Writing a National Identity: Political, Economic, and Cultural Perspectives on the Written Constitution.

Abstract

Part 1: the US constitution and the textuality of American culture, Wayne Franklin constitution and imagination - the myth of reason - the reason of myth, Emory Elliott constitutional discourse - a commentary, Stephen Fender. Part 2: written constitutions and social rights, David P. Currie written constitutions and negative rights - some comments on Professor Currie, Christopher McCrudden The Most Willful Blindness - the supreme court and social facts, H.N. Hirsch spousal equality and the law - a dilemma for liberal society, Mary Lyndon Shanley the right to a fair wage - American experience and the European social charter, Vivien Hart social rights, social facts, and the written constitution - American reflections, Cheryl B. Welch social rights, social facts, and the written constitution - European reflections, Elizabeth Meehan. Part 3: reflections on the economic interpretation of the constitution, Shannon C. Stimson the constitution of a monetary authority for Europe, Murray Milgate. Part 4: constitution and national identity in contempory Canada - a historian's view, Ged Martin the Canadian charter of rights and freedoms - an instrument for change, Gilles Letourneau and Yves DeMontingny constitution-making in Canada - writing a national identity or preparing for national disintegration?, Robert C. Vipond.