Canadian pluralism and the charter
Subtitle: moral diversity in a free and democratic society
By: general editor, Derek B.M. Ross, LL.B., LL.M. ; assistant editor, Sarah Mix-Ross
Publisher: LexisNexis
Published: 2019
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9780433502470
Subjects: Freedom of religion; Canada; Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Canada)
Description: "The role of the state in resolving social tensions rooted in competing “sets of ultimate commitments” among citizens, and the role of the law in resolving such moral conflicts between the citizen and the state. How, and why, differences ought to be accommodated in a free and democratic society. The issues explored are becoming intensely pertinent as Canada’s religious diversity increases, the state expands into areas traditionally seen as private, and state actors seek to promote certain ‘values’."--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
Table of contents: title: What could go wrong with the use of charter values? / The Honourable Justice Peter Lauwers; title: The intolerant state : the use and misuse of charter values in the Supreme Court of Canada / Mary Anne Waldron, Q.C.; title: Interpreting freedom of thought in the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms / Dwight Newman, Q.C.; title: Religious equality : restoring section 15’s hollowed ground / Derek Ross and Deina Warren; title: Transformative state neutrality / Anna Su; title: The role of the secular state vis-à-vis religion / Janet Epp Buckingham; title: Inclusive religious neutrality : rearticulating the relationship between sections 2(a) and 15 of the charter / Kristopher E.G. Kinsinger; title: The Canada summer jobs debate and what it says about religious freedom / Barry W. Bussey; title: Hierarchy of rights / Matthew Harrington.