Acknowledgments Introduction Stephen L. Newman 1. Can the Canadians be a Sovereign People? The Question Re-visited Peter H. Russell 2. Constitutional Interpretation from Two Perspectives: Canada and the United States Sheldon D. Pollack 3. Constitutional Rights Jurisprudence in Canada and the United States: Significant Convergence or Enduring Divergence? Ran Hirschl 4. The Civil Rights Movement Comes to Winnipeg: American Influence on "Rights Talk" in Canada, 1968-71 Rob Vipond 5. The Politics of Comparative Constitutional Law: Implications for Theories of Justice Ronalda Murphy 6. "I Know It When I See It": Pornography and Constitutional Vision in Canada and the United States Samuel V. LaSelva 7. American and Canadian Perspectives on Hate Speech and the Limits of Free Expression Stephen L. Newman 8. Affirmative Action as a Way to Overcome Disadvantage: Inspiration from Canadian Law Sandra Clancy 9. Do the "Haves" Still Come Out Ahead in Canada? Ian Brodie and F. L. Morton 10. For the Love of Justice? Judicial Review in Canada and the United States Raymond Bazowski 11. Constitutional Amendment in Canada and the United States Ian Greene Contributors Index
Stephen L. Newman is Associate Professor of Political Science at York University. He is the author of Liberalism at Wits' End: The Libertarian Revolt Against the Modern State.
"Canadian and American scholars of constitutionalism rarely look across their respective borders to consider the extent to which there are shared constitutional assumptions. This book reinforces the idea that we should understand our constitutions through comparative insights."
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