Taking Liberties: A History of Human Rights in Canada by David Goutor and Stephen Heathorn - 2013

Oxford University Press, USA, 2013. Hardcover. Good. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Don Mills, ON: Oxford University Press, 2013. Hardcover. Fine/Fine. Clean, tight, unmarked; absolute minimal wear; appears unread; A fascinating and smat read for those interested in human rights. Taking Liberties debunks common assumptions of Canada's human rights history and traditions, exposing our hypocrisies and challenging conventional narratives. One of the most authoritative and comprehensive reviews ever published of this important subject matter.

United Kingdom: OUP Canada. 291 pages. New hardback with a dust jacket.Taking Liberties: A History of Human Rights in Canada . As New. Hardcover. 2013.

Hardback. New. Universal human rights are considered to be a fundamental, inalienable aspect of Canadian legal culture, not to mention central to our international positioning. However the reality is that Canada was surprisingly slow to adopt the rights revolution that followed the Second World War, given concerns that existing norms and liberties could conflict with these new universal rights. Moreover, even when Canada did sign up, these rights were not all automatically put into practice. Nor, interestingly, did all groups embrace these rights. Human rights, as we know, did become entrenched. There have been challenges to and changes in the legal framework of citizenship in Canada. But this has followed a long process of transformation, and many groups have faced tremendous struggle to get their rights claims recognized. This collection sheds new lights on the bumpy road toward universal human rights in our diverse and complex country. Topics include sexual rights, children's rights,… Read More