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Author:   Kent Roach
Publisher:   Irwin Law Inc
Imprint:   Irwin Law Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.490kg
ISBN:  

9781552210543

ISBN 10:   1552210545
Pages:   378
Publication Date:   26 October 2001
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  College/higher education ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Preface PART ONE: WHAT IS JUDICIAL ACTIVISM? CHAPTER 1: The Supreme Court on Trial CHAPTER 2: The Endless American Debate CHAPTER 3: Judicial Activism before the Charter CHAPTER 4: The Charter's Influential Response to Judicial Activism CHAPTER 5: An American Debate Comes to Canada CHAPTER 6: Four Dimensions of Judicial Activism PART TWO: THE EXTENT OF JUDICIAL ACTIVISM CHAPTER 7: The Constrained Creativity of Judicial Law Making CHAPTER 8: The Limits of Public Law Adjudication CHAPTER 9: Judicial Acceptance of Limits on Rights CHAPTER 10: Dialogue between Courts and Legislatures PART THREE: BEYOND JUDICIAL ACTIVISM CHAPTER 11: The Myths of Judicial Activism CHAPTER 12: The Myths of Right Answers CHAPTER 13: Democratic Dialogue in Theory CHAPTER 14: Democratic Dialogue in Practice CHAPTER 15: Judicial Activism and Democratic Dialogue Notes Acknowledgments Index

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[The courts'] dilemma has been how to reconcile their new role as active guardians of fundamental values with the democratic values and traditions of Canadian society.... ...An excellent and sophisticated guide to this continuing challenge is offered by Kent Roach in The Supreme Court on Trial: Judicial Activism or Democratic Dialogue (Irwin Law, 2001).... Roach puts forward a balanced approach that insists that activism is less about whether judges rely on political preferences at all and more about the sources of such values and the extent to which they rely on them. --Allan Hutchinson, Charting a New Course, The Globe and Mail, April 14, 2007

""[The courts'] dilemma has been how to reconcile their new role as active guardians of fundamental values with the democratic values and traditions of Canadian society.... ...An excellent and sophisticated guide to this continuing challenge is offered by Kent Roach in The Supreme Court on Trial: Judicial Activism or Democratic Dialogue (Irwin Law, 2001).... Roach puts forward a balanced approach that insists that activism is less about whether judges rely on political preferences at all and more about the sources of such values and the extent to which they rely on them.""--Allan Hutchinson, ""Charting a New Course,"" The Globe and Mail, April 14, 2007

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Kent W. Roach, B.A. (Toronto) 1984, LL.B. (Toronto) 1987, LL.M. (Yale) 1988, was called to the Bar of Ontario in 1992 and is a professor of law and criminology at the University of Toronto. He has served as a law clerk to the Supreme Court of Canada for Madam Justice Bertha Wilson and as the research director for the Ontario Law Reform Commission's project, which resulted in its ""Report on Public Inquiries."" He is the author of Constitutional Remedies in Canada, Criminal Law, and The Supreme Court on Trial: Judicial Activism or Democratic Dialogue, in addition to casebooks and numerous articles. He has argued constitutional cases before the Supreme Court of Canada and the Ontario Court of Appeal on behalf of various public interest groups. His teaching and research interests encompass the criminal process, civil litigation, and constitutional remedies.

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