The Charter Revolution and the Court Party

Part I: Introduction

The Charter Revolution

The Role of Judges

The Court Party

Part II: Judges and the Charter

Judicial Discretion

Core Values

Textual Innovations

Original Intent, Traditional Understandings

Oracularism

Part III: The Court Party

Unifiers

Civil Libertarians

Equality Seekers

Social Engineers

Postmaterialists

The Elitism of the Court Party

Part IV: The State Connection

Secretary of State Funding

Court Challenges Program

Funding for Aboriginal Rights Litigation

Academic Research Funding

Legal Aid

Provincial Law Foundations

Part V: The Jurocracy

Courts

Administrative Tribunals

Government Legal Departments

Law Reform Commission of Canada

National Judicial Institute and Western Judicial Education Centre

Part VI: Power Knowledge: The Supreme Court as the Vanguard of the Intelligentsia

Administrative Support

Rights Experts

Advocacy Scholarship

Part VII: What's Wrong with the Charter Revolution and the Court Party

Notes

List of Cases Cited

Select Bibliography

Index