Author: Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of WomenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Women and the Constitution in Canada
Author: Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of WomenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
A Feminist Guide to the Canadian Constitution
Author: Lynn SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Constitutional history
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Canada's constitution is the subject of much longstanding debate across the country. The Canadian Advisory Council on the Status of Women has participated in that debate since its founding in 1973. This document provides a framework within which the many constitutional issues can be analyzed from a feminist perspective. It reviews Canadian constitutional history up to the summer of 1990 and includes a few updates to reflect recent significant changes to the law. It describes what a constitution is and what it means to take a feminist perspective on the constitution.
Women and the Process of Constitutional Reform
Author: A. Anne McLellanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 70
Book Description
Women and Constitutional Change
Author: Association nationale de la femme et le droit. Constitution CommitteePublisher:
ISBN: 9780929049670
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Women, Human Rights, and the Constitution
Author: Beverley BainesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 34
Book Description
Women, Human Rights & the Constitution
Author: Canada. Advisory Council on the Status of WomenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Women
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
A Discussion Paper on "Shaping Canada's Future Together" : Submission to the Special Joint Committee on a Renewed Canada by the Edmonton Women's Ad Hoc Committee on the Constitution
Author: Edmonton Women's Ad Hoc Committee on the ConstitutionPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Canada
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Constitution of the Federation of University Women in Canada
Author: Canadian Federation of University WomenPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
The Persons Case
Author: Robert J. SharpePublisher: University of Toronto Press
ISBN: 1487516932
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 272
Book Description
On 18 October 1929, John Sankey, England's reform-minded Lord Chancellor, ruled in the Persons case that women were eligible for appointment to Canada's Senate. Initiated by Edmonton judge Emily Murphy and four other activist women, the Persons case challenged the exclusion of women from Canada's upper house and the idea that the meaning of the constitution could not change with time. The Persons Case considers the case in its political and social context and examines the lives of the key players: Emily Murphy, Nellie McClung, and the other members of the "famous five," the politicians who opposed the appointment of women, the lawyers who argued the case, and the judges who decided it. Robert J. Sharpe and Patricia I. McMahon examine the Persons case as a pivotal moment in the struggle for women's rights and as one of the most important constitutional decisions in Canadian history. Lord Sankey's decision overruled the Supreme Court of Canada's judgment that the courts could not depart from the original intent of the framers of Canada's constitution in 1867. Describing the constitution as a "living tree," the decision led to a reassessment of the nature of the constitution itself. After the Persons case, it could no longer be viewed as fixed and unalterable, but had to be treated as a document that, in the words of Sankey, was in "a continuous process of evolution." The Persons Case is a comprehensive study of this important event, examining the case itself, the ruling of the Privy Council, and the profound affect that it had on women's rights and the constitutional history of Canada.
Author: Canada