Chapter 1 - Historical context

Index

• A. The Pre-1982 Canadian Constitution
• B. Rights Protection through Common Law and Statutory Interpretation
• C. The Constitution Act, 1867 and the Protection of Fundamental Rights
• D. The Constitution Act, 1867 and Protection against Discrimination
• E. International Human Rights Charters
• F. Human Rights Codes
• G. The Canadian Bill of Rights, 1960
• H. The Drafting of the Charter
• I. The Secession Reference and the Unwritten Structural Principles of the Constitution
• J. Use of Unwritten Constitutional Principles in Subsequent Litigation