-new chapters on the Harper Conservatives and Aboriginal Law. Addressing current controversies, including the Canadian Judicial Council's investigations into Justice Robin Camp and Lori Douglas and the Trudeau Government's re-introduction of the Court Challenges Program, this book strives for competing perspectives, with many readings juxtaposed to foster debate. Taking a critical approach to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the growth of judicial power, editors F.L. Morton and Dave Snow provide an even-handed examination of current and ongoing issues. Law, Politics, and the Judicial Process in Canada, 4th Edition is the leading source for students interested in the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the growth of judicial power in Canada."--

Law, Politics, and the Judicial Process in Canada, 5th Edition (Revised and Updated with Of-The-Moment Readings and Scholarship.)

Law, Politics, and the Judicial Process in Canada, 5th Edition (Revised and Updated with Of-The-Moment Readings and Scholarship.)
Author: F L Morton
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2024-06-15
Genre: Law
ISBN: 9781773855189

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. Addressing current controversies - including the invocation of the federal Emergencies Act, the fallout from the Supreme Court's Greenhouse Gas References, and the resignation of Supreme Court Justice Russell Brown - Law, Politics, and the Judicial Process in Canada, 5th Edition offers ten updated chapters, all-new chapter introductions, and over two dozen new readings addressing current issues Canadian law and politics. It engages with multiple perspectives on controversial issues, juxtaposing competing perspectives to foster debate. Taking a critical approach to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and the growth of judicial power, editors F.L. Morton and Dave Snow provide an even-handed examination of the institutional implications of an increasingly-important Supreme Court of Canada. Law, Politics, and the Judicial Process in Canada, 5th Edition is the leading source for students, and all readers, interested in judicial power in Canada.

Law, Politics and the Judicial Process in Canada

Law, Politics and the Judicial Process in Canada
Author: Frederick Lee Morton
Publisher: University of Calgary Press
Total Pages: 673
Release: 2002
Genre: Canada
ISBN: 1552380467

Since the first edition of this popular textbook appeared in 1984, the Charter of Rights and Freedoms has transformed the role of the courts in Canadian politics. The book introduces students to issues raised by the new political role of Canadian judges. Law, Politics and the Judicial Process in Canada features new introductions and new readings that deal with current issues in the realm of Canadian law and politics.

Canadian Courts

Canadian Courts
Author: Lori Hausegger
Publisher:
Total Pages: 457
Release: 2015
Genre: Courts
ISBN: 9780199002498

This comprehensive introduction to the contemporary Canadian judicial process and its relationship to law and politics engages students in key concepts, theories, and debates. Fully updated to reflect recent changes in Canadian law and politics, Canadian Courts is the most current resourceavailable on the subject.

Seeking the Court’s Advice

Seeking the Court’s Advice
Author: Kate Puddister
Publisher: UBC Press
Total Pages: 290
Release: 2019-05-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0774861134

Can 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. Reference cases allow governments to obtain an advisory opinion from a court without a live dispute or opposing litigants – and governments often wield this power strategically. The first study of its kind, Seeking the Court’s Advice draws on over two hundred reference cases from 1875 to 2017 to show 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 through the reference power.

The Canadian Legal System

The Canadian Legal System
Author: Gerald L. Gall
Publisher: Scarborough, Ont. : Carswell
Total Pages: 554
Release: 1995
Genre: Courts
ISBN: 9780459553760

This highly acclaimed introductory work covers all aspects of Canada's legal system and its legal institutions. Beginning with the nature and sources of Canadian law, the author examines the constitutional division of legislative powers, and the impact of the Charter on legislative authority. Separate chapters detail the role and hierarchy of the courts, the role of judges and lawyers, and the principle of stare decisis in shaping judge-made law with a special chapter on the Quebec legal system. The 4th edition features such contentious issues faced by our legal system as access to justice, publication bans and court reform.