Friends of the Court

The Privileging of Interest Group Litigants in Canada

von Ian Brodie

183 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Studies interest group litigation in Canada.In the first book-length study of interest group litigation in Canada, Friends of the Court traces the Canadian Supreme Court's ever-changing relationship with interest groups since the 1970s. After explaining how the Court was pressured to welcome more interest groups in the late 1980s, Brodie introduces a new theory of political status describing how the Court privileges certain groups over others. By uncovering the role of the state in encouraging and facilitating litigation, this book challenges the idea that interest group litigation in Canada is a grassroots phenomenon.

• Reihe: SUNY Press
• ISBN: 9780791453001
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 28.03.2002
• Größe: 229 x 153 mm
• Verlag: State University of New York Press