By Andrew Petter
ISBN-10: 0802095992
ISBN-13: 9780802095992
ISBN-10: 0802098983
ISBN-13: 9780802098986
Andrew Petter is a number one constitutional pupil who served from 1991 to 2001 as a British Columbia MLA and cupboard minister, together with lawyer common. In The Politics of the Charter, Petter assembles a collection of his unique essays written over 3 a long time to supply a coherent critique of the political nature, impression, and legitimacy of the Canadian constitution of Rights and Freedoms. displaying how Charter rights were formed by means of the institutional personality of the courts and by way of the ideological calls for of liberal legalism, the essays contend that the Charter has diverted revolutionary political energies and facilitated the increase of neo-conservatism in Canada.
Drawing upon his constitutional services and political adventure, Petter evaluates the Charter in sensible, criminal, and philosophical phrases. those essays, besides a brand new advent and end, map out Petter's political philosophy and evaluation everything of the Charter checklist. The Politics of the Charter is vividly written, freed from criminal jargon, available to a large readership, and may impress renewed dialogue approximately how top to accomplish a extra compassionate and egalitarian Canadian society.
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