In Trudeau and the End of a Canadian Dream Guy Laforest argues that Trudeau's constitutional reforms destroyed the dualistic vision of the Canadian federation developed in Quebec throughout the twentieth century.

In Trudeau and the End of a Canadian Dream Guy Laforest argues that Trudeau's constitutional reforms destroyed the dualistic vision of the Canadian federation developed in Quebec throughout the twentieth century.

Le federalisme multinational est-il un modele d organisation politique viable ? La disparition de certaines federations multinationales comme l URSS, la Tchecoslovaquie et la Yougoslavie, de meme que la mise a mal de certaines autres experiences federales comme la Belgique et le Canada contrastent singulierement avec le succes relatif des federations mononationales comme les Etats-Unis et l Allemagne. Des lors, l experience europeenne est-elle prometteuse ?
Au-dela d un examen general de la question de l amenagement de la diversite nationale au sein des regimes federatifs, cet ouvrage se...

The Constitutions that Shaped Us re-examines from a comparative and critical standpoint the events, key players, and texts which, taken together, help to interpret all Canadian constitutions prior to Confederation. The key constitutional documents that are studied in this book are the Royal Proclamation of 1763, the Quebec Act of 1774, the Constitutional Act of 1791, and the 1840 Act of Union. Great Canadian historians of the past take turns in providing unforgettable sketches and understandings of the actions of monumental figures such as Governors Murray, Carleton, and Elgin, British...

The Constitutions that Shaped Us re-examines from a comparative and critical standpoint the events, key players, and texts which, taken together, help to interpret all Canadian constitutions prior to Confederation. The key constitutional documents that are studied in this book are the Royal Proclamation of 1763, the Quebec Act of 1774, the Constitutional Act of 1791, and the 1840 Act of Union. Great Canadian historians of the past take turns in providing unforgettable sketches and understandings of the actions of monumental figures such as Governors Murray, Carleton, and Elgin, British...

How the parliaments of minority national communities and central parliaments express identities and treat self-determination claims.

How the parliaments of minority national communities and central parliaments express identities and treat self-determination claims.