Just Words : Constitutional Rights and Social Wrongs.

Joel Bakan argues that the Canadian Charter of Rights (1982) has failed to promote social justice because it is administered by a conservative judiciary and because social and economic conditions constantly interfere with its principles.

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Main Author: Bakan, Joel
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1997
Edition:2nd ed.
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • CONTENTS
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • 1 Introduction
  • Part I
  • 2 Constitutional Interpretation and the Legitimacy of Judicial Review
  • Part II
  • 3 Equality and the Liberal Form of Rights
  • 4 Freedom of Expression and the Politics of Communication
  • 5 Freedom of Association and the Dissociation of Workers
  • 6 Power to the Powerful
  • Part III
  • 7 Judges and Dominant Ideology
  • Part IV
  • 8 Rights as Political Discourse: The Charter Meets the Charlottetown Accord
  • 9 What's Wrong with Social Rights?
  • 10 Conclusion
  • NOTES
  • REFERENCES
  • CASES CITED
  • INDEX
  • A
  • B
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F
  • G
  • H
  • I
  • J
  • K
  • L
  • M
  • N
  • O
  • P
  • Q
  • R
  • S
  • T
  • U
  • V
  • W
  • Y
  • Z.