Introduction: Constitution and Codification / Leonid Sirota and Richard Albert -- Oui, Quebec Needs a Written Constitution / Daniel Turp -- Legal Roadblocks to Proposals for a Quebec Constitution / Maxime St-Hilaire and Patrick F. Baud -- Formal Constitutions of the Federating and Federated States of Canada / Patrick Taillon and Hubert Cauchon -- A Codified Quebec Constitution : A Vain Pursuit or the Making of a Sovereign People? / Nelson Wiseman -- Interculturalism and the Plea for an Informal Constitution : Responding to the Challenge of Polyethnicity in Quebec / Alain-G. Gagnon and Arjun Tremblay -- Constitutive Power and the Nation(s) of Quebec / Mark Walters -- Why Alberta Needs a Constitution / F.L. Morton-- Political Functions and Limitations of Contemporary State Constitutions in the United States / Jonathan L. Marshfield -- The Brazilian Experience with Subnational Constitutions : What Went Wrong? / Debora Costa Ferreira and Juliano Zaiden Benvindo -- Constitutionalization a l'Ecosse : Subnational Constitutionalism as Constitutional Reconciliation / Erin F. Delaney -- Should Quebec Adopt a Written Constitution? : A (But Not The) Conclusion / Hoi L. Kong.
Summary:
"No province in Canada has codified a written constitution, and whether Quebec should be the first remains a controversial question. A Written Constitution for Quebec? enters into the debate, drawing a roadmap through the legal, political, and constitutional terrain of the issue. Leading scholars each take their own position in the debate, examining the issue from various sides and exploring the forms and limits of a codified Quebec constitution by asking whether Quebec should adopt a written constitution, how the province might go about adopting it, and what such a document might achieve. Along with a comprehensive introduction to constitutional codification and how it relates to Quebec, the book opens with a proposal for a written constitution, with the following analyses expressing a diversity of views on the feasibility and desirability of a written constitution for the province. An array of perspectives--from Indigenous inclusion and reconciliation, interculturalism and democratic constitutionalism, and insights from other federal and plurinational states--are included in this wide-ranging volume. Taking a doctrinal, historical, theoretical, and comparative approach, A Written Constitution for Quebec? extensively addresses Quebec's constitutional future in Canada."-- Provided by publisher.
Series:
Democracy, diversity, and citizen engagement series ; 9
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