{"product_id":"9781487516550-just-words","title":"Just Words","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eConstitutional Rights and Social Wrongs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eJoel Bakan argues that the Canadian Charter of Rights (1982) has failed to promote social justice because it is administered by a conservative judiciary and because social and economic conditions constantly interfere with its principles.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Canadian Charter of Rights is composed of words that describe the foundations of a just society: equality, freedom, and democracy. These words of justice have inspired struggles for civil rights, self-determination, trade unionism, the right to vote, and social welfare. Why is it, then, that fifteen years after the entrenchment of the Charter, social injustice remains pervasive in Canada?\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJoel Bakan explains why the Charter has failed to promote social justice, and why it may even impede it. He argues that the Charter's fine-sounding words of justice are 'just words.' Freedom, equality and democracy are fundamental principles of social justice. The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms entrenches them in Canada's highest law, the constitution. Yet the Charter has failed to promote social justice in Canada. In Just Words, Joel Bakan explains why. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSophisticated in its analyses but clearly written and accessible, \u003cem\u003eJust Words\u003c\/em\u003e is cutting-edge commentary by one of Canada's rising intellectuals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53567250104694,"sku":"9781487516550","price":26.38,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_31212706.jpg?v=1730965557","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781487516550-just-words","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}