Forging Alberta's Constitutional Framework

By: John M. Law (Editor), Richard Connors (Editor)

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Forging Alberta_s Constitutional Framework analyzes the principal events and processes that precipitated the emergence and formation of the law and legal culture of Alberta from the foundation of the Hudson_s Bay in 1670 until the eve of the centenary of the Province in 2005. The formation of Alberta_s constitution and legal institutions was by no means a simple process by which English and Canadian law was imposed upon a receptive and passive population. Challenges to authority, latent lawlessness, interaction between indigenous and settler societies, periods (pre- and post-1905) of jurisdictional confusion, and demands for individual, group, and provincial rights and recognitions are as much part of Alberta_s legal history as the heroic and mythic images of an emergent and orderly Canadian west patrolled from the outset by red coated mounted police and peopled by peaceful and law-abiding subjects of the Crown. Papers focus on the development of criminal law in the Canadian west in the nineteenth century; the Natural Resources Transfer Agreement of 1930; the National Energy Program of the 1980s; Federal-Provincial relations; and the role and responsibilities of the offices of Justices of the Peace and of the Lieutenant-Governor; and the legacies of the Lougheed and Klein governments.

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"Yet there's plenty here to stimulate and entertain. If you're looking for a fireside read in the gathering days of winter and you've decided on substance, this could be the ticket. Among the most intriguing of the 16 chapters is Richard Connors's opening look at where law sprang from in the Canadian colonies. Entire books have been written on colonial legal theory and Connors provides a nice summary." Mark Lisac, The Edmonton Journal, December 11, 2005 "...at its heart, this volume provides a historically informed exploration of Alberta's constitutional history, rooted in the notion that the province, its peoples, and the manner in which they viewed the law and the constitution were products of a historical process of moving through time together as Albertans. These notions and perspectives were not happenstance, and recognizing this historical dynamic and the manner in which it necessarily informs the way that Albertans will continue to view these issues is a critically important insight that raises our understanding of a province that has occupied such a prominent role in the nation's affairs." Jonathan Swainger, University of Toronto Quarterly, Winter 2008

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Acknowledgements	p. ix
About the Contributors	p. xi
Preface	p. xvii
Introduction: A Legal and Constitutional History of Alberta	p. xix
In the Mind's Eye: Law and British Colonial Expansion in Rupert's Land in the Age of Empire	p. 1
Ambiguous Authority: The Development of Criminal Law in the Canadian North-West and Alberta	p. 25
Venerable Rights: Constitutionalizing Alberta's Schools, 1869-1905	p. 61
One Language and One Nationality: The Forcible Constitution of a Unilingual Province in a Bilingual Country, 1870-2005	p. 103
Out of the West: History, Memory, and the "Persons" Case, 1919-2000	p. 137
Alberta's Real Constitution: The Natural Resources Transfer Agreement	p. 165
Bible Bill and the Money Barons: The Social Credit Court References and their Constitutional Consequences	p. 191
Not Like the Others: The Regulation of Indian Hunting and Fishing in Alberta	p. 237
Justices of the Peace in Alberta	p. 267
Alberta's Crowning Glory: The Office of Lieutenant-Governor	p. 289
Federal-Provincial Tensions and the Evolution of a Province	p. 315
Alberta Metis Settlements: A Brief History	p. 345
The Perfect Storm: The National Energy Program and the Failure of Federal-Provincial Relations	p. 391
Premiere Peter Lougheed, Alberta and the Transformation of Constitutionalism in Canada, 1971-1985	p. 411
Equality and Women's Political Identity in Post-1970s Alberta	p. 459
Uncertain Future: Alberta in the Canadian Community	p. 479
Selected Bibliography	p. 497
Index	p. 517
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