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Canadian Human Rights Law & Commentary, 3rd Edition

Now in its third edition, this book gives the reader unique insight into Canadian human rights law and its interplay with the country's international human rights commitments.
by Stanley M. Corbett (Author) , Geraldine Sadoway (Author)
Publisher: LexisNexis Canada
Publication Language: English
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Softcover | 320 pages

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Published: November 10, 2016
ISBN/ISSN: 9780433491217
Publisher: LexisNexis Canada

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"It is only when the international instruments and the domestic laws are compared that the gulf separating the domestic legal vocabulary from the international commitments becomes apparent."(From the Introduction)

Now in its third edition, this book gives the reader unique insight into Canadian human rights law and its interplay with the country's international human rights commitments. Specifically, the book focuses on the disparity between the rich human rights vocabulary of Canada's commitments under international law, and the much more limited use of the phrase "human rights" in domestic law. Canadian Human Rights Law & Commentary gives a balanced legal, philosophical and practical perspective which is rare to find in a book dealing with this subject matter; moreover, this balanced perspective enables the reader to better understand this area of law.

Book Features

  • Contains, in one single volume, all of the core human rights treaties to which Canada is a party, as well as selections from the relevant Canadian legislation
  • Includes the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, and the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
  • Contains the Optional Protocols to the core human rights treaties to which Canada is a party

New in This Edition

  • Updated and expanded commentary reflects latest developments in the field of Canadian human rights law
  • Discussion Questions for classroom use
  • NEW extracts of human rights treaties and Canadian human rights documents relevant to commentary

Who Should Read This Book

  • Human rights lawyers – to help explain the law to clients. With this book, there is no need to do exhaustive research; all relevant treaties and legislation are available at one's finger tips
  • General practitioners – use as a handy reference for better understanding of this area of law
  • Government policy advisors and counsel – refer to the book to ensure government policies are not in breach of human rights law. As well, they need to understand Canada's commitments to international human rights law in order to formulate foreign policies
  • International human rights organizations in Canada – to monitor Canada's commitments to international human rights
 

Featured Authors

Stanley M. Corbett
Geraldine Sadoway

Stanley M. Corbett

The late Stanley M. Corbett, Ph.D., LL.B. was the Associate Dean, Academic and Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Law at Queen's University, where he taught courses in Public, Constitutional, International, Administrative and Human Rights Law. Prior to joining the Faculty of Law at Queen's, he taught philosophy for almost 20 years, including 12 years at Acadia University in Nova Scotia, before attending law school. He graduated from the Faculty of Law, Queen's University in 1995 and has taught in the Faculty of Law, the Department of Philosophy, the School of Policy Studies, and the School of Medicine since graduating. He was also a member of the Affiliated Faculty with the Queen's Centre for Health Services and Policy Research, and is a sessional lecturer in the Faculty of Health Sciences.

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Geraldine Sadoway

Geraldine Sadoway has practised and taught immigration and refugee law in Canada since her call to the Ontario Bar in 1983. She has worked as staff lawyer and clinical law instructor at Parkdale Community Legal Services from 1997 to 2015 and is a member of the Canadian Association of Refugee Lawyers, the Centre for Refugee Studies at York University and the Association for Canadian Clinical Legal Education (ACCLE). She is a Senior Fellow of Massey College at the University of Toronto.

After completing the LLM in international law at Cambridge University in 2003, she undertook international human rights legal work on behalf of Parkdale Community Legal Services and the Canadian Council for Refugees, appearing before the UN Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights when Canada was examined by the Committee in 2006. In 2015 she developed a new clinical law course at Osgoode Hall Law School in transnational human rights law. She has published articles on the rights of refugee children, gender factors in refugee determination, Canadian citizenship law, and clinical legal education. She is currently an Adjunct Professor with Osgoode Hall Law School and Queen's University Faculty of law, teaching international law and human rights law in Canada.

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Table of contents

Table of Cases
Commentary
I. Introduction
II. The Human Rights Project
III. Recognising Human Rights
IV. The Meaning of Human Rights: Some Ongoing Debates
V. Canada's Ongoing Commitment to the International Community
VI. The Gap between International and Domestic Human Rights Language
VII. Treaties and the Constitution
VIII. Remedies for Human Rights Violations
IX. The Domestic Legal Status of Human Rights Treaties
X. An Unfinished Project

A selection of human rights materials
A. Declarations and Principles
B. Conventions
C. Canadian Laws

Study Questions
Useful References
Index
 

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