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In this timely book, edited from a manuscript left unfinished at his death, one of Canada's leading constitutional scholars presents his prescription for constitutional change. The book diagnoses the failure of Canada's present constitution, both in dealing with the country's distinctive characteristics-regional identity and regional disparity-and in providing for effective national economic management. Drawing upon comparisons with other federal constitutions and with the European Economic Community, it proposes a new constitutional charter which would shift important responsibilities to the provinces while strengthening the economic powers of the central government. Specific recommendations are set out for a provincial residuary power, restructured taxing and spending powers, and a Canadian Equalization Council-the last a unique redistributive mechanism designed to ensure that residents of every province have access to adequate government services. Throughout, the plan pays close attention to the need to formulate constitutional provisions in a way which protects them against distortion by subsequent interpretation. At a time when the need for solutions to Canada's constitutional problems has never been more pressing, Albert Abel's is a particularly valuable individual contribution to the Canadian constitutional debate.
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• Changes that alter or revoke a will
• Revocation by law
• Reviving a revoked will
• Admission of extrinsic evidence
• Rectification
• Failed gifts : beneficiary issues
• Ademption by conversion
• Legal discrimination against children born outside marriage.

• Illustrations Tables Acknowledgements Introduction
• Chapter 1: Setting the Stage: The Context of Modern Treaty Negotiations in Canada
• Chapter 2: The Odyssey of the Innu and the Inuit in Labrador
• Chapter 3: The Kwanlin Dun First Nation and the Kaska Nations in the Yukon Territory
• Chapter 4: Where Do We Go From Here? Options and Alternatives Conclusion Postscript Bibliography.
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This book provides the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of the factors that explain both completed and incomplete treaty negotiations between Aboriginal groups and the federal, provincial, and territorial governments of Canada. Since 1973, groups that have never signed treaties with the Crown have been invited to negotiate what the government calls "comprehensive land claims agreements, " otherwise known as modern treaties, which formally transfer jurisdiction, ownership, and title over selected lands to Aboriginal signatories. Despite their importance, not all groups have completed such agreements - a situation that is problematic not only for governments but for Aboriginal groups interested in rebuilding their communities and economies. Using in-depth interviews with Indigenous, federal, provincial, and territorial officials, Christopher Alcantara compares the experiences of four Aboriginal groups: the Kwanlin Dun First Nation (with a completed treaty) and the Kaska Nations (with incomplete negotiations) in Yukon Territory, and the Inuit (completed) and Innu (incomplete) in Newfoundland and Labrador. Based on the experiences of these groups, Alcantara argues that scholars and policymakers need to pay greater attention to the institutional framework governing treaty negotiations and, most importantly, to the active role that Aboriginal groups play in these processes.
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• Illustrations Tables Acknowledgements Introduction
• Chapter 1: Setting the Stage: The Context of Modern Treaty Negotiations in Canada
• Chapter 2: The Odyssey of the Innu and the Inuit in Labrador
• Chapter 3: The Kwanlin Dun First Nation and the Kaska Nations in the Yukon Territory
• Chapter 4: Where Do We Go From Here? Options and Alternatives Conclusion Postscript Bibliography.
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This book provides the first systematic and comprehensive analysis of the factors that explain both completed and incomplete treaty negotiations between Aboriginal groups and the federal, provincial, and territorial governments of Canada. Since 1973, groups that have never signed treaties with the Crown have been invited to negotiate what the government calls "comprehensive land claims agreements, " otherwise known as modern treaties, which formally transfer jurisdiction, ownership, and title over selected lands to Aboriginal signatories. Despite their importance, not all groups have completed such agreements - a situation that is problematic not only for governments but for Aboriginal groups interested in rebuilding their communities and economies. Using in-depth interviews with Indigenous, federal, provincial, and territorial officials, Christopher Alcantara compares the experiences of four Aboriginal groups: the Kwanlin Dun First Nation (with a completed treaty) and the Kaska Nations (with incomplete negotiations) in Yukon Territory, and the Inuit (completed) and Innu (incomplete) in Newfoundland and Labrador. Based on the experiences of these groups, Alcantara argues that scholars and policymakers need to pay greater attention to the institutional framework governing treaty negotiations and, most importantly, to the active role that Aboriginal groups play in these processes.
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• Introduction: Finding the content and meaning of the Canadian rule of law in its history
• The courts, the academy, and the future of the rule of law in the twenty-first century
• Contemporary British approaches to unwritten constitutional principles
• The middle ages and the first constitutional statutes : royal authority, law, and process
• Stuart theories of extraordinary prerogative and legal impunity rejected
• The "seal of the constitution" : the glorious revolution and the modern rule of law
• The history of constitutionalism in North America and the Canadian Settlement of 1849
• Confederation and beyond : rule of law from universal good to chimera
• Epilogue: The meaning of constitutional history for judges, lawyers, and students

For 150 years, Canada's constitutional order has been both flexible and durable, ensuring peace, order, and good government while protecting the absolute rights at the core of the rule of law. In this era of transnational terrorism and proliferating emergency powers, it is essential to revisit how and why our constitutional order developed particular limits on the government's powers, which remain in force despite war, rebellion, and insurrection. Seven Absolute Rights surveys the historical foundations of Canada's rule of law and the ways they reinforce the Constitution. Ryan Alford provides a gripping narrative of constitutional history, beginning with the medieval and early modern context of Magna Carta, the Petition of Right, and the constitutional settlement of the Glorious Revolution. His reconstruction ends with a detailed examination of two pre-Confederation crises: the rebellions of 1837-38 and the riots of 1849, which, as he demonstrates, provide the missing constitutionalist context to the framing of the British North America Act. Through this accessible exploration of key events and legal precedents, Alford offers a distinct perspective on the substantive principles of the rule of law embedded in Canada's Constitution. In bringing constitutional history to life, Seven Absolute Rights reveals the history and meaning of these long-forgotten protections and shows why they remain fundamental to our freedom in the twenty-first century.
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• Introduction: Finding the content and meaning of the Canadian rule of law in its history
• The courts, the academy, and the future of the rule of law in the twenty-first century
• Contemporary British approaches to unwritten constitutional principles
• The middle ages and the first constitutional statutes : royal authority, law, and process
• Stuart theories of extraordinary prerogative and legal impunity rejected
• The "seal of the constitution" : the glorious revolution and the modern rule of law
• The history of constitutionalism in North America and the Canadian Settlement of 1849
• Confederation and beyond : rule of law from universal good to chimera
• Epilogue: The meaning of constitutional history for judges, lawyers, and students.

For 150 years, Canada's constitutional order has been both flexible and durable, ensuring peace, order, and good government while protecting the absolute rights at the core of the rule of law. In this era of transnational terrorism and proliferating emergency powers, it is essential to revisit how and why our constitutional order developed particular limits on the government's powers, which remain in force despite war, rebellion, and insurrection. Seven Absolute Rights surveys the historical foundations of Canada's rule of law and the ways they reinforce the Constitution. Ryan Alford provides a gripping narrative of constitutional history, beginning with the medieval and early modern context of Magna Carta, the Petition of Right, and the constitutional settlement of the Glorious Revolution. His reconstruction ends with a detailed examination of two pre-Confederation crises: the rebellions of 1837-38 and the riots of 1849, which, as he demonstrates, provide the missing constitutionalist context to the framing of the British North America Act. Through this accessible exploration of key events and legal precedents, Alford offers a distinct perspective on the substantive principles of the rule of law embedded in Canada's Constitution. In bringing constitutional history to life, Seven Absolute Rights reveals the history and meaning of these long-forgotten protections and shows why they remain fundamental to our freedom in the twenty-first century.
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