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1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction: The Surprising Constitution 1
4. PART 1 Surprises of Underdevelopment
5. 1 The “Supremacy of God” Clause: A Surprisingly Empty Political Theory 15
6. 2 Peaceful Assembly’s Surprising Underdevelopment: Contributing Factors and Resulting Issues 38
7. 3 A Law in Rupture: Section 28, Equal Rights, and the Constitutionality of Quebec’s Bill 21 58
8. 4 Language Rights in Canada’s Constitutional Tapestry: An Unfnished Quilt 98
9. 5 The Right to Vote: Section 3 at Forty 126
10. 6 Much Ado about Ford? Section 33 and the Laicity Act 147
11. PART 2 Unexpected Uses of Constitutional Provisions
12. 7 Freedom of Expression: The Constitutional Eclipse? 167
13. 8 The “Stif-Necked Parson” and the “Stif-Necked” State: Religious Freedom and the Protection of State Power and Authority 191
14. 9 Limits on Rights: The Myth of Balancing 215
15. PART 3 Disappointments in Women’s Equality, Fundamental Justice, and Indigenous Rights
16. 10 Women’s Charter Equality at the Supreme Court of Canada: Surprising Losses or Anticipated Failures? 235
17. 11 Wizened Stump or Living Tree? Section 7 Principles of Fundamental Justice 260
18. 12 Recognition and Afrmation of Treaty and Aboriginal Rights under Section 35: An Intrusion on Indigenous Identity, Treaties, and Lands in Canada 286
19. PART 4 Expansions in Multiculturalism, Freedom of Association, and Legislative Choice
20. 13 A Surprisingly Positive Impact: Section 27 and the Preservation of Equality within Diversity 309
21. 14 Taking a Mulligan: Freedom of Association 335
22. 15 Enduring Wisdom: The Purposive Approach to Charter Interpretation 369
23. Contributors 394
24. Index 399