The myth of the sacred: the Charter, the courts and the politics of the constitution in Canada

Introduction : the myth of sacred in the Canadian constitutional order / Patrick James, Donald E. Abelson, and Michael Lusztig

Part 1. Judicial review and group status. Judicial rationalism and the therapeutic constitution : The Supreme Court's reconstruction of equality and democratic process under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms / Anthony A. Peacock ; Judicial supervision of the political process : Canadian and American responses to homosexual rights challenges / Mark E. Rush ; The Supreme Court of Canada and the complexity of judicial activism / James B. Kelly

pt. 2. The Constitution and rational choice theory. Canada's three constitutions : protecting, overturning, and reversing the status quo / Tom Flanagan ; Strategic behaviour and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms / Christopher P. Manfredi

pt. 3. Non-governmental players in the Constitutional arena. Think tanks, public policy, and constitutional politics in Canada / Donald E. Abelson ; Cooperation and conflict : group activity in R. v. Keegstra / Shannon Ishiyama Smithey

pt. 4. The culture of constitution-making in Canada. Deeper and deeper : deep diversity, federalism, and redistributive politics in Canada / Michael Lusztig ; Is a "true" multination federation the cure for our ills? / Hudson Meadwell.