The Judicial Committee and the British North America Act

The Judicial Committee and the British North America Act
Title The Judicial Committee and the British North America Act PDF eBook
Author G.P. Browne
Publisher University of Toronto Press
Pages 419
Release 1967-12-15
Genre Law
ISBN 1442651016

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This comprehensive study is concerned primarily with the fundamental problem of the role of the judiciary in the federal system of Canadian government. The author criticizes previous accounts of the Judicial Committee’s interpretative scheme for the British North American Act because of their neglect of underlying jurisprudential assumptions and their readiness to accept the textual criticisms levelled in the O’Connor Report of 1939; they fail to note the relationship between the jurisprudential and the textual aspects. Professor Browne is convinced that O’Connor’s criticism is as ill founded as the alternative interpretive scheme he proposed, and that the “three-compartment” view represents the most convincing construction of sections 91 and 92 of the Act. He considers debatable the “organic statute” argument widely accepted in the United States and becoming more and more popular in Canada; and supports the premium which English courts have traditionally placed on certainty and stability in the law. Professor Browne concludes that the almost universal criticism in Canada of the Judicial Committee’s construction of the BNA Act is basically misconceived: Canadian jurists should think carefully before following trends set by American courts, for American purposes, in the context of American law, particularly when the repercussions of those trends are not as yet fully appreciated. This discussion will be of special interest for legal, political, and historical studies in this country, the United States, and other Commonwealth countries, especially those which have federal systems and consequently share the same basic problems of the judiciary in such a system.

A Consolidation of the Constitution Acts 1867 to 1982

A Consolidation of the Constitution Acts 1867 to 1982
Title A Consolidation of the Constitution Acts 1867 to 1982 PDF eBook
Author Canada
Publisher Brantford : W. Ross Macdonald School, 1985. (Toronto : CNIB)
Pages 188
Release 1983
Genre Law
ISBN

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Consolidated as of April 17, 1982.

The Lawmakers

The Lawmakers
Title The Lawmakers PDF eBook
Author John T. Saywell
Publisher University of Toronto Press
Pages 486
Release 2002-01-01
Genre History
ISBN 9780802086563

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Comprehensive, ambitious, and detailed, The Lawmakers will be the definitive work on the evolution of the law of Canadian federalism.

The Persons Case

The Persons Case
Title The Persons Case PDF eBook
Author Robert J. Sharpe
Publisher University of Toronto Press
Pages 305
Release 2008-04-12
Genre Law
ISBN 1442692340

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On 18 October 1929, John Sankey, England's reform-minded Lord Chancellor, ruled in the Persons case that women were eligible for appointment to Canada's Senate. Initiated by Edmonton judge Emily Murphy and four other activist women, the Persons case challenged the exclusion of women from Canada's upper house and the idea that the meaning of the constitution could not change with time. The Persons Case considers the case in its political and social context and examines the lives of the key players: Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, and the other members of the "famous five," the politicians who opposed the appointment of women, the lawyers who argued the case, and the judges who decided it. Robert J. Sharpe and Patricia I. McMahon examine the Persons case as a pivotal moment in the struggle for women's rights and as one of the most important constitutional decisions in Canadian history. Lord Sankey's decision overruled the Supreme Court of Canada's judgment that the courts could not depart from the original intent of the framers of Canada's constitution in 1867. Describing the constitution as a "living tree," the decision led to a reassessment of the nature of the constitution itself. After the Persons case, it could no longer be viewed as fixed and unalterable, but had to be treated as a document that, in the words of Sankey, was in "a continuous process of evolution." The Persons Case is a comprehensive study of this important event, examining the case itself, the ruling of the Privy Council, and the profound affect that it had on women's rights and the constitutional history of Canada.

Decisions Relating to the British North America Act

Decisions Relating to the British North America Act
Title Decisions Relating to the British North America Act PDF eBook
Author Great Britain. Privy Council. Judicial Committee
Publisher
Pages 762
Release 1954
Genre Constitutional law
ISBN

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Decisions of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Relating to the British North America Act, 1867

Decisions of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Relating to the British North America Act, 1867
Title Decisions of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council Relating to the British North America Act, 1867 PDF eBook
Author Great Britain. Privy Council. Judicial Committee
Publisher
Pages 840
Release 1954
Genre British North America Act 1867
ISBN

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British North American Act and Amendments

British North American Act and Amendments
Title British North American Act and Amendments PDF eBook
Author Canada
Publisher
Pages 372
Release 1943
Genre Canada
ISBN

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