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Author Leishman, Rory, 1942-

Title Against judicial activism : the decline of freedom and democracy in Canada / Rory Leishman
Published Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2006

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 310 pages)
Contents Preface -- Introduction -- Judicial Activism versus the Rule of Law -- Gay Rights Trump Freedom of Religion -- Trust Not in the Charter -- How Human Rights Commissions Suppress Our Freedom -- How Our Judges Have Become Politicians -- Escalating Judicial Attack on Christians -- The Chief Justice Defends Judicial Supremacy -- Reviving Parliamentary Democracy -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index
Summary "Against Judicial Activism argues that the courts (especially the Supreme Court) have subverted the judicial process in the name of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. For instance, the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal and Supreme Court read a ban on discrimination on the ground of transsexualism as being part of the province's human rights code."--Jacket
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-297) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Canada. Supreme Court
Canada. Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
SUBJECT Canada. Supreme Court fast
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Canada) fast
Subject Judicial power -- Canada
Political questions and judicial power -- Canada
Judge-made law -- Canada
Civil rights -- Canada
Judicial review -- Canada
LAW -- Civil Procedure.
LAW -- Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Judicial Branch.
LAW -- Courts.
Civil rights
Judge-made law
Judicial power
Judicial review
Political questions and judicial power
Canada
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780773560017
0773560017