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James W. St.G. Walker - Race,"" Rights and the Law in the Supreme Court of Canada, Häftad

Häftad, Engelska, 1997

Race,"" Rights and the Law in the Supreme Court of Canada

Historical Case Studies

Av James W. St.G. Walker

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Four cases in which the legal issue was ""race"" - that of a Chinese restaurant owner who was fined for employing a white woman; a black man who was refused service in a bar; a Jew who wanted to buy a cottage but was prevented by the property owners' association; and a Trinidadian of East Indian descent who was acceptable to the Canadian army but was rejected for immigration on grounds of ""race"" - drawn from the period between 1914 and 1955, are intimately examined to explore the role of the Supreme Court of Canada and the law in the racialization of Canadian society. With painstaking research into contemporary attitudes and practices, Walker demonstrates that Supreme Court Justices were expressing the prevailing ""common sense"" about ""race"" in their legal decisions. He shows that injustice on the grounds of ""race"" has been chronic in Canadian history, and that the law itself was once instrumental in creating these circumstances. The book concludes with a controversial discussion of current directions in Canadian law and their potential impact on Canada's future as a multicultural society.
Produktinformation
  • Utgivningsdatum: 1997-10-30
  • Mått: 152 x 221 x 24 mm
  • Vikt: 640 g
  • Format: Häftad
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 463
  • Förlag: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
  • ISBN: 9780889203068
  • Utmärkelser: Short-listed for Sir John A. Macdonald Prize for Best Book in Canadian History 1998 (Canada)
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James W. St.G. Walker is a professor of history at the University of Waterloo, where he specializes in the history of human rights and race relations. His books include The Black Loyalists and ""Race"", Rights and the Law in the Supreme Court of Canada (WLU Press, 1998), and he has published numerous articles and book chapters analyzing campaigns for human rights reform.

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``This book has many strengths. Walker skilfully bridges the gap between legal history and social history in a compelling introduction which `orients' the reader to developments in scholarly work in the areas of race and race relations, social history, and legal history. Moreover, the author demonstrates an impressive grasp of the intricacies of legal procedure, tracing each case from lower courts through to Canada's Supreme Court. Walker also breathes life into each of these case studies by situating them intheir historical context....There are, however, a few questions one is left with after reading thiswork....Walker's work provides us a point from which to engage with these issues. This work, in sum, will surely cement the author's well-deserved reputation as one of the foremost thinkers on the subject of race in Canada.'' -- Barrington Walker, Atlantis

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