Acknowledgments

Contributors

Introduction

DAVID SCHNEIDERMAN

KATE SUTHERLAND

1 The Impact (Real or Apprehended) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms on the Legislative Authority of Quebec

YVES DE MONTIGNY

2 Infertile Soil? Sowing the Charter in Alberta

JAN URQUHART

3 Business, Economic Rights, and the Charter

RICHARD W. BAUMAN

4 The Impact of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms on Income Tax Law and Policy

KATHLEEN A. LAHEY

5 Contemporary Traditional Equality: The Effect of the Charter on First Nations Politics

JOHN BORROWS

6 The Good, the Bad, and the Smugly: Sexual Orientation and Perspectives on the Charter

DIDI HERMAN

7 Rights, Nationalism, and Social Movements in Canadian Constitutional Politics

JOEL BAKAN

MICHAEL SMITH

8 The New Equality Paradigm: The Impact of Charter Equality Principles on Private Law Decisions

KATE SUTHERLAND

9 The Charter and Access to Justice in Canada

MARY JANE MOSSMAN

10 The Charter and Mainstream Political Science: Waves of Practical Contestation and Changing Theoretical Currents

ALEXANDRA DOBROWOLSKY

Conclusion: Towards an Understanding of the Impact of the Charter of Rights on Canadian Law and Politics