Seven Absolute Rights
Recovering the Historical Foundations of Canada's Rule of Law
Redeeming the forgotten history of our rule of law and its categorical limits on executive power.
La description
Seven Absolute Rights surveys the historical foundations of Canada’s rule of law and the ways they reinforce the Constitution. Ryan Alford provides a gripping narrative of constitutional history, beginning with the medieval and early modern context of Magna Carta, the Petition of Right, and the constitutional settlement of the Glorious Revolution. His reconstruction ends with a detailed examination of two pre-Confederation crises: the rebellions of 1837–38 and the riots of 1849, which provide the missing constitutionalist context to the framing of the British North America Act.
Reviews
"This is unlike any earlier work on Canadian law that I've come across. Strikingly novel in its approach, enormously informative, and immensely learned, Seven Absolute Rights is an impressive accomplishment that brings a valuable new perspective to studies of constitutionalism and the rule of law. " Robert Diab, Thompson Rivers University