The Lawmakers: Judicial Power and the Shaping of Canadian Federalism (Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History) - Saywell, John T.

Clean, tight, unmarked; slight wear to upper spine extreme; burgundy covers with gilt titles; absolute minimal wear; As written, the British North America Act of 1867 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 from that composed originally by John A. Macdonald and his colleagues. In this thorough and engaging examination of the critical role of the courts - the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council and the Supreme Court of Canada - in shaping Canadian federalism, John Saywell argues that the courts always have and still do 'make law' - law that can be largely subjective and that often bears little relationship to the text or purposes of the Canadian constitution. 
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Hardcover
University of Toronto Press
2002
Toronto. ON