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OverviewViscount Richard Burdon Haldane was a philosopher, lawyer, British MP, and member of the British Cabinet during the First World War. He is best known to Canadians as a judge of the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council (Canada's highest court of appeal until 1949), in which role he was extremely influential in altering the constitutional relations between the federal parliament and the provincial legislatures. Chafing under the British North America Act of 1867, which provided for a strong central government, the provincial governments appealed to the Judicial Committee and were successful in gaining greater provincial legislative autonomy through the constitutional interpretations of the law lords. In Viscount Haldane, Frederick Vaughan concentrates on Haldane's role in these rulings, arguing that his jurisprudence was shaped by his formal study of German philosophy, especially that of G.W.F. Hegel. Vaughan's analysis of Haldane's legal philosophy and its impact on the Canadian constitution concludes that his Hegelian legacy is very much alive in today's Supreme Court of Canada and that it continues to shape the constitution and the lives of Canadians since the adoption of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Frederick VaughanPublisher: University of Toronto Press Imprint: University of Toronto Press Dimensions: Width: 16.10cm , Height: 2.70cm , Length: 23.60cm Weight: 0.660kg ISBN: 9781442642379ISBN 10: 1442642378 Pages: 336 Publication Date: 02 October 2010 Audience: Professional and scholarly , Professional & Vocational Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand  We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Gottingen 1974 * Home and School for the Mind * The University of Edinburgh and the Seeds of German Philosophy * The Practice of Law and the Bar of London * From the Inns of Court to the War Office. * Haldane in the School of the Master * Haldane in the Shadow of Lord Watson * Haldane and the Reign of Sittlichkeit * In the High Court of Hegel * The State and the Reign of Relativity. * The Supreme Tribunal of the Empire. * Recollections and Last Days Postscript: The Hadlane Legacy and the Modern Court BibliographyReviews'Viscount Haldane is a meticulous examination of Haldane's role in reworking Canadian federalism and of Hagel's influence on Haldane's jurisprudence... A thought-provoking biography.' -- Stephen Azzi The Historian, vol 74:03:2012 ‘Viscount Haldane is a meticulous examination of Haldane’s role in reworking Canadian federalism and of Hagel’s influence on Haldane’s jurisprudence… A thought-provoking biography.’ -- Stephen Azzi * The Historian, vol 74:03:2012 * Author InformationFrederick Vaughan is a professor emeritus in the Department of Political Science at the University of Guelph. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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