Interest Group Litigation and the Embedded State

Canada's Court Challenges Program

Datos Bibliográficos

ID6237607
AutoresIan Brodie (0000-0002-5404-0126, Western University, autor de correspondencia)
Año2001
Volumen34
Número2
Páginas357-376
Fecha de publicación2001-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCanadian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0008-4239 • E-ISSN: 1744-9324
EditorialCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s0008423901777931
OpenAlexW2020715686
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas11

Interest group litigation is often seen as pitting social interests against the state. This view matches a wider perspective that judicial review is a battle between state and social actors. Recently, neo-institutionalist and postpluralists have led political scientists to question the assumptions that underlie these traditional views of judicial review and interest group litigation. If the state is an active patron of interest group litigation then the way we see interest group litigation and judicial review must change. This article traces the history of the Court Challenges Program of Canada and concludes that the Program's evolution challenges the traditional views of judicial review and interest group litigation. It shows an embedded state at war with itself in court

Battle · Interest group · Judicial review · Law and economics · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Special Interest Group · State (computer science · European and International Law Studies · Law