Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables and Figures vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. Introduction: Constitution and Codification 3
6. Framing the Debate
7. Oui, Quebec Needs a Written Constitution 29
8. Legal Roadblocks to Proposals for a Quebec Constitution 59
9. Formal Constitutions of the Federating and Federated States of Canada 88
10. Purposes and Prospects
11. A Codified Quebec Constitution: A Vain Pursuit or the Making of a Sovereign People? 115
12. Interculturalism and the Plea for an Informal Constitution: Responding to the Challenge of Polyethnicity in Quebec 137
13. Constitutive Power and the Nation(s) of Quebec 162
14. Why Alberta Needs a Constitution 188
15. Insights from Abroad
16. Political Functions and Limitations of Contemporary State Constitutions in the United States 223
17. The Brazilian Experience with Subnational Constitutions: What Went Wrong? 252
18. Constitutionalization à l’Écosse: Subnational Constitutionalism as Constitutional Reconciliation 283
19. Should Quebec Adopt a Written Constitution? A (But Not The) Conclusion 307
20. Contributors 325
21. Index 329