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Constitutional politics in Canada after the Charter: liberalism, communitarianism, and systemism

Constitutional politics in Canada after the Charter: liberalism, communitarianism, and systemism

Constitutional politics in Canada after the Charter: liberalism, communitarianism, and systemism

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Online version: James, Patrick, 1957- Constitutional politics in Canada after the Charter. Vancouver: UBC Press, ©2010 (OCoLC)758482838

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181 pages ; 24 cm.

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Useful for students learning an area of law, Constitutional politics in Canada after the Charter: liberalism, communitarianism, and systemism is also useful for lawyers seeking to apply the law to issues arising in practice.

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Main Contents

Constitutional politics in Canada : the charter and beyond
Systemism and Canada constitutional politics
Identifying concepts and theories
Liberal theories : negative identity, megapolitics, and institutional imbalance
Communitarian theories : asymmetrical federalism and the citizen's constitution
A critique and comparison of liberal and communitarian theories.

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