The political and legal uses of reference cases by the Mackenzie King government, 1935-1940

This thesis provides an examination of both the political and legal uses of reference cases to the Supreme Court of Canada by the Mackenzie King government. Attention is devoted to the five-year-period, 1935-1940, in which the King administration submitted several politically motivated references to...

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Main Author: Hart, John Frederic Vincent
Language:English
Published: University of British Columbia 2011
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/2429/30645