Chapters in this book

1. Front Matter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. The Establishment of the Court
5. Attempts 3
6. The Creation of the Supreme Court 14
7. Section 47 and the Lord Chancellor 28
8. Starting Up 38
9. The Judicial Function
10. The Judge as Adjudicator 47
11. The Judge as Law-reformer 65
12. The Early Years, 1875-1885
13. The Beginning, 1875-1879 75
14. The Court under Attack 91
15. The Appeal to the Privy Council, 1876-1879 97
16. The End of the Beginning, 1879-1880 103
17. The Court Struggles, 1880-1885 114
18. The Years After, 1885-1949
19. The Manitoba Schools Question 135
20. The Court in Disarray, 1895-1903 155
21. The Sterile Years, 1903-1911 169
22. The Sterile Years, 1911-1918 191
23. The Sterile Years, 1918-1929 207
24. “There are Statutes, and Statutes” 218
25. The Civil Law of Quebec 230
26. The Attack on the Privy Council, 1930-1939 243
27. The Wait for the End of the Appeal, 1940-1949 263
28. The Final Court of Appeal for Canada, 1950-1959
29. A New Beginning? 281
30. New Jural Conclusions 296
31. The Implied Bill of Rights 312
32. The End of the Fifties 322
33. The Court Solidified, 1960-1980
34. The Sixties 331
35. The Canadian Bill of Rights 347
36. The Seventies 369
37. The Seventies and Law Reform 380
38. Tensions within the Court 400
39. The Constitution 418
40. The Era of the Charter, 1980-1989
41. Waiting for the Charter 437
42. The Charter 449
43. The Abortion Case 461
44. Conclusion
45. Impartial Justice 477
46. Now and the Future 486
47. Appendix 495
48. Notes 499
49. Index 583