Legislative expedients and devices adopted by the dominion and the provinces : a study prepared for the Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations / by Leon Mercier Gouin and Brooke Claxton.: Z1-1937/2-41-8E-PDF
"By reason of the novelty and complexity of the subject and the difficulty of examining and correctly appreciating the effect of the statutes of the Dominion and the nine provinces in Canada, as well as the cases relative thereto, the study is necessarily inconclusive; its main purpose has been to illustrate the fact that the constitution has led the Dominion and provinces to adopt expedients and devices and to show what some of these expedients and devices are"--Preface, page 5.
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| Department/Agency | Canada. Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations, issuing body. |
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| Title | Legislative expedients and devices adopted by the dominion and the provinces : a study prepared for the Royal Commission on Dominion-Provincial Relations / by Leon Mercier Gouin and Brooke Claxton. |
| Publication type | Monograph |
| Language | [English] |
| Format | Electronic |
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| Note(s) | Digitized edition from print [produced by Privy Council Office]. "Appendix 8" Includes bibliographical references. pt. I: Dominion Expedients -- Introduction -- Colourable Legislation -- Grants in Aid for Objects Under Dominion Jurisdiction -- The Power of the Dominion to Declare Works "for the General Advantage of Canada" -- Power of Expropriation -- Further Possibilities -- pt. II: Provincial Expedients -- Introduction -- Taxing Devices of the Provinces -- Trespass upon Dominion Powers -- Denial of Right -- Appendix. |
| Publishing information | Ottawa : J.O. Patenaude, Printer to the King's Most Excellent Majesty, 1939. |
| Author / Contributor | Gouin, Léon Mercier,1891-1983 author. |
| Description | 1 online resource (72 pages) |
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| Subject terms | Federal government -- Canada. Constitutional law -- Canada. Gouvernement fédéral -- Canada. Droit constitutionnel -- Canada. Canada -- Politics and government. Canada -- Politique et gouvernement. |
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