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Are legislatures able to form and act on intentions? The question matters because the interpretation of statutes is often thought to centre on the intention of the legislature and because the way in which the legislature acts is relevant to the authority it does or should enjoy. Many scholars argue that legislative intent is a fiction: the legislative assembly is a large, diverse group rather than a single person and it seems a mystery how the intentions of the individuallegislators might somehow add up to a coherent group intention.This book argues that in enacting a statute the well-formed l

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Depuis les élections fédérales de 2004, trois gouvernements minoritaires se sont succédé au Parlement du Canada. En 2007, l’Assemblée nationale du Québec s’est également retrouvée, pour la deuxième fois de son histoire seulement, en situation minoritaire. Ces gouvernements ont-ils été aussi efficaces que les gouvernements majoritaires qui les ont précédés ? À l’aide de huit indicateurs quantitatifs, tels que le taux de réussite des projets de loi émanant du gouvernement ou la proportion de lois adoptées provenant de l’opposition, Pier-Luc Migneault compare l’efficacité législative des gouvernements minoritaires à celle des gouvernements majoritaires. Il en profite pour exposer les concepts et modèles généraux des législatures minoritaires et en dresser l’historique. Il aborde enfin l’attitude des politiciens à l’égard de ces législatures, questionnant au passage le modèle monopartisan qui prédomine au Canada, contrairement aux autres pays où des gouvernements de coalition sont formés en cas de configuration minoritaire. Tout acteur de la scène politique, de même que tout observateur de celle-ci, qu’il soit journaliste, étudiant, enseignant ou simple citoyen, sera intéressé par cet ouvrage qui comble un vide dans la littérature de langue française.

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Although the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is twenty years old, little is known about how it affects those who wield power, what influence it has on legislative decisions, or to what extent the government believes it should be constrained by Charter concerns. For most laws Parliament has the final word on how social policy is balanced against protected rights. Thus the extent to which legislation is sensitive towards rights depends on how those who develop, propose, and assess policy view the Charter. How influential are governmental legal advisors? How risk averse or risk tolerant are government ministers when pursuing legislative goals that may result in Charter challenges? How capable is Parliament in requiring government to justify and explain legislative choices that may impair rights? In Charter Conflicts Janet Hiebert examines these questions while analyzing the Charter's influence on controversial legislative decisions such as social benefits for lesbians and gay men, the regulation of tobacco advertising, the rules of evidence for sexual assault trials, the use of DNA for law enforcement purposes, and the rules for police searches of private residences. She questions the broadly held assumption that only courts are capable of respecting rights, arguing that Parliament shares responsibility with the judiciary for resolving Charter conflicts. She views the Charter's significance less in terms of the judiciary overruling Parliament than in the incentives and pressures it provides for public and political officials to satisfy themselves that legislation is consistent with protected rights.

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European law --- Legislative power --- Law --- Pouvoir législatif --- Droit --- Legislation --- -Legislative power --- -Power, Legislative --- Constitutional law --- Implied powers (Constitutional law) --- Judicial review --- Legislative bodies --- Separation of powers --- State governments --- Legislative process --- -Legislation --- Pouvoir législatif