Friends of the Court

Ian Brodie

Description

In the first book-length study of interest group litigation in Canada, Friends of the Court traces the Canadian Supreme Court's ever-changing relationship with interest groups since the 1970s. After explaining how the Court was pressured to welcome more interest groups in the late 1980s, Brodie introduces a new theory of political status describing how the Court privileges certain groups over others. By uncovering the role of the state in encouraging and facilitating litigation, this book challenges the idea that interest group litigation in Canada is a grassroots phenomenon.
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

1. The Political Disadvantage Theory

2. Interveners at the Supreme Court of Canada

3. Interest Group Litigation and Judicial Supremacy

4. The Market for Section 15 Status

5. Political Disadvantage and State Action

POSTSCRIPT AND CONCLUSION

NOTES

REFERENCES

INDEX

Sujets

• Droit général
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Informations

• Publié par: State University of New York Press
• Date de parution: 01 février 2012
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780791488966
• Langue: English

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F RIENDS OF THE  C OURT

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F RIENDS OF THE  C OURT The Privileging of Interest Group Litigants in Canada

Ian Brodie

State University of New York Press

Published by State University of New York Press, Albany

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Brodie, Ian (Ian Ross) Friends of the court : the privileging of interest group litigants in Canada / Ian Brodie. p. cm. — (SUNY series in American constitutionalism) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-7914-5299-9 (hc : alk. paper)—ISBN 0-7914-5300-6 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1. Citizen suits (Civil procedure)—Canada. 2. Public interest law—Canada. I. Title II. Series.

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To my father and the loving memory of my late mother ❧

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C ONTENTS

A CKNOWLEDGMENTS I NTRODUCTION C HAPTER The Political Disadvantage Theory 1 C HAPTER  2 Interveners at the Supreme Court of Canada C HAPTER Interest Group Litigation 3 and Judicial Supremacy

C HAPTER The Market for Section 15 Status 4 C HAPTER Political Disadvantage and State Action 5 P OSTSCRIPT AND  C ONCLUSION N OTES R EFERENCES I NDEX

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A CKNOWLEDGMENTS

he author gratefully acknowledges permission to reprint ex T cerpts from the following publications: George Radwanski.Trudeau. Toronto: Macmillan, 1978. Per- mission granted by George Rodwanski. House of Commons, Committee on Human Rights and Sta- tus of Disabled Persons.Court Challenges Program, Issue #15. (December 1989); and House of Commons, Sub-Committee on Equality Rights.Equality for All, Issue #29 (October 1985). Per- mission granted by the House of Commons. Richard C. Cortner. “Strategies and Tactics of Litigants in Constitutional Cases,”Journal of Public Law 17 (1968): 287– 307. Permission granted by the Emory Law Journal. Kenneth P. Swan. “Intervention and Amicus Curiae Status in Charter Litigation.” InCharter Litigation, ed. Robert J. Sharpe. Toronto: Butterworths, 1987. Philip L. Bryden. “Public Interest Intervention in the Courts,” Canadian Bar Review 66 (1987): 490–528. Permission granted by the author and theCanadian Bar Review. Ian Brodie. “Lobbying the Supreme Court.” inPolitical Dis- pute and Judicial Review, ed. Hugh Mellon and Martin Westmacott. Toronto: Nelson, 2000. Rainer Knopff and F. L. Morton.Charter Politics. Toronto: Nelson, 1992.

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