{"product_id":"critical-conversations-in-canadian-public-karen-drake-9780776641904","title":"Critical Conversations in Canadian Public Law","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eCritical Conversations in Canadian Public Law\u003c\/i\u003e is a groundbreaking open-access collection of peer-reviewed essays showcasing interdisciplinary thinking on topical public law issues at the forefront of the evolving relationship between state and society. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn Canada, this relationship is undergoing a period of significant reinvention, as evidenced, for example, by the movements for reconciliation, decolonization and Indigenization, the calls to recognize and remedy systemic racism in institutions including police forces, and the recent extension of human rights protections to prohibit discrimination based on gender identity or expression. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThese examples reveal that we are experiencing a moment where claims that challenge the normative foundations of the discipline of public law are being made in real time; claims about citizenship, rights, and access to resources and benefits; claims about what substantive and procedural fairness look like, and for whom; claims about the obligations and limits of the state to proactively address both historical and current injustices; and challenges to the underlying assumptions about the state itself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eCritical Conversations in Canadian Public Law\u003c\/i\u003e highlights the intersections of critical perspectives-including intersectional approaches to decolonial and Indigenous legal theory, Indigenous constitutionalisms, critical race theory, feminisms, queer theory and critical disability theory-and public law topics, broadly defined. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis collection bridges the divide between traditional, largely liberal, public law scholarship and critical perspectives by centring critical theories as not only relevant, but imperative, to robust, fully contextualized understandings of contemporary public law challenges.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Karen Drake\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0776641905\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780776641904\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Ottawa Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/11\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Karen Drake","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47425057456383,"sku":"9780776641904","price":71.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_40b1cb3f-5751-4299-9d3c-58d8e3e3eaa2.jpg?v=1761536712","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/critical-conversations-in-canadian-public-karen-drake-9780776641904","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}