Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction Striking a Balance: The Players and Procedures of Canada’s Constitutional Amending Formula 1
5. PART ONE. The Players
6. 1. Searching for an Amending Formula: The 115-Year Journey 19
7. 2. Uncovering the Wall Surrounding the Castle of the Constitution: Judicial Interpretation of Part V of the Constitution Act, 1982 42
8. 3. The Federal Principle: Constitutional Amendment and Intergovernmental Relations 65
9. 4. Part II and Part V: Aboriginal Peoples and Constitutional Amendment 85
10. PART TWO. The Procedures
11. 5. Constitutional Amendment by Legislation 105
12. 6. U2: Unanimity versus Unilateralism in Canada’s Politics of Constitutional Amendment 126
13. 7. Understanding the Section 43 Bilateral Amending Formula 147
14. 8. The Possibilities and Limits of Provincial Constitution-Making Power: The Case of Quebec 164
15. 9. The End of Informal Constitutional Change in Canada? 185
16. PART THREE. The Issues
17. 10. DIY 101: The Constitutional Entrenchment of the Supreme Court of Canada 211
18. 11. The Uncertain Future of Senate Reform 228
19. 12. The Crown and Constitutional Amendment after the Senate Reform and Supreme Court References 248
20. 13. “The Most Radical Amendment of All”: The Power to Secede and the Secession Reference 271
21. Conclusion. The Future of Canadian Constitutional Amendment 290
22. Appendix 307
23. Selected Bibliography 313
24. Contributors 323
25. Index 325