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

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.

``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

• ""Race,"" Rights and the Law in the Supreme Court of Canada: Historical Case Studies by James W.St.G. WalkerForewordPrefaceAcknowledgmentsInvitationChapter 1: Orientation""Race"" and the LawApproaching the BenchApproaching the PastChapter 2: Quong Wing v. The KingThe LegislationThe Chinese ProblemRestriction and RegulationLitigationDefending the FamilyThe Moral CrusadeChinese ResponseQuong Wing and Quong SingQuong Wing v. the KingExplanationsQuong Wing as PrecedentChapter 3: Christie v. York CorporationThe Incident""Jim Crow"" in CanadaThe Montreal CommunityIssues and InitiativesLa Question de la LibertéIn the Supreme Court of CanadaAftermathChristie as PrecedentChapter 4: Noble and Wolf v. AlleyExclusive ClienteleCounter AttackPrinciples and PoliciesThe Public InterestPreparing for the Supreme Court of CanadaNoble and Wolf v. AlleyNoble and Wolf as PrecedentChapter 5: Narine-Singh v. Attorney General of Canada""Race"" and ImmigrationRestrictive TraditionSouth Asian ImmigrationRehearsal: Narain Singh and Munshi SinghWest Indian ImmigrationPolicy Shifts, 1945-52The Immigration Act, 1952Campaign for Immigration ReformThe Inevitable: Harry Singh in the Ontario CourtsAnticlimax: The Supreme Court of CanadaConfirmationChapter 6: Implications""Race"" and ""Race Relations""Legal SensibilityHistorical StudyAfterwordDirections in Public PolicyApprehensionsReflectionsIndex