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Author Cameron, Alex M

Title Power without law : the Supreme Court of Canada, the Marshall decisions, and the failure of judicial activism / Alex M. Cameron
Published Montreal [Que.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2009 (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Canadian Electronic Library, 2010)

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 244 pages)
Contents 1. Canadian Constitution -- 2. Judicial Activism and Its Critics -- 3. Legal Background to Marshall (No. 1) -- 4. Marshall (No. 1) in the Trial Court -- 5. Court of Appeal -- 6. Decision of the Supreme Court of Canada: Marshall (No. 1) -- 7. Fire on the Water, and Marshall (No. 2) -- 8. Rewriting Nova Scotia History -- 9. Judicial Levitation: The Hovering Treaty Right -- 10. Trade, Treaties, and the Constitution -- 11. Fundamental Laws: The Rights of British Subjects and a "Promenade Down Barrington Street" -- 12. After the Marshall Decisions: Legal Uncertainty and Government Response -- 13. Stephen Marshall/Bernard -- 14. Failure of Judicial Activism -- Appendix. R. v. Marshall (No. 1)
Summary The Supreme Court of Canada decision in the Marshall case asserted sweeping Native treaty rights and generated intense controversy
Analysis JSTOR-DDA
Political questions and judicial power Canada
Canada. Supreme Court
Micmac Indians Legal status, laws, etc
Malecite Indians Legal status, laws, etc
Marshall, Donald, 1953- Trials, litigation, etc
Multi-User
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-239) and index
Subject Marshall, Donald -- Trials, litigation, etc
SUBJECT Marshall, Donald fast
Subject Canada. Supreme Court
SUBJECT Canada. Supreme Court fast
Subject Political questions and judicial power -- Canada
Micmac Indians -- Legal status, laws, etc
Malecite Indians -- Legal status, laws, etc
LAW -- Constitutional.
LAW -- Public.
LAW -- Judicial Power.
Micmac Indians -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Political questions and judicial power
Canada
Genre/Form Electronic books
decisions (judicial records)
Court decisions and opinions
Trials, litigation, etc.
Court decisions and opinions.
Recueils de jurisprudence et d'opinions.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780773576674
0773576673