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Of Charters and Justice: The Social Thought of F.R. Scott, 1930-1985
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Of Charters and Justice: The Social Thought of F.R. Scott, 1930-1985
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The author maintains that McGill University law professor Frank Scott (1899-1985) was, arguably, Canada's most accomplished, all-round public intellectual of the twentieth century, with an expertise as constitutional lawyer, poet, civil libertarian and socialist. Scott's great impact on constitutional practice was, through his influence on Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, on the 1982 Constitution: patriation, an amending formula and an entrenched Charter of Rights. However, the author argues that Scott was more than a nationalist and a Charter-based individualist: his thought also reveals a rich, variegated and often surprising texture of social discourse. The author examines the full breadth of Scott's contribution and places him in a Canadian tradition of communitarian liberalism.
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Journal of Canadian Studies/Revue d’études canadiennes
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Vol. 32
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no. 1
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44-62
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Spring 1997
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en
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Mills, Allen. “Of Charters and Justice: The Social Thought of F.R. Scott, 1930-1985.” Journal of Canadian Studies/Revue d’études canadiennes Vol. 32, no. 1 (Spring 1997): 44–62.
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