In 2005 a Harvard conference honoured Paul Weiler, originally from Thunder Bay, Ontario, who drafted the Notwithstanding Clause of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and created the Canada Program at Harvard University. Weiler's Notwithstanding Clause saved the floundering constitutional talks that eventually rebuilt Canada upon the Charter of Rights and Freedoms. In Part One of this book, Weiler lucidly describes his very Canadian legal philosophy, spelling out his original intent in drafting the clause. Joining Harvard in 1979, he set up a Canada Program that has provided the image...
In 2005 a Harvard conference honoured Paul Weiler, originally from Thunder Bay, Ontario, who drafted the Notwithstanding Clause of the Canadian Charte...
Includes dialogues on federal systems that provide the reader with highlights of each topic. This book offers an analysis of the topic at hand in each of the featured countries. It examines the balance of diversity and unity in the following federal or federal-type countries: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Ethiopia, Germany, India and Russia.
Includes dialogues on federal systems that provide the reader with highlights of each topic. This book offers an analysis of the topic at hand in each...
Examines the balance of diversity and unity in the following federal or federal-type countries: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Ethiopia, Germany, India, Nigeria, Russia, Spain, Switzerland and the United States of America.
Examines the balance of diversity and unity in the following federal or federal-type countries: Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Ethiopia, Germany,...
In Diversity and Unity in Federal Countries, leading scholars and practitioners analyse the current political, socio-economic, spatial, and cultural diversity in the countries under consideration before delving into the role that social, historical, and political factors have had in shaping the balance of diversity and unity. The authors assess the value placed on diversity by examining whether present institutional arrangements and public policies restrict or enhance diversity and address the future challenges of balancing diversity and unity in an increasingly populated and mobile world.
In Diversity and Unity in Federal Countries, leading scholars and practitioners analyse the current political, socio-economic, spatial, and cultural d...
Booklet 9 explores the patterns of mutual interaction between political parties and federal institutions in the following twelve federal countries: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Germany, India, Malaysia, Mexico, Nigeria, Spain, South Africa, Switzerland, and the United States. Contributors examine the multi-level structures of electoral competition and the vertical linkages of state-wide party organizations in their country, as well as processes of government formation and the coordination of public policies across territorial levels via party channels.
Booklet 9 explores the patterns of mutual interaction between political parties and federal institutions in the following twelve federal countries: Au...
Centree sur les grands themes de la gouvernance federale, la collection presente des etudes de cas illustrant la diversite, les defis et les occasions qu'offre le federalisme dans divers pays.
Centree sur les grands themes de la gouvernance federale, la collection presente des etudes de cas illustrant la diversite, les defis et les occasions...
Centree sur les grands themes de la gouvernance federale, la collection presente des etudes de cas illustrant la diversite, les defis et les occasions qu'offre le federalisme dans divers pays.
Centree sur les grands themes de la gouvernance federale, la collection presente des etudes de cas illustrant la diversite, les defis et les occasions...
