Canada in the World
Subtitle: Comparative Perspectives on the Canadian Constitution
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 482
ISBN-13: 9781108419734
Subjects: Constitutional law, canada; Rule of law; Civil rights, canada
Description: In this volume marking the Sesquicentennial of Confederation in Canada, leading scholars and jurists discuss the evolution of the Canadian Constitution since the British North America Act 1867; the role of the Supreme Court in interpreting the Constitution as a 'living tree' capable of application to new legal issues; and the growing influence of both the Constitution, with its entrenched Charter of Rights and Freedoms, and the decisions of the Court on other constitutional courts dealing with a wide range of issues pertaining to human rights and democratic government.