The Canadian Charter of Rights is Composed of Words that describe
the foundations of a just society: equality, freedom, and
democracy. These words of justice have inspired struggles for civil
rights, self-determination, trade unionism, the right to vote, and
social welfare. Why is it, then, that fifteen years after the
Charter, social injustice, remains pervasive in Canada?
Joel Bakan explains why the Charter has failed to promote social
justice, and why it may even impede it. He argues that the
Charter's fine-sounding words of justice are just words. The
principles of equality, freedom, and democracy are interpreted and
implemented by a fundamentally conservative institution -- the
legal system -- and within social and economic conditions that
systematically frustrate their full realization.
Sophisticated in its analyses but clearly written and accessible
to all, Just Words is cutting edge commentary by one of Canada's
rising intellectuals.
'(Just Words) is a critical, compelling, and realistic
assessment of our constitutional order, and will be essential
reading for those interested in the past and future of
constitutional theory in Canada' -- Patrick Macklem, Faculty of
Law, University of Toronto
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