Synopses & Reviews
Essential Readings in Canadian Constitutional Politics introduces students, scholars, and practitioners to classic authors and writings on the principles of the Canadian Constitution as well as to select contemporary material. To complement rather than duplicate the state of the field, it deals with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and with Canadian mega-constitutional politics in passing only, focusing instead on institutions, federalism, intergovernmental relations, bilingualism and binationalism, the judiciary, minority rights, and constitutional renewal. Many of the selections reverberate well beyond Canada's borders, making this volume an unrivalled resource for anyone interested in constitutional governance and democratic politics in diverse societies.
Synopsis
Research on the Canadian Constitution is increasingly focusing more on the Charter of Rights and Freedoms over other dimensions of constitutional politics. Essential Readings in Canadian Constitutional Politics offers a corrective to the trend with a set of readings considered foundational to understanding the Canadian Constitution.An original introduction written expressly for this volume explains what a constitution is and the evolution of the Canadian Constitution. It also details how its various aspects relate to one another while discussing those pieces not included in this volume. Finally, each chapter features a brief introduction contextualizing the readings, making this an unrivalled reference book for studying the Canadian Constitution.