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Calling power to account : law, reparations, and the Chinese Canadian head tax case

Calling Power to Account suggests that our legal systems can hope to play a part in responding to their own legacy of past injustice only when they recognize the full array of issues posed by the Head Tax Case.
Print Book, English, 2005
Univ. of Toronto Press, Toronto, 2005
XV, 471 Seiten
9780802038081, 9780802038722, 0802038085, 0802038727
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Preface and Acknowledgments Contributors Context and HistoryMack v. Attorney General of Canada: Equality, History, and Reparation David Dyzenhaus and Mayo MoranLitigating Injustice Avvy GoLegal Discrimination against the Chinese in Canada: The Historical Framework Constance BackhouseCan We Do Wrong to Strangers? Audrey MacklinThe Head Tax Case and the Rule of Law: The Historical Thread of Judicial Resistance to 'Legalized' Discrimination John McLarenLimits on Institutional Capacity to Address InjusticeThe Limits of Constitutionalism: Requiring Moral Behaviour from Government Mary EbertsDelivering the Goods and the Good: Repairing Moral Wrongs Catherine LuRights and Wrongs, Institutions and Time: Species of Historic Injustice and Their Modes of Redress Jeremy WebberRedress for Unjust State Action: An Equitable Approach to the Public/Private Distinction Lorne SossinLegal Theory and Gross Statutory InjusticeGross Statutory Injustice and the Canadian Head Tax Case Julian RiversThe Juristic Force of Injustice David DyzenhausPrivate Right and Public WrongThe Timing of Injustice Lionel SmithMack v. Attorney General of Canada and the Structure of the Action in Unjust Enrichment Dennis KlimchukA Brief History of Mass Restitution Litigation in the United States Anthony J. SebokTime, Place, and Values: Mack and the Influence of the Charter on Private Law Mayo MoranAppendix I: Appellants' Factum Appendix II: Mack v. Attorney General of Canada - Judgment of the Ontario Court of Appeal Index