Friends of the Court

Friends of the Court
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Publisher : State University of New York Press
Total Pages : 183
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ISBN-10 : 9780791488966
ISBN-13 : 0791488969
Rating : 4/5 (969 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Friends of the Court by : Ian Brodie

Download or read book Friends of the Court written by Ian Brodie and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.


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