00000nam 2200000 4500 INLIS000000000009373 22408/MKRI-P/XI-2011 22407/MKRI-P/XI-2011 20221102032000 22407/MKRI-P/XI-2011 22408/MKRI-P/XI-2011 0010-0520009373 221102################|##########|#eng## 9780814720141 eng 342.73062 342.73062 DEN f Denvir, John Freeing Speech : The Constitutional War Over National Security / John Denvir New York : New York University Press, 2010 ix, 189 p. ; 24 cm. ; 24 cm. The Canadian system of federalism divides the power to govern between the central federal parliament and the provincial and territorial legislative assemblies. In what can be seen as a double federation, power is also divided culturally, between English and French Canada. The divisions of power and responsibility, however, have not remained static since 1867. The federal language regime (1969), for example, reconfigured cultural federalism, generating constitutional tension as governments sought to make institutions more representative of the country's diversity. In Federalism and the Constitution of Canada, award-winning author David E. Smith examines a series of royal commission and task force inquiries, a succession of federal-provincial conferences, and the competing and controversial terms of the Constitution Act of 1982 in order to evaluate both the popular and governmental understanding of federalism. In the process, Smith uncovers the reasons constitutional agreement has historically proved difficult to reach and argues that Canadian federalism 'in practice' has been more successful at accommodating foundational change than may be immediately apparent. United States. Constitution. 1st Amendment War and emergency legislation --United States. Freedom of speech --United States. National security --United States. 22407/MKRI-P/XI-2011 22408/MKRI-P/XI-2011