Policy change, courts, and the Canadian Constitution / edited by Emmett Macfarlane.
Publisher's description: Policy Change, Courts, and the Canadian Constitution aims to further our understanding of judicial policy impact and the role of the courts in shaping policy change. Bringing together a group of political scientists and legal scholars, this volume delves into a diverse...
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Toronto ; Buffalo :
University of Toronto Press,
[2018]
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Table of Contents:
- Judicial policy impact in Canada / Emmet Macfarlane
- Lessons from public policy theories : ask about policy change first, courts second / Minh Do
- Closing a door but opening a policy window : legislating assisted dying in Canada / Dave Snow, Kate Puddister
- The Supreme Court of Canada, judicial remedies, and punctuated equilibrium / Marc Zanoni
- The Charter, policy, and political judgment / Janet L. Hiebert
- Collaborative federalism and the role of the Supreme Court of Canada / Robert Schertzer
- The impact of constitutional references on institutional reform / Kate Glover Berger
- The desuetude of the notwithstanding clause - and how to revive it / Richard Albert
- The Charter beat : the impact of rights decisions on Canadian policing / Troy Riddell, Dennis Baker
- Protecting against cruel and unusual punishment : Section 12 of the Charter and mandatory minimum sentences / Kate Puddister
- Third party policy and electoral participation after Harper v. Canada : a triumph of egalitarianism? / Erin Crandall, Andrea Lawlor
- Section 23 of the Charter and official-language minority instruction in Canada : the judiciary's impact and limits in education policymaking / Stéphanie Chouinard
- The Charter of the French language and the Supreme Court of Canada : assessing whether constitutional design can influence policy outcomes / James B. Kelly
- When is a citizen no longer a citizen? : analysing constructions of citizenship in Canada's judicial and legislative forums / Megan Gaucher
- Taking the Harper government's refugee policy to court / Christopher G. Anderson, Dagmar Soennecken
- Carter conflicts : the Supreme Court of Canada's impact on medical assistance in dying policy / Eleni Nicolaides, Matthew Hennigar
- Canadian abortion policy and the limitations of litigation / Rachael Johnstone
- Contrasting visions of Indigenous rights, recognition, and territory : assessing Crown policy in the context of reconciliation and historic obligations / Michael McCrossan
- After marriage equality : courting queer and trans rights / Kyle Kirkup
- Policy influence and its influence and its limits : assessing the power of courts and the Constitution / Emmett Macfarlane.