Constitutional theory 434 H1S

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by  Choudhry, Sujit

CONSTITUTIONAL THEORY 434 HIS
PART II
2003-2004
Spring Semester
Professor Sujit Choudhry
Faculty of Law
Toronto
University of

CONSTITUTIONAL THEORY 434 HIS
PART H
2003-2004
Spring Semester
Professor Sujit Choudhry
Faculty of Law
University of Toronto
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CONSTITUTIONAL THEORY 434HIS
Prof. Choudhry
2003-2004
Spring Semester
TABLE OF CONTENTS
PARI II
The Quebec Secession Reference
M. Graber, “The Nonmajoritarian Difficulty: Legislative Deference to the Judiciary”
(1993) 7 Studies in Am. Pol. Devel. 35.1
L.G. Sager, “Fair Measure: The Legal Status of Underenforced
Constitutional Norms” (1978) 91 Harv. L. Rev. 1212.40
Reference re Secession of Quebec, [1998] 2 S.C.R. 217.67
An Act to give effect to the requirement for clarity as set out in the
opinion of the Supreme Court of Canada in the Quebec Secession
Reference,S.C. 2000, c. 26 [Clarity Act].112
An Act respecting the exercise of the fundamental rights and prerogatives
of the Quebec people and the Quebec State, S.Q. 2000, c. 46 [Bill 99]...116
Rules vs. Standards
F. Schauer, Playing by the Rules: A Philosophical Examination of
Rule-Based Decision-Making in Law and Life
(Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991), chs. 2, 5, 7.......122
Rodriguez v. British Columbia (Attorney General), [1993] 3 S.C.R. 519.. 168
Constitutional Precommitment and Secession
C. Sunstein, “Constitutionalism and Secession”
(1991) 58 U. Chi. L. Rev. 633............ ...176
D. Weinstock, “Constitutionalizing the Right to Secede”
(2001)9 J. Pol. Phil. 182............195
C. Sunstein, “Should Constitutions Protect the Right to Secede?
A Reply to Weinstock” (2001) 9 J. Pol. Phil. 350.......206
Reference re Secession of Quebec, supra...67
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Courts and Constitutional Crises: Revolutionary Legality
Madzimbamuto v. Lardrier-Burke, [1969] 1 A.C. 645 (P.C.)...209
R.W.M. Dias, “Legal Politics: Norms behind the Grundnorm”
[1968] Cambridge L.J. 233.......260
J. Eekelaar, “Rhodesia: The Abdication of Constitutionalism"
(1969) 32 Modem L. Rev. 34.....274
F.M. Brookfield, “The Courts, Kelsen, and the Rhodesian Revolution”
(1969) 19 U.T.L.J. 326......283
J. Finnis, “Revolutions and Continuity of Law” in A.W.B. Simpson, ed.,
Oxford Essays in Jurisprudence: Second Series
(Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1973) 64.....297
Patrick J. Monahan, Cooler Heads Shall Prevail
(Toronto: C.D. Howe Institute, 1995)...314
M.D. Walters, “Nationalism and the Pathology of Legal Systems:
Considering the Quebec Secession Reference and its Lessons for the
United Kingdom” (1999) 62 Modem L. Rev. 371. 350