The Most Dangerous Branch: How the Supreme Court of Canada Has Undermined Our Law and Our Democracy

by Robert Ivan Martin

Book Overview

Judges on the Supreme Court of Canada are guided by reason and principle - or so most Canadians think. In The Most Dangerous Branch Robert Martin argues that the court has changed from acting on principles to acting on values, allowing it to impose its own personal preferences. As judges are not elected, Martin argues, they should not be permitted to set the social agenda, amend legislation, amend the constitution, or attack democracy and democratic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0773526145
• ISBN13: 9780773526143
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: McGill-Queen's University Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 0.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.0" x 9.2"