The Lawmakers: Judicial Power and the Shaping of Canadian Federalism

by John T. Saywell

Book Overview

The Canadian Constitution of 1867 as written should have provided the authoritative guide to the law governing the division of powers between the national and provincial governments of Canada, but by the 1940s the federal constitution was a very different document to that composed originally by John A. Macdonald and his colleagues. In this engaging and exhaustive examination of the critical role of the courts - the Judicial Committee of the Privy...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0802037518
• ISBN13: 9780802037510
• Release Date: November 2002
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.0" x 9.4"