The most dangerous branch : how the Supreme Court of Canada has undermined our law and our democracy / Robert Ivan Martin.
Material type: TextPublisher: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2003]Copyright date: ©2003Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 285 pages)Content type:- text
- computer
- online resource
- 9780773571495
- 0773571493
- 1282861514
- 9781282861510
- 9786612861512
- 6612861517
- Canada. Supreme Court
- Canada. Cour suprême
- Canada. Supreme Court
- Kanada Supreme Court
- Political questions and judicial power -- Canada
- Judicial review -- Canada
- Politique et pouvoir judiciaire -- Canada
- Contrôle juridictionnel des lois -- Canada
- LAW -- Civil Procedure
- LAW -- Legal Services
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Judicial Branch
- POLITICAL SCIENCE -- American Government -- Judicial Branch
- Judicial review
- Political questions and judicial power
- Canada
- Gesetzgebung
- Demokratie
- Supreme Court (VS)
- Politieke activiteit
- 347.71/035 21
- KE8244 .M3 2003eb
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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"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
Foreword; Preface; Introduction; 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 Charge; 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?; Appendix; Notes; Table of Cases; Bibliography; Index.
English.
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