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Honorary Protestants: The Jewish School Question in Montreal, 1867-1997
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Honorary Protestants: The Jewish School Question in Montreal, 1867-1997 Hardcover - 2015

by David Fraser; The Osgoode Society


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When the Constitution Act of 1867 was enacted, section 93 guaranteed certain educational rights to Catholics and Protestants in Quebec, but not to any others. Over the course of the next century, the Jewish community in Montreal carved out an often tenuous arrangement for public schooling as "honorary Protestants," based on complex negotiations with the Protestant and Catholic school boards, the provincial government, and individual municipalities. In the face of the constitution's exclusionary language, all parties gave their compromise a legal form which was frankly unconstitutional, but unavoidable if Jewish children were to have access to public schools. Bargaining in the shadow of the law, they made their own constitution long before the formal constitutional amendment of 1997 finally put an end to the issue.

In Honorary Protestants, David Fraser presents the first legal history of the Jewish school question in Montreal. Based on extensive archival research, it highlights the complex evolution of concepts of rights, citizenship, and identity, negotiated outside the strict legal boundaries of the constitution.

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  • Title Honorary Protestants: The Jewish School Question in Montreal, 1867-1997
  • Author David Fraser; The Osgoode Society
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition 1st Edition
  • Pages 536
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of Toronto Press, U.S.A
  • Date 2015
  • Features Bibliography, Dust Cover, Index
  • ISBN 9781442630482 / 1442630485
  • Weight 2.05 lbs (0.93 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.2 x 1.4 in (22.86 x 15.75 x 3.56 cm)
  • Themes
    • Cultural Region: Canadian
    • Ethnic Orientation: Jewish
  • Library of Congress subjects Jews - Education - Law and legislation -, Jews - Education - Law and legislation -
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2015506116
  • Dewey Decimal Code 344.714

About the author

David Fraser is a professor in the School of Law at the University of Nottingham.
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