POLS 3130 Chapter Notes - Chapter 7: Fetus, Reverse Discrimination, Judicial Activism
9 Dec 2016
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Organized interest groups try to persuade an audience of elected officials to accept rival positions. Neo-marxists believed that the charter would not lower barriers to standing: believed working people would not have victories because the judges are guided by values that favor corporate interests. Scholars on the right believe that activists are successful in court because judges are (cid:498)removed from reality(cid:499: believe feminists present (cid:498)reverse discrimination(cid:499, use of litigation diminishes democracy by allowing the courts to circumvent the legal process. But courts are filled with a broad range of interest groups. Propensity to litigate is elevated by stable characteristics of the judiciary. Aboriginals have a unique claim to land and resources being the first inhabitants of north america. Civil libertarians are determined to stop the state from undermining traditional guarantees like freedom of expression. Corporate interests demand low levels of taxation, flexible regulation. Labour interests represent miners, loggers, police etc.
