Toward the Charter : Canadians and the demand for a national bill of rights, 1929-1960 /

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"Toward the Charter looks at the evolution of human rights in Canada through Canadian efforts to entrench a bill of rights in the constitution. The important roles played by parliamentarians such as John Diefenbaker and academics such as F.R. Scott are placed alongside those of trade unionists,...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Maclennan, Christopher, 1968-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Montreal ; Ithaca [New York] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2003.
Temas:
Canada. > Canadian Bill of Rights.
Canada
Canada > Déclaration canadienne des droits.
Canadian Bill of Rights (Canada)
Civil rights > Canada > History.
Droits de l'homme > Canada > Législation > Histoire.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civil Rights.
Civil rights
Mensenrechten.
Burgerrechten.
Overheidsbeleid.
Droits civils et politiques > Canada > Histoire.
Canada.
Canada > Histoire constitutionnelle.
Canada > Constitution (1982)
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : a "Canadian" Bill of Rights
  • Civil liberties and civil libertarians from the Depression to World War II, 1929-42
  • A change in strategy : the first demands for a national Bill of Rights, 1943-47
  • Canada and the United Nations International Bill of Rights
  • Expansion and contraction : the frustration of the Bill of Rights movement, 1948-52
  • The decade of human rights and the Bill of Rights movement
  • Success of a sort : the Diefenbaker Bill of Rights
  • "A mere scrap of paper"?

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