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The Strategic Constitution

By (author) Irvin Studin
Categories: International relations
Series: Law and Society

Historically, Canada’s Constitution has been principally viewed as a federal framework or a rights bulwark. Its framers did not intend for Canada to be a major player in the world and worldly matters ...

Employment Equity in Canada

By (author) Carol Agocs
Categories: Politics and government

In the mid-1980s, the Abella Commission on Equality in Employment and the federal Employment Equity Act made Canada a policy leader in addressing systemic discrimination in the workplace. More than twenty-five ...

Sport Policy in Canada

Sport Policy in Canada provides the first and most comprehensive analysis of the new Canadian Sport Policy adopted in 2012. In light of this new policy, the authors, top scholars in the field, provide ...

Arming and Disarming

From the École Polytechnique shootings of 1989 to the political controversy surrounding the elimination of the federal long-gun registry, the issue of gun control has been a subject of fierce debate ...

The Freedom of Security

By (author) Colleen Bell
Categories: Human rights, civil rights
Series: Law and Society

Post-9/11 security measures have sparked fears that the West is violating the very civil rights it strives to protect. Debates centre on the United States, but how have the politics of security influenced ...

Aboriginal Title and Indigenous Peoples

Delgamuukw. Mabo. Ngati Apa. Recent cases have created a framework for litigating Aboriginal title in Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. The distinguished group of scholars whose work is showcased here, ...

The Making of the Mosaic

By (author) Ninette Kelley & M. Trebilcock
Categories: Immigration law

Immigration policy is a subject of intense political and public debate. In this second edition of the widely recognized and authoritative work The Making of the Mosaic, Ninette Kelley and Michael Trebilcock ...

Is Our House in Order?

By (author) Chios Carmody
Categories: Law

Canadians like to think that their country is law-abiding and honours its international commitments. Is Our House in Order? explores this public perception while considering whether or not it is correct ...