Competing constitutional visions: the Meech Lake Accord
Competing constitutional visions: the Meech Lake Accord
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Edition Details
- Creators or Attribution (Responsibility): Katherine Swinton, Carol Rogerson
- Language: English
- Jurisdiction(s): Ontario
- Publication Information: Toronto : Carswell, 1988
- Publication Type (Medium): Conference papers and proceedings, Toronto (1987), Kongress, Congresses
- Material: Conference publication
- Type: Book
- Permalink: https://books.lawi.ca/competing-constitutional-visions-the-meech-lake-accord/ (Stable identifier)
Additional Format
Online version: Competing constitutional visions. Toronto: Carswell, 1988 (OCoLC)581666967
Short Description
XII, 328 pages ; 24 cm
Purpose and Intended Audience
Useful for students learning an area of law, Competing constitutional visions: the Meech Lake Accord is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.
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Bibliographic information
- Responsable Person: edited by Katherine E. Swinton and Carol J. Rogerson.
- Publication Date: 1988
- Country/State: Ontario
- Number of Editions: 7 editions
- First edition Date: 1988
- Last edition Date: 1988
- Languages: English
- Library of Congress Code: KE4270
- Dewey Code: 342.7103
- ISBN: 0459324314 9780459324315 0459324217 9780459324216
- OCLC: 20492454
Main Contents
Preface
Contributors
Part I. The distinct society: concepts of community and principles of interpretation
The concepts of “distinct society and identity” in the Meech Lake Accord / Raymond Breton
Aboriginal rights and the Meech Lake Accord / J. Edward Chamberlain
Perspective fe?ministe d'une certaine socie?te? distincte: les Que?be?coises et L'Accord du Lac Meech / Lucie Lamarche
The distinct society clause in the Meech Lake Accord: could it affect equality rights for women? / Lynn Smith
How not to drown in Meech Lake: rules, principles and women's equality rights / Donna Greschner
Linguistic duality and the distinct society in Quebec: declarations of sociological fact or legal limits on constitutional interpretation? / A. Wayne MacKay
The constitutional priority of the Charter / Brian Slattery
Part II. National institutions and the spending power
Meech Lake and the Supreme Court / Peter H. Russell
Meech Lake and the future of Senate reform / J. Peter Meekison
Meech Lake and federalism: accord or discord? / Thomas J. Courchene
The Meech Lake Accord and the bonds of nationhood / A.W. Johnson
Analysis of the New Spending Provision (Section 106A) / Peter Hogg
Political meaning and social reform / Keith Banting
The federal spending power and Meech Lake / Andre?e Lajoie
Meech ado about nothing? Federalism, democracy and spending power / Andrew Petter
Section 106A and federal-provincial fiscal relations / J. Sefan Dupre?
The Meech Lake Accord and the federal spending power: a good maximin solution / Pierre Fortin
The economic policy implications of the Meech Lake Accord / Robin Boadway, Jack M. Mintz and Douglas D. Purvis
Part III. Competing VIsions of constitutionalism
Meech Lake and constitutional VIsions / Ivan Bernier
The limited constitutional VIsion of Meech Lake / Alan C. Cairns
The 1987 Constitutional Accord and ethnic accommodation / John D. Whyte
Political VIsion and the 1987 Constitutional Accord / Jennifer Smith
Competing VIsions of constitutionalism: of federalism and rights / Katherine Swinton
Meech Lake and VIsions of Canada / Richard Simeon
Appendix 1
Appendix 2.