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Constitutional Law, second edition
Irwin Law

Published: 23/08/2002
610 pages (PB)
9 x 6"
1552210529
$49.95

Constitutional Law, second edition

Patrick J. Monahan

Irwin law is pleased to announce the publication of the second edition of Patrick Monahan's authoritative text on Canadian constitutional law. New to the second edition of Constitutional Law are separate chapters on The Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the property and civil rights powers of the provinces, and Aboriginal rights. Constitutional Law is published in Irwin Law's Essentials of Canadian Law series.

Subjects: Law, Politics

Table of Contents:
Summary Table of Contents

Foreword to the first edition
Preface

PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER 1: An Introduction to the Study of the Canadian Constitution

PART TWO: THE FRAMEWORK AND INSTITUTIONS OF GOVERNMENT
CHAPTER 2: Canada's Constitutional Development before 1867
CHAPTER 3: The Constitution Act, 1867: Executive and Legislative Power
CHAPTER 4: The Constitution Act, 1867: Federalism and Judicial Power

PART THREE: CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE
CHAPTER 5: Constitional Amendment, 1867 - 1982
CHAPTER 6: Constitutional Amendment since 1982

PART FOUR: THE COURTS AND CANADIAN FEDERALISM
CHAPTER 7: The Courts and Canadian Federalism: From Watertight Compartments to Shared Responsibility
CHAPTER 8: Peace, Order, and Good Government
CHAPTER 9: Trade and Commerce
CHAPTER 10: Property and Civil Rights in the Province
CHAPTER 11: Criminal Law
CHAPTER 12: The Constitution and Transportation

PART FIVE: THE CHARTER AND ABORIGINAL RIGHTS
CHAPTER 13: The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
CHAPTER 14: Aboriginal Peoples and the Canadian Constitution

PART SIX: CONCLUSION
CHAPTER 15: The Canadian Constitution in the Twenty-First Century

Glossary
The Constitution Acts, 1867 to 1982
Table of Cases
Index

A legal text from Irwin Law's popular Essentials of Canadian Law series.