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Three Reviews Of R. M. Burns (Ed.), One Country Or Two?, L. C. Green
Three Reviews Of R. M. Burns (Ed.), One Country Or Two?, L. C. Green
Dalhousie Law Journal
One Country or Two is an excellent book on the most critical subject faced by Canadians. It discusses Canada's nationhood and the issues of its survival as a political marriage of two peoples and two cultures. Ten main essays are edited by R. M. Burns, introduced by Principal John Deutsch, and provided with a reflective postscript by one of the essayists, Richard Simeon, who reviews some features of Quebec society in the light of the October crisis of 1970. All contributors are English-speaking Canadians and all except three are on the faculty of Queen's University. The essays are not uniform …
The Case Against Entrenchment Of A Canadian Bill Of Rights, Douglas A. Schmeiser
The Case Against Entrenchment Of A Canadian Bill Of Rights, Douglas A. Schmeiser
Dalhousie Law Journal
A limited form of judicial review has always been a prominent feature of Canadian federalism. Immediately after confederation, Canadian Courts assumed the jurisdiction to declare a statute to be beyond the legislative competence of the enacting body.' Until comparatively recently, Courts have also assumed that a totality of unrestricted legislative power resides in Parliament and the Provincial legislatures, i.e., as long as legislative jurisdiction exists, there is no limitation on the nature of legislation which may be passed.