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

Main Author: Maclennan, Christopher, 1968-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Montreal ; Ithaca [New York] : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2003.
Subjects:
Civil rights > History. > Canada
Droits de l'homme > Histoire. > Canada
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Civil Rights.
Mensenrechten.
Burgerrechten.
Droits civils et politiques > Histoire. > Canada
Canada.
Canada > Histoire constitutionnelle.
Canada > Constitution (1982)
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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