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  • The Judicial Committee and the British North America Act

    An Analysis of the Interpretative Scheme for the Distribution of Legislative Powers

    af G.P. Browne ...
    Serier serie Heritage
    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 ... Læs mere

    299,61 kr.

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  • Constitutional Fate

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    Here, Philip Bobbitt studies the basis for the legitimacy of judicial review by examining six types of constitutional argument--historical, textual, structural, prudential doctrinal, and ethical--through the unusual method of contrasting sketches of prominent legal figures responding to the constitutional crises of their day. ... Læs mere

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  • The Philosophical Origins of Modern Contract Doctrine

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  • Buying the Vote

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    Are corporations citizens? Is political inequality a necessary aspect of a democracy or something that must be stamped out? These are the questions that have been at the heart of the debate surrounding campaign finance reform for nearly half a century. But as Robert E. Mutch demonstrates in this fascinating book, these were not always controversial matters. The tenets that corporations do not ... Læs mere

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  • Let the Students Speak!

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    In Honour of Thomas Erskine May

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    8 February 2015 marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of Thomas Erskine May. May is the most famous of the fifty holders of the office of Clerk of the House of Commons. His continued renown arises from his Treatise upon the Law, Privileges, Proceedings and Usage of Parliament, first published in 1844 and with its 25th edition currently in preparation. It is known throughout those parts of the ... Læs mere

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    History, Principle and Interpretation

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