Friends of the Court
Download or Read eBook Friends of the Court PDF 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.
| Author | : Ian Brodie |
| Publisher | : State University of New York Press |
| Total Pages | : 183 |
| Release | : 2012-02-01 |
| ISBN-10 | : 9780791488966 |
| ISBN-13 | : 0791488969 |
| Rating | : 4/5 (66 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis Friends of the Court by : Ian Brodie
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.
