Developments in Constitutional Law: The 1994-95 Term

Authors

David Schneiderman, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law
Hester Lessard, University of Toronto, Faculty of Law
Bruce Ryder, Osgoode Hall Law School of York UniversityFollow
Margot Young, University of British Columbia

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

1996

Source Publication

Supreme Court Law Review, Vol. 7, pp. 81-156

Abstract

This essay explores the apparent triumph of the individual of classical liberalism in Supreme Court decision making. Our analysis examines the particular way in which this political imagery of the individual interacts with judicial assumptions about important social institutions: the family, religion, media, and the state. What is revealed is the judicial adoption of an intricate social and political map in which abstract individualism combines with, and often masks, traditional, conservative images of social order and moral choice.

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Repository Citation

Schneiderman, David et al. "Developments in Constitutional Law: The 1994-95 Term." Supreme Court Law Review. 7 (1996): 81-156.