...into Canada's legal system. A quarter-of-a-century later, it is unclear whether the egalitarian provisions of the Charter (Section 15 and 28) have had a cumulatively positive or negative impact on strengthening the status of minorities. In this context, Radha Jhappan, a professor of Political Science at Carleton University, has assembled a collection of essays that examine the successes and failures of Canadian feminist legal strategies since the inception of the Charter. The women-centred volume is divided into four sections, focusing on issues of equality, race, citizenship, family, and reproduction. The overall tone of the work is one that reflects "on the questions of whether women should persevere with legal projects despite their dangers, whether women's litigation strategies have been successful or unsuccessful and from whose point of view, and whether and how the strategies pursued to date might be improved, the better to...

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