Adding to the 16 Charter cases included in The Court and the Constitution, this companion volume features 31 edited Charter decisions accompanied by commentary and analysis. Discussion questions are provided for each of these landmark cases to help facilitate classroom debate and further study, and an introductory essay examines the significance of the Charter over the last quarter century, and its role in Canadian politics and law.
Dozens of additional edited cases (with introductions) are available online at www.emp.ca/sccdecisions. (A password is required. Please contact Mike Thompson at mthompson@emp.ca.)
Introductory Essay
PART ONE: The Pre-Charter Era
1. The Alberta Press Case, 1938
2. Attorney General of Canada v. Lavell and Bedard, 1974
PART TWO: Fundamental Freedoms
3. Big M Drug Mart Ltd. v. The Queen, 1985
4. Quebec v. Ford et al. (Quebec Sign Case), 1988
5. R. v. Keegstra, 1990
6. R. v. Butler, 1992
7. RJR-MacDonald Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), 1995
8. Multani v. Commission scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys 2006
PART THREE: Labour Rights
9. Alberta Labour Reference, 1987
10. Health Services and Support—FSBA v. British Columbia, 2007
PART FOUR: Democratic Rights
11. Sauvé v. Canada (Chief Electoral Officer), 2002
12. Harper v. Canada (Attorney General), 2004
PART FIVE: Legal Rights
13. Reference re B.C. Motor Vehicle Act, 1985
14. The Queen v. Oakes, 1986
15. Morgentaler v. The Queen, 1988
16. R. v. Seaboyer, 1991
17. R. v. Daviault, 1994
18. R. v. Mills, 1999
19. United States v. Burns, 2001
20. Charkaoui v. Canada (Citizenship and Immigration), 2007
PART SIX: Social and Economic Rights
21. Gosselin v. Quebec (Attorney General), 2002
22. Chaoulli v. Quebec (Attorney General), 2005
PART SEVEN: Remedies
23. R. v. Collins, 1987
24. R. v. Askov, 1990
PART EIGHT: Equality Rights
25. Andrews v. Law Society of British Columbia, 1989
26. Law v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), 1999
27. M v. H., 1999
28. Auton v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2004
29. Newfoundland (Treasury Board) v. N.A.P.E., 2004
30. Reference re Same-Sex Marriage, 2004
PART NINE: Language Rights
31. Mahe v. Alberta, 1990
Appendix: The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, 1982
