Course Description

HI245 The History of the Canadian Constitution, 1534 to the Present 0.5

An investigation of Canadian constitutional development from the age of French absolutism to the present. Main themes include political and constitutional liberty, religious toleration, Canadian self-government, the origins and expansion of the federal idea, the development of Canadian autonomy within the Empire-Commonwealth, and the Canada Act 1982.†

Official electronic version updated on February 4, 2002

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