β Scribed by Emmett Macfarlane (editor)
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Constitutional Amendment in Canada is the first volume to focus solely on the implications of the amending formula in Canada.
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction Striking a Balance: The Players and Procedures of Canadaβs Constitutional Amending Formula
PART ONE. The Players
1. Searching for an Amending Formula: The 115-Year Journey
2. Uncovering the Wall Surrounding the Castle of the Constitution: Judicial Interpretation of Part V of the Constitution Act, 1982
3. The Federal Principle: Constitutional Amendment and Intergovernmental Relations
4. Part II and Part V: Aboriginal Peoples and Constitutional Amendment
PART TWO. The Procedures
5. Constitutional Amendment by Legislation
6. U2: Unanimity versus Unilateralism in Canadaβs Politics of Constitutional Amendment
7. Understanding the Section 43 Bilateral Amending Formula
8. The Possibilities and Limits of Provincial Constitution-Making Power: The Case of Quebec
9. The End of Informal Constitutional Change in Canada?
PART THREE. The Issues
10. DIY 101: The Constitutional Entrenchment of the Supreme Court of Canada
11. The Uncertain Future of Senate Reform
12. The Crown and Constitutional Amendment after the Senate Reform and Supreme Court References
13. βThe Most Radical Amendment of Allβ: The Power to Secede and the Secession Reference
Conclusion. The Future of Canadian Constitutional Amendment
Appendix
Selected Bibliography
Contributors
Index
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