The captive court : a study of the Supreme Court of Canada / Ian Bushnell
- Bib ID:
- 2638299
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Bushnell, Ian, 1937-
- Description:
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- Montreal ; Buffalo : McGill-Queen's University Press, c1992
- xiii, 604 p. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0773508511 (acid-free paper)
- Full contents:
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- Pt. A. The Establishment of the Court. 1. Attempts. 2. The Creation of the Supreme Court. 3. Section 47 and the Lord Chancellor. 4. Starting Up
- Pt. B. The Judicial Function. 5. The Judge as Adjudicator. 6. The Judge as Law-reformer
- Pt. C. The Early Years, 1875-1885. 7. The Beginning, 1875-1879. 8. The Court under Attack. 9. The Appeal to the Privy Council, 1876-1879. 10. The End of the Beginning, 1879-1880. 11. The Court Struggles, 1880-1885
- Pt. D. The Years After, 1885-1949. 12. The Manitoba Schools Question. 13. The Court in Disarray, 1895-1903. 14. The Sterile Years, 1903-1911. 15. The Sterile Years, 1911-1918. 16. The Sterile Years, 1918-1929. 17. "There are Statutes, and Statutes" 18. The Civil Law of Quebec. 19. The Attack on the Privy Council, 1930-1939. 20. The Wait for the End of the Appeal, 1940-1949
- Pt. E. The Final Court of Appeal for Canada, 1950-1959. 21. A New Beginning? 22. New Jural Conclusions. 23. The Implied Bill of Rights.
- 24. The End of the Fifties
- Pt. F. The Court Solidified, 1960-1980. 25. The Sixties. 26. The Canadian Bill of Rights. 27. The Seventies. 28. The Seventies and Law Reform. 29. Tensions within the Court. 30. The Constitution
- Pt. G. The Era of the Charter, 1980-1989. 31. Waiting for the Charter. 32. The Charter. 33. The Abortion Case
- Pt. H. Conclusion. 34. Impartial Justice. 35. Now and the Future.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [499]-581) and index.
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