Making Equality Rights Real Securing Substantive Equality under the Charter

Preliminary Sections

• Preliminary sections
• Acknowledgments
• Appendix A
• Appendix B
• Contributors
• Index
• Foreword

Introductory Materials

• Preface
• In Pursuit of Substantive Equality

What Does Equality Mean?

• The Wrongs of Unequal Treatment
• Equality, Comparison, Discrimination, Status
• Answering the Siren Call of Abstract Formalism with the Subjects and Verbs of Domination
• Discrimination and Dignity
• Law v. Meiorin: Exploring the Governmental Responsibility to Promote Equality under Section 15 of the Charter

Equality Claims in Context

• Women Are Themselves to Blame: Choice as a Justification for Unequal Treatment
• The Law Test for Discrimination and Gendered Disability Inequality
• Equality Rights and the Charter: Reconceptualizing State Accountability for Ending Domestic Violence
• Women's Poverty is an Equality Violation
• The Supreme Court, the Law Decision, and Social Programs: The Substantive Equality Deficit

Shifting and Blending Paradigms

• Postcards from O'Malley: Reinvigorating Statutory Human Rights Jurisprudence in the Age of the Charter
• Formulaic Comparisons: Stopping the Charter at the Statutory Human Rights Gate
• International Law as a Strategic Tool for Equality Rights Litigation: A Cautionary Tale