The myth of the sacred the Charter, the courts and the politics of the constitution in Canada (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2002)
Includes bibliographical references
Introduction : the myth of sacred in the Canadian constitutional order - Patrick James, Donald E. Abelson, and Michael Lusztig -- - 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 -- - 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 -- - 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 -- - 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