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The Court and the Charter: Leading Cases, 2nd Edition
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The Court and the Charter: Leading Cases, 2nd Edition

Tom Bateman, Janet Hiebert, Rainer Knopff, Peter Russell
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This companion volume to The Court and the Constitution focuses specifically on the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. It features 36 cases that each include a concise introduction that provides context, and an overview of key themes and issues to consider in the decision that follows. Cases are also accompanied by discussion questions intended to promote classroom debate and further study.

This text also features additional cases posted online and a detailed bibliography for supplementary reading, making it a unique resource that is invaluable to anyone studying Canadian law and the Charter.

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978-1-77255-175-4
Page Count
448
Publisher
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Publication Date
March 2017
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Subjects
Constitutional Law; Political Science and Government
Tags
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  • 36 carefully selected Supreme Court of Canada decisions
  • NEW 15 cases that are new to the second edition
  • NEW section focusing on Section 7 of the Charter
  • Updated introductory essay
  • Brief introductions that precede each individual case
  • Detailed bibliography for further reading
  • Discussion questions that accompany each decision
  • Additional online cases available

Introductory Essay

A. The Pre-Charter Era
1. The Alberta Press Case, 1938
2. Roncarelli v. Duplessis, 1959
3. Attorney General of Canada v. Lavell and Bedard, 1974

B. Fundamental Freedoms
4. Big M Drug Mart Ltd. v. The Queen, 1985
5. Quebec v. Ford et al. (Quebec Sign Case), 1988
6. R. v. Butler, 1992
7. RJR-MacDonald Inc. v. Canada, 1995
8. Syndicat Northcrest v. Amselem, 2004
9. Multani v. Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys 2006
10. Saskatchewan v. Whatcott, 2013
11. Saskatchewan Federation of Labour v. Saskatchewan, 2015

C. Democratic Rights
12. Sauvé v. Canada, 2002
13. Harper v. Canada, 2004

D. Legal Rights
14. The Queen v. Oakes, 1986
15. R. v. Mills, 1999
16. Charkaoui v. Canada, 2007
17. R. v. Patrick, 2009
18. R. v. N.S., 2012
19. R. v. Nur, 2015

E. The Evolving Scope of Section 7
20. Reference re B.C. Motor Vehicle Act, 1985
21. Morgentaler v. The Queen, 1988
22. Gosselin v. Quebec, 2002
23. Chaoulli v. Quebec, 2005
24. Canada v. PHS (Insite), 2011
25. Canada v. Bedford, 2013
26. Carter v. Canada, 2015

F. Equality Rights
27. Andrews v. Law Society of British Columbia, 1989
28. M. v. H., 1999
29. Auton v. British Columbia, 2004
30. R. v. Kapp, 2008

G. Language Rights
31. Mahe v. Alberta, 1990
32. Doucet Boudreau v. Nova Scotia, 2003

H. Remedies
33. R. v. Askov, 1990
34. Canada v. Hislop, 2007
35. R. v. Grant, 2009
36. Canada (Prime Minister) v. Khadr, 2010

Appendix
The Constitution Act, 1982

Carter v. Canada (Attorney General), 2015

This book comes with numerous additional online cases, both historical and recent decisions, that are available free for classroom use to instructors who have adopted this volume. Please contact your Emond representative for access information.

This book comes with numerous additional online cases, both historical and recent decisions, that are available free for classroom use to instructors who have adopted this volume. Please contact your Emond representative for access information.

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