Civil Rights

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Title & Subtitle	Abstract	Contributors	Pages	Year	Purchase
14 Arguments in Favour of Human Rights Institutions Irwin Law Inc.	Today, many human rights commissions are threatened or are no longer in existence. This book argues in support of our human rights institutions, including the new Canadian Museum for Human …	Ken Norman; Lucie Lamarche; Shelagh Day	447	2014	View
NEW! About Canada: Disability Rights 2nd Edition Fernwood Publishing	Including people with disabilities fully into Canadian society, with the rights enjoyed by non-disabled people, requires a fundamental social transformation, not simply “fixing” some …	Deborah Stienstra	168	2020	View
Academic Freedom in Conflict The Struggle Over Free Speech Rights in the University James Lorimer and Company	For more than a century academics have had unique rights — to speak, teach, and write freely. Central to the case for academic freedom is that scholars must be able to voice their views …	James L Turk	368	2014	View
Advancing Social Rights in Canada Irwin Law Inc.	Canada is at a crossroads. The gap between our national self-image as a country that respects human rights and the reality of socio-economic inequality and exclusion demands a re-engagement with …	Bruce Porter; Martha Jackman	451	2014	View
Balancing Competing Human Rights Claims in a Diverse Society Institutions, Policy, Principles Irwin Law Inc.	Published in Cooperation with the Ontario Human Rights Commission As societies around the world embrace diversity, certain challenges and tensions have become visible that were not fully …	Lesley Jacobs; Lorne Foster; Shaheen Azmi	499	2012	View
Charter of Rights and Freedoms 6/e Irwin Law Inc.	Written by two of Canada’s leading constitutional scholars, no other Canadian book provides such an accessible yet thorough and objective account of the Canadian Charter of Rights and …	Kent Roach; Robert J. Sharpe	537	2017	View
Cruel Arithmetic Inside the Case Against Polygamy Irwin Law Inc.	For thirty years, lawyers, pundits, professors, and politicians had said that section 293 of the Criminal Code of Canada—the criminal prohibition of polygamy—was unconstitutional, a …	Craig Jones	402	2012	View
Freedom of Conscience and Religion Irwin Law Inc.	When the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms was enacted in 1982, the first of its fundamental freedoms seemed less significant and less interesting than many of its other rights. However, …	Richard Moon	239	2014	View
Fundamental Justice Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Irwin Law Inc.	Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms provides that “[e]veryone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except …	Hamish Stewart	361	2012	View
Gay Marriage The Story of a Canadian Social Revolution James Lorimer and Company	A history of the fight for same-sex marriage in Canada. Few issues have dominated recent Canadian politics like the legalization of same-sex marriage. As a political correspondent for The …	Louisa Blair; Sylvain Larocque	312	2006	View
Quasi-constitutional Laws of Canada Irwin Law Inc.	As the first book dedicated to quasi-constitutional laws in Canada, this work provides a much-needed overview of the elements that unite the various rights-protecting laws that have received this …	John Helis	330	2018	View
Religious Institutions and the Law in Canada 4/e Irwin Law Inc.	This fourth revised edition is the leading Canadian legal text on the law relating to religious institutions. Previous editions have been frequently cited in and by all levels of Canadian courts …	M.H. Ogilvie	511	2017	View
Supreme Court on Trial Judicial Activism or Democratic Dialogue Irwin Law Inc.	The Supreme Court of Canada has been accused of usurping Canadian democracy on a long list of divisive topics, including assisted dying, sex work, supervised injection sites, same-sex marriage, …	Kent Roach	526	2016	View
The Charter of Rights and Freedoms 30+ years of decisions that shape Canadian life James Lorimer and Company	Canada’s Charter of Rights and Freedoms has transformed Canadian life since it was adopted as part of the Canadian constitution in 1982. The Charter requires judges to make decisions on a …	Ian Greene	440	2014	View
The Court and the Charter Emond Montgomery	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 …	Janet Hieber; Peter Russell; Rainer Knopff; Tom Bateman	451	2017	View
From A Brief Historical Overview of Theories about the Relationship of Church and State From: Religious Institutions and the Law in Canada 4/e Preview Irwin Law Inc.	This chapter provides an overview of theories about the relationship between church and state, from thinkers such as Augustine, Thomas Aquinas, Martin Luther, John Calvin, in radical …	M.H. Ogilvie	30	2017	$3.00 Add