The most dangerous branch : how the Supreme Court of Canada has undermined our law and our democracy / Robert Ivan Martin.
2003
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Title
The most dangerous branch : how the Supreme Court of Canada has undermined our law and our democracy / Robert Ivan Martin.
Imprint
Montreal ; Ithaca [N.Y.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2003.
Description
xxii, 285 pages ; 24 cm
Formatted Contents Note
Foreword / Anne C. Cools
1. The Attack on Law
2. The Attack on Democracy
3. Philosopher Kings and Queens
4. Who Are These People?
5. Judicial Review of Everything
6. Making It Up as They Go Along: Herein of the "Unwritten Constitution" and Other Matters
7. The Matriarchy in Change
8. Is the Supreme Court Still a Court?
9. Encore une Trahison des Clercs
10. One Tiger to a Hill
11. What Is to Be Done?
1. The Attack on Law
2. The Attack on Democracy
3. Philosopher Kings and Queens
4. Who Are These People?
5. Judicial Review of Everything
6. Making It Up as They Go Along: Herein of the "Unwritten Constitution" and Other Matters
7. The Matriarchy in Change
8. Is the Supreme Court Still a Court?
9. Encore une Trahison des Clercs
10. One Tiger to a Hill
11. What Is to Be Done?
Summary
"In The Most Dangerous Branch Robert Martin argues that the Supreme Court has changed from acting on principles to acting on values, allowing it to impose personal preferences. Martin shows that the Court's judges have adopted an orthodoxy of moral relativism and identity politics that he likens to a secular state religion. This orthodoxy, in his view, denies the possibility of objectivity about human endeavour and regards social reality as "constructed." While purporting to be concerned with the plight of the oppressed, it is actually based on profound condescension. Martin believes that the "theocracy" that dominates the Supreme Court of Canada is subverting democracy and the rule of law."--Jacket
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-278) and index.
Call Number
KE8244 .M37 2003
Language
English
ISBN
0773526145 (bound ; alk. paper)
9780773526143 (bound ; alk. paper)
9780773526143 (bound ; alk. paper)
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