Calling power to account law, reparations and the Chinese Canadian head tax case

Dyzenhaus, David. (Added Author). Moran, Mayo, 1960- (Added Author).

Summary: "Courts today face a range of claims to redress historic injustice, including injustice perpetuated by law. In Canada, descendants of Chinese immigrants recently claimed the return of a head tax levied only on Chinese immigrants. Calling Power to Account uses the litigation around the Chinese Canadian head tax as a focal point for examining the historical, legal, and philosophical issues raised by such claims." "Calling Power to Account suggest that our legal systems can hope to play a part in responding to their own legacy of past injustice only when they recognize the full array of issues posed by the head tax case."--Jacket.

Record details

ISBN: 9781442671669 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 1442671661 (electronic bk.)
ISBN: 0802038727 (bound)
ISBN: 0802038085 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780802038081 (pbk.)
ISBN: 9780802038722 (bound)
Physical Description: electronic resource
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1 online resource (xv, 471 p.)
Publisher: Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2005.

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