The Supreme Court on Trial

Preliminary Sections

• Preliminary sections
• Preface to the first edition
• Preface to the revised edition

What is Judicial Activism?

• The Supreme Court on Trial
• The Endless American Debate
• Judicial Activism before the Charter
• The Charter's Influential Response to Judicial Activism
• An American Debate Comes to Canada
• Four Dimensions of Judicial Activism

The Extent of Judicial Activism

• The Constrained Creativity of Judicial Law Making
• The Limits of Public Law Adjudication
• Judicial Acceptance of Limits on Rights
• Dialogue between Courts and Legislatures

Beyond Judicial Activism

• The Myths of Judicial Activism
• The Myths of Right Answers
• Democratic Dialogue in Theory
• Democratic Dialogue in Practice
• Judicial Activism and Democratic Dialogue
• Dialogue in Practice: 2001-2016
• Dialogue in Theory: A Response to Critics
• Acknowledgements
• Notes
• Index