Writing a National Identity

Part 1: the US constitution and the textuality of American culture, Wayne Franklin; constitution and imagination - the myth of reason - the reason of myth, Emory Elliott; constitutional discourse - a commentary, Stephen Fender. Part 2: written constitutions and social rights, David P. Currie; written constitutions and negative rights - some comments on Professor Currie, Christopher McCrudden; "The Most Willful Blindness" - the supreme court and social facts, H.N. Hirsch; spousal equality and the law - a dilemma for liberal society, Mary Lyndon Shanley; the right to a fair wage - American experience and the European social charter, Vivien Hart; social rights, social facts, and the written constitution - American reflections, Cheryl B. Welch; social rights, social facts, and the written constitution - European reflections, Elizabeth Meehan. Part 3: reflections on the economic interpretation of the constitution, Shannon C. Stimson; the constitution of a monetary authority for Europe, Murray Milgate. Part 4: constitution and national identity in contempory Canada - a historian's view, Ged Martin; the Canadian charter of rights and freedoms - an instrument for change, Gilles Letourneau and Yves DeMontingny; constitution-making in Canada - writing a national identity or preparing for national disintegration?, Robert C. Vipond.