Beverley Baines
Biographic Data
| ID | 6579601 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Beverley Baines |
| GIVEN NAMES | Beverley |
| FAMILY NAME | Baines |
| SIGNATURE | BAINES B |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen's University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2005 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Feminist Constitutionalism in Canada
This chapter examines the Canadian Constitution through feminist lenses. It proposes a feminist framework to evaluate constitutional law. Feminist constitutionalism aims to promote women’s agency and to protect their rights fully. Feminist constitutionalism examines women’s agency in constitutional law. It also examines critically the interpretation of traditional rights, the impact of constitutionally structured diversity, and the approach to eq…
Comparing Women in Canada
Must Feminists Identify as Secular Citizens? Lessons From Ontario
Must feminists identify as secular citizens? Conceptualizing citizenship as secular is a recent phenomenon. There is no reason to advert to the secularism of liberal citizens because distinguishing secularism from religion and affirming secularism are two defining features of liberal states. However, the revitalization of religion in the public sphere portends a postsecular state in which some citizens will opt to participate as religious adheren…
Contextualism, Feminism, and a Canadian Woman Judge
Section 28 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Concerned about substantive equality and intersectionality, a feminist legal scholar recently cautioned against calling on section 28 to help reinvigorate section 15 analysis. This article examines her concerns about section 28 by posing three questions: Why was section 28 added to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms? What are the traditional features of section 28 analysis? And, what does a purposive interpretation of section 28 reveal? …
Section 28 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
Concerned about substantive equality and intersectionality, a feminist legal scholar recently cautioned against calling on section 28 to help reinvigorate section 15 analysis. This article examines her concerns about section 28 by posing three questions: Why was section 28 added to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms? What are the traditional features of section 28 analysis? And, what does a purposive interpretation of section 28 reveal? …
Must Feminists Identify as Secular Citizens? Lessons From Ontario
Must feminists identify as secular citizens? Conceptualizing citizenship as secular is a recent phenomenon. There is no reason to advert to the secularism of liberal citizens because distinguishing secularism from religion and affirming secularism are two defining features of liberal states. However, the revitalization of religion in the public sphere portends a postsecular state in which some citizens will opt to participate as religious adheren…
Contextualism, Feminism, and a Canadian Woman Judge
Comparing Women in Canada
Feminist Constitutionalism in Canada
This chapter examines the Canadian Constitution through feminist lenses. It proposes a feminist framework to evaluate constitutional law. Feminist constitutionalism aims to promote women’s agency and to protect their rights fully. Feminist constitutionalism examines women’s agency in constitutional law. It also examines critically the interpretation of traditional rights, the impact of constitutionally structured diversity, and the approach to eq…
Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Gender Studies (3 works) · Human rights (3 works) · Multicultural Socio-Legal Studies (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Feminism (2 works) · Judicial and Constitutional Studies (2 works) · Law (2 works)