Health Care and the Charter: Legal Mobilization and Policy Change in Canada

by Antonia Maioni and Christopher P Manfredi

Health Care and the Charter explores the systematic use of Charter litigation in the area of health care and the policy impact of the resulting judicial decisions. Christopher P. Manfredi and Antonia Maioni examine three of the most controversial Supreme Court decisions in recent years. Eldridge (1997) and Auton (2004) invited the Court to extend the scope of publicly funded services, while Chaouilli (2005) asked the Court...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774835540
• ISBN13: 9780774835541
• Release Date: July 2018
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 180 Pages