Preface to the First Edition
Preface to the Revised Edition
Part One: What is Judicial Activism?
Chapter One: The Supreme Court on Trial
Chapter Two: The Endless American Debate
Chapter Three: Judicial Activism before the Charter
Chapter Four: The Charter’s Influential Response to Judicial Activism
Chapter Five: An American Debate Comes to Canada
Chapter Six: Four Dimensions of Judicial Activism
Part Two: The Extent of Judicial Activism
Chapter Seven: The Constrained Creativity of Judicial Law Making
Chapter Eight: The Limits of Public Law Adjudication
Chapter Nine: Judicial Acceptance of Limits on Rights
Chapter Ten: Dialogue between Courts and Legislatures
Part Three: Beyond Judicial Activism
Chapter Eleven: The Myths of Judicial Activism
Chapter Twelve: The Myths of Right Answers
Chapter Thirteen: Democratic Dialogue in Theory
Chapter Fourteen: Democratic Dialogue in Practice
Chapter Fifteen: Judicial Activism and Democratic Dialogue
Chapter Sixteen: Dialogue in Practice: 2001–2016
Chapter Seventeen: Dialogue in Theory: A Response to Critics
Acknowledgements
Notes
Index