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Dominique Clément - Equality Deferred: Sex Discrimination and British Columbia’s Human Rights State, 1953-84 - 9780774827492 - V9780774827492
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Equality Deferred: Sex Discrimination and British Columbia’s Human Rights State, 1953-84

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Description for Equality Deferred: Sex Discrimination and British Columbia’s Human Rights State, 1953-84 Hardback. A history of human rights law in Canada, with a focus on sex discrimination in British Columbia. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages, , black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; JFSJ1; JPVH; LAQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1179.

In Equality Deferred, Dominique Clément traces the history of sex discrimination in Canadian law and the origins of human rights legislation, demonstrating how governments inhibit the application of their own laws, and how it falls to social movements to create, promote, and enforce these laws.

Focusing on British Columbia – the first jurisdiction to prohibit discrimination on the basis of sex – Clément documents a variety of absurd, almost unbelievable, acts of discrimination. The province was at the forefront of the women’s movement, which produced the country’s first rape crisis centres, first feminist newspaper, and first battered women’s shelters. And yet ... Read more

This book is not only a testament to the revolutionary impact of human rights on Canadian law but also a reminder that it takes more than laws to effect transformative social change.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press
Condition
New
Series
Law and Society
Number of Pages
332
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774827492
SKU
V9780774827492
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 7 to 11 working days
Ref
99-1

About Dominique Clément
Dominique Clément is an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at the University of Alberta.

Reviews for Equality Deferred: Sex Discrimination and British Columbia’s Human Rights State, 1953-84
Dominique Clément’s book is timely. The purpose and value of human rights are being challenged in the press and even in parliament. If we are to avoid an extended era of human rights retrenchment, it is important to learn what has been accomplished and how human rights codes and commissions have affected our lives.
James W. St. G. Walker ... Read more

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