In Feminism and the Power of Law Carol Smart argued “law must also be tackled at the conceptual level if feminist discourses are to take a firmer root” (p. 5). In Canada, the Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) “tackled” the concept of comparison in the age equality case of...

After examining the role of feminists in the development of the equality doctrine under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, this chapter assesses Charter sex equality and related jurisprudence from 1985 to 2003. My objective is to reveal the initial impact on women of adopting a rights...

In 1984, Bruce A. Ackerman and Robert E. Charney wrote that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms situated Canada "at the constitutional crossroads", confronting the choice between parliamentary and popular sovereignty. The authors questioned Canada's commitment to the separation of...