Most Dangerous Branch
How the Supreme Court of Canada Has Undermined Our Law and Our Democracy
- Publisher
- McGill-Queen's University Press
- Initial publish date
- Nov 2003
- Category
- General, Judicial Branch
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eBook
- ISBN
- 9780773571495
- Publish Date
- Nov 2003
- List Price
- $34.95
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The Most Dangerous Branch shows that the Supreme Court has done exactly this in dealing with abortion, assisted suicide, homosexuality, and Quebec secession through decisions that were guided not by reasoned understanding of the principles of law but by the values of judges - values they, as unelected representatives of the Canadian state, had no right to impose. Martin shows that Supreme Court judges have adopted an orthodoxy of moral relativism and identity politics that he likens to a secular state religion. This orthodoxy denies the possibility of objectivity about human endeavour and regards social reality as "constructed." While purporting to be concerned with the plight of the oppressed, it is actually based on profound condescension. Martin believes that the "theocracy" which dominates the Supreme Court of Canada is subverting democracy and the rule of law. In The Most Dangerous Branch he calls on Canadians to take back their country.
About the author
The University of Western Ontario