Constitutions, Courts, and History: Historical Narratives in Constitutional Adjudication

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Index 44 Liqourmart, Inc. v Rhode Island, 97 Aboriginal see Indigenous. Abortion case (France), 193 Ackerman, Bruce, 50 Adams, John (President), 301 Adarand Constructions, Inc. v Pena, 141 Adorno, Theodore, 240 Alexy, Robert, 79, 172, Amar, Akhil Reed, 178 Amnesty, 67, 158, 206, 242–243. See also AZAPO case. Andrews v Law Society of British Columbia, 138–139 Apartheid, 37–38, 73, 118–125, 158, 205, 236, 240, 245–246 Aron, Raymond, 53 Asmal, Kader, 118, Australia – Constitution (Australia Act, 1986), 70, 126, 150, Australia – High Court 14 (note 4), 45–46, 65, 70, 76, 83–84, 150, 166 (note 118), 274–276 (native title) Australia – Native Title Act (NTA), 275–276, 284, 297 (note 220) AZAPO case (Azanian Peoples’ Organization v President of South Africa), 67, 112–113, 118–122, 125, 243 Ball, Terence, 33, 78 Bandhua Mukti Morcha v Union of India, 75–76 Barber, Sotiros, 20 BC Motor Vehicle reference, 41, 82, Bakke, Regents of the University of California v, 138 Baldus study, 88, 89 Beauvoir, Simone de, 187 Bell, John, 199 344 Index Beneš, Eduard, 123 Beneš decrees, 123–125, 163 (note 69), 217 Bickel, Alexander, 1, 62 (note 173) Big M (Drug Mart Ltd.), R. v, 84, 177 Bill of Rights (1689), 111 Birnbaum, Pierre, 201 Black, Hugo (Justice), 96, 115 Blackmun, Harry (Justice), 17, 40, 69, 142–144, Blackstone, William, 36, 40, 42, 49, 50, 174 – Commentaries (on the Laws of England), 36, 40 Blais, R. v, 273 Bobbitt, Philip, 78, 87 Bork, Robert (Judge), 8 Borrows, John, 277, 283 Botany Bay, 30 Bowers v Hardwick, 17–18, 25–27 Bracton, Henry de, 40, 42, Brandeis, Louis (Justice), 89 Brandeis brief, 88–89 Brennan, Frank (Justice), 45–46, 274, 278–279 Brennan, William (Justice), 37, 40 Brown v Board of Education of Topeka I, 89, 100, 301 Burger, Warren (Chief Justice), 29 Burke, Edmund, 12, 19, 34, 40, 47, 49–53 Reflections (on the Revolution in France), 12, 19, 49–53 Burke, Peter, 30–31, 242 Burnham, Margaret, 119, 125 Cage, Nicholas, 277 Calder v A.- G. British Columbia, 273–374, 281, 283 Calder v Bull, 92 Canada – Constitution, 40–41, 147–157 (Québec secession reference), 163 (note 72), 176, 183, 203–204, 247–256, 278, 290 (note 82) – Constitution Act (1867) (formerly British North America Act), 40–41, 43, 83, 115, 143–144, 152, 156, 163 (note 73), 176, 183, 248–250, 254 – Constitution Act (1982), 37, 125–134 and 136 (s.35 and existing aboriginal rights), 269–284 (s.35(1) and reconciliation), 285–286 – constitutional conventions, 248 – Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982), 7, 37, 41, 69, 82, 83–85 (purposive interpretation ), 90, 100, 129, 138–139, 142, 150, 153, 155, 177–178, 250, 253, 269, 278, 291 (note 92), – parliamentary privilege, 248 – royal prerogative, 36, 248 Index 345 – unwritten constitutional principles, 247–256 (Québec secession reference), 291 (notes 94–95) – Charlottetown Accord (1992), 153 – Meech Lake Accord (1987), 153, 156 Canada – Supreme Court, 7, 14 (note 4), 37, 41–42, 43, 69, 82–84, 90, 94, 95, 100–101, 104 (note 18), 115–116, 127–134 (section 35(1) and existing aboriginal rights), 136, 137–147, 147–157 (Québec secession reference), 175–176, 177–178, 181, 183, 203, 247–256 (Québec secession reference), 269–284 (section 35(1) and reconciliation), 285–286 Capital punishment case (Hungary), 77, 210–211 Carcassone, Guy, 182 Cardozo, Benjamin (Justice), 43 Carolene Products, U.S. v, 139 Cartier, George-Étienne, 154–155 Casey, Planned Parenthood Pa. v, 44 Central Hudson Gas v Public Service Commission, 69 Chaplinsky v New Hampshire, 69 Chase, Samuel (Justice), 92 Civil War, U.S., 29, 183, 301–302 Clinton, Robert, 177 Constitutional interpretation, constitutional reasoning. – canons of construction, 80, 85–86 – originalism (originalist), 3–5, 8–9, 23, 47, 48, 63–65, 80–83 (Framers’ intent arguments), 87, 94, 96, 97, 98, 177–178, 179, 307 – precedent (stare decisis), 4, 12, 18, 26–28, 41–48, 69, 77, 80, 88, 97, 156, 174, 246–247, 268–269, 274–275, 282–284, 304 – purposive approach (purposive interpretation), 64, 69, 76, 80, 83–85, 120, 130, 132–134, 136, 138, 141, 177 – scientific and social science evidence, 88–90 – textualism, 4, 12, 63–64, 65–78, 80, 83–84, 102, 178–179 Constant, Benjamin, 200 Coke, Sir Edward, 40, 42, 49, 98 Continuity, 9 Chapters Four and Five. Cook, Captain, 30 Copway, George, 280 Coté, R...