Ghosts of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council

Group Politics and Charter Litigation in Canadian Political Science

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6237396
AutoresMiriam Smith (0000-0001-9587-0129, Carleton University, autor correspondente)
Ano2002
Volume35
Fascículo1
Páginas3-29
Data de publicação2002-03-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoCanadian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 0008-4239 • E-ISSN: 1744-9324
EditoraCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s000842390277813x
OpenAlexW2141149083
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas13

This article examines the criticism of the activist Supreme Court of Canada in Canadian political science, as exemplified by the work of F. L. Morton and Rainer Knopff. It compares the debate over the legitimacy of judicial review with a previous generation's debates over the same question with reference to the role and impact of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council on the development of Canadian federalism. The article argues that, particularly in examining the role of groups in the litigation process, we need to return to the lessons of the previous debate on the JCPC by emphasizing the ways in which group politics and litigation are connected to power relations in Canadian society. In the conclusion, the article offers an alternative approach to exploring the theoretical and empirical relationships between collective actors and litigation based on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Charter · Interest group · Judicial review · Legitimacy · Political science · Politics · Supreme court · European and International Law Studies · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Political Systems and Governance