James B. Kelly is a professor in the Department of Political Science at Concordia University. He is the author of Governing with the Charter: Legislative and Judicial Activism and Framers' Intent, which was shortlisted for the 2005 Donner Prize. He served as the 2006-07 Seagram Chair in Canadian Studies at the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada, where he coedited Contested Constitutionalism: Reflections on the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms with Christopher P. Manfredi. With Janet L. Hiebert, he is also a coauthor of Parliamentary Bills of Rights: The Experiences of New Zealand and the United Kingdom. He has been a visiting fellow at the Centre for Comparative Constitutional Studies at Melbourne Law School; a visiting professor at the Faculty of Law of Bar-IIan University, Israel; and an editor of the Canadian Journal of Political Science.

Introduction: Constraining the Court

1 Judicial Power and Policy Implementation in the Charter Era

2 Quebec and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: Une province pas comme les autres

3 Minority Language Education Rights and the Charter of French Language: Plus ça change, plus c'est la même chose

4 Bridging Schools and the "Major Part Requirement": Designing and Implementing the 2010 Charter of the French Language

5 Quebec's "Sign Law" and Freedom of Expression: Ford, Devine, and the Bourassa Government's Response

6 Supervised Consumption Sites and the Respect for Communities Act: How the Harper Government Outflanked the McLachlin Court

7 The Opioid Crisis and Canadian Federalism: From Supervised Consumption to Overdose Prevention Sites

8 Physician-assisted Suicide to Medical Assistance in Dying: When Carter Met Federalism

Conclusion: Legislative Disagreements and Policy Implementation in the Charter Era

Appendix: Remedial Activism, 1982-2022 (Statutes, Ministerial Discretion, and Administrative Decisions)

Notes; Bibliography; Index