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| Preface | |
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| Map: Parliamentary Representation by Province | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Canada's Regime Principles | |
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| Political Regimes | |
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| Equality | |
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| Liberty | |
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| The Canadian Regime | |
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| The Constitution | |
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| Constitutions and Their Functions | |
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| Constitutional Forms | |
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| The Canadian Constitution | |
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| Amending Canada's Constitution | |
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| Judicial Review of the Constitution | |
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| Constitutional Politics Since 1982 | |
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| Basic Principles of the Canadian Constitution | |
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| Responsible Government | |
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| The Emergence of Responsible Government | |
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| The Conventions of Responsible Government | |
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| Responsible Government as "Cabinet Government" | |
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| Forming a Government | |
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| Majority and Minority Government | |
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| Institutional Implications of Responsible Government | |
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| Responsible Government and Separation of Powers Compared | |
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| Federalism | |
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| What is Federalism? | |
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| Why a Federal Union? | |
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| The Original Design of the Federal Union | |
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| The Historical Development of Federalism in Canada | |
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| Financing Government and Federal-Provincial Relations | |
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| The Challenge of Canadian Federalism | |
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| Current Controversies: The Pressure to Decentralize | |
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| The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms | |
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| What is a Charter of Rights? | |
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| How the Charter Works: Hunter v. Southam | |
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| Remedies | |
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| The Adoption of the Charter | |
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| Opposition to the Charter | |
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| The Notwithstanding Clause | |
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| Section 1 | |
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| The Political Impact of the Charter | |
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| Institutions | |
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| The Crown and its Servants | |
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| The Crown | |
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| The Governor General | |
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| The Functions of the Governor General | |
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| The Cabinet | |
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| The Cabinet Committee System | |
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| The Prime Minister | |
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| Prime Ministerial Government? | |
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| The Civil Service | |
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| Parliament | |
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| The Role of Parliament | |
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| The Parliamentary Calendar | |
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| The House of Commons: Membership and Officers | |
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| The Business of the House of Commons | |
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| The Rules of Procedure of the House of Commons | |
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| The Backbencher | |
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| House of Commons Reform | |
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| The Senate | |
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| Senate Reform | |
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| The Judiciary | |
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| The Role of the Judiciary | |
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| The Fundamental Principles of the Canadian Judiciary | |
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| Canada's Courts | |
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| The Supreme Court of Canada | |
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| The Politics of Judicial Appointments | |
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| The "Court Party" Thesis | |
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| Participation | |
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| Elections | |
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| Elections and Representation | |
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| Canada's Electoral System | |
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| The Effects of SMP | |
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| Proportional Representation | |
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| Single Transferable Vote | |
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| Voting in Canada | |
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| Political Parties | |
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| Political Parties in the Canadian Regime | |
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| The Five Functions of Political Parties | |
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| Parties and Ideology | |
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| Canada's Major Parties | |
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| The Canadian Party System | |
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| The Organization of Political Parties | |
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| Financing Political Parties | |
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| Party Government and Party Politics | |
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| Interest Groups, Public Opinion, and Democratic Citizenship | |
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| Forms of Political Participation | |
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| Interest Groups | |
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| Women in Politics | |
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| Public Opinion | |
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| The Media | |
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| The Question of Public Opinion Polls | |
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| Civic Education and Democratic Citizenship | |
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| Appendix: The Constitution Acts 1867 and 1982 | |
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| Index | |