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Genre/Form: | Electronic books |
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Additional Physical Format: | Print version: |
Material Type: | Document, Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Dominique Clément |
ISBN: | 0155074148 9780155074149 0774827491 9780774827492 0774827521 9780774827522 9780774827515 0774827513 |
OCLC Number: | 883369804 |
Awards: | Winner of CLIO Prize for British Columbia, Canadian Historical Association 2015 (Canada) Commended for CLSA Book Award, Canadian Law and Society Association 2015 (Canada) Short-listed for Donald Smiley Prize, Canadian Political Science Association 2015 (Canada) Short-listed for Canada Prize in the Social Sciences, Federation for the Social Sciences and Humanities 2016 (Canada) |
Description: | 1 online resource (333). |
Contents: | ForewordPrefaceAdditional ResourcesIntroduction1 Sex Discrimination in Canadian Law2 "No Jews or Dogs Allowed": Anti-Discrimination Law3 Gender and Canada's Human Rights State4 Women and Anti-Discrimination Law in British Columbia, 1953-695 Jack Sherlock and the Failed Human Rights Act, 1969-736 Kathleen Ruff and the Human Rights Code, 1973-797 Struggling to Innovate, 1979-838 Making New Law under the Human Rights Code9 The Politics of (Undermining) Human Rights: The Human Rights Act, 1983-84ConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex |
Series Title: | Law and society series |
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Publisher Synopsis
Dominique Clement's book is timely. The purpose and value of human rights are being challenged in the press and even in parliament. If we are to avoid an extended era of human rights retrenchment, it is important to learn what has been accomplished and how human rights codes and commissions have affected our lives. -- James W. St. G. Walker is a professor in the Department of History at the University of Waterloo Dominique Clement has written a balanced account of the importance of human rights codes in promoting ideals of fairness and tolerance in Canada, and the simultaneous failure of human rights litigation (and education) to dismantle systemic discrimination. This book will be essential reading not only for human rights scholars but also for all those interested in equity and the promotion of social justice. -- Lori Chambers is a professor in the Department of Women's Studies at Lakehead University Equality Deferred is engaging and well researched ... Throughout, Clement challenges readers to recognize the victories of the human rights state while at the same time acknowledging its inability to address systemic discrimination ... [This] is an important contribution to the history of human rights; but, just as significantly, it reminds us of the contemporary opportunities and limits of a human rights state in achieving gender justice. -- Lisa Pasolli, Trent University * BC Studies * Read more...

