Calling power to account
Subtitle: law, reparations and the Chinese Canadian head tax case
By: edited by David Dyzenhaus and Mayo Moran.
Contributors: Dyzenhaus, David.; Moran, Mayo.
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Toronto
Language: eng
Number of pages: 471
Subjects: Chinese -- Canada -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- History; Chinese -- Canada -- Civil rights -- History; Chinese -- Canada -- Government policy -- History; Chinese -- Taxation -- Canada; Canada -- Race relations
Description: "Courts today face a range of claims to redress historic injustice, including injustice perpetuated by law. In Canada, descendants of Chinese immigrants recently claimed the return of a head tax levied only on Chinese immigrants. Calling Power to Account uses the litigation around the Chinese Canadian head tax as a focal point for examining the historical, legal, and philosophical issues raised by such claims." "Calling Power to Account suggest that our legal systems can hope to play a part in responding to their own legacy of past injustice only when they recognize the full array of issues posed by the head tax case."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.