Legislating Under the Charter - Parliament, Executive Power, and Rights

Covering a range of criminal justice and social policy issues, this book explores how governments and Parliament justify their legislative choices under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

List of contents

Introduction
1. Institutional Relationships, Executive Dominance, and Legislating under the Charter
2. "Vetting": Analyzing Bureaucratic and Executive Assessments of Rights Compatibility
3. The Legislative Process and Charter Rights: Criminal Justice Policy and the Harper Government
4. Legislative Responses under the Charter: Harm Reduction and Drug Policy
5. Legislative Responses under the Charter: Sex Work Policy
6. Legislative Responses under the Charter: Medical Assistance in Dying Policy
7. Transparency, Accountability, and Robust Legislative Scrutiny on Rights: Possibilities for Reform?
Conclusion
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

About the author

Emmett Macfarlane is an associate professor of political science at the University of Waterloo

Summary

Covering a range of criminal justice and social policy issues, this book explores how governments and Parliament justify their legislative choices under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Product details

• Authors: Anna Drake, Janet Hiebert, Emmett MacFarlane, Emmett Hiebert Macfarlane
• Publisher: University of Toronto Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2023
• EAN: 9781487554538
• ISBN: 978-1-4875-5453-8
• No. of pages: 277
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Social education, social work; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education