• Books by Joseph E. Magnet
• Articles by Joseph E. Magnet
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Legal Aspects of Aboriginal Business Development (LexisNexis Butterworths, 2005)

This pioneering study by Canada’s leading writers on Aboriginal peoples illuminates the ingredients of successful Aboriginal business venture and the indicators predictive of failure. Canada’s best jurists explore the frontiers of Aboriginal title and rights, impact benefits agreements, enterprise design and aboriginal intellectual property. With fresh, innovative thinking, the authors speculate about the impact successful business venture will have on traditional Aboriginal cultures.

Modern Constitutionalism: Identity, Equality and Democracy (Butterworths, 2004)

The history of all societies in the modern democracies is a progression from traditionalism to cosmopolitanism. All modern democracies require a basic set of skills which are imparted by the educational and bureaucratic institutions of the state.  All grind traditional ways of life against the mass democratic culture of state institutions. This is why traditional communities, cultures, religions and nations demand autonomy from modern democracies. Modern constitutionalism is becoming increasingly sophisticated about redesigning state institutions in response to the anxieties of traditional identities.

Aboriginal Rights Litigation (Butterworths, 2003)

These superb essays are the first sustained examination of controverises concerning Canada's 850,000 off-reserve Aboriginal people. Under the editorship of Professor Joseph E. Magnet and Dwight A. Dorey, the volume contains path breaking work by Canada's top professors and leading litigators.

The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms: Reflections on the Charter After Twenty Years (Butterworths, 2003)

This outstanding collection of essays under the general editorship of Professor Joseph E. Magnet examines the impact of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms twenty years after its proclamation.  The writers are the leading Canadian voices in the academy, the judiciary and government.  The collection examines the impact of the Charter on Canada’s legal and social framework, discusses the Charter’s successes and shortcomings, and offers insight into likely future developments. 

Professor Magnet's Official Languages of Canada is acknowledged by the Canadian legal community to be the leading work on the subject. Through an interdisciplinary treatment this book opens new perspectives on the history of Canada's official language communities, the structure of linguistic conflict, legal regulation, constitutional rights, minority language education and linguistic politics.

What the Reviewers Say

"Professor Magnet’s writing is "fearless," "challenges established doctrine," "is on the frontiers of a multi disciplinary approach," "informs and inspires." This book is "excellent" and "impressive."

      -Elliott J. Feldman, Harvard University, and of Pepper Hamilton and Shields, Washington

Professor Magnet is featured prominently in the recently-released Federalism for the Future: Essential Reforms along with other well-regarded experts on constitutional law and federalism issues, including G.A. Beaudoin, Benoit Pelletier, Gordon Robertson, and John Trent.

What the Reviewers Say

“Très intéressant, rafraîchissante, particulièrement instructif”

      -René Pépin, Université de Sherbrooke

Withholding Treatment from Newborn Children considers the Canadian neonatal practice, legal aspects of decision-making authority and procedure in treatment and withholding treatment, ethical issues related to deliberate deaths, and makes several recommendations for policies and procedures.

What the Reviewers Say

"This book is excellent," "courageous," "a rare triumph," "demands a wide audience and appreciation." "Few academic books have provoked, painted, challenged, stimulated or irritated as much as this one."

          -The Globe and Mail (Toronto)

• MULTICULTURALISM IN THE CANADIAN CHARTER OF RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS
  Beaudoin and Mendez (eds.), The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (3d ed, 1996) pp. 1029-81
  
  
• ECONOMIC AND LINGUISTIC COMPETITION IN CANADA'S FEDERAL SYSTEM
  Towards a Language Adgenda: Futurist Outlook on the United Nations (ed. Leger), Canadian Centre for Linguistic Rights, 1996, pp. 99-111.
  
  
• QUEBEC SECESSION: WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN / CRISE CONSTITUTIONELLE A L'HORIZON
  Le Devoir, 18 juin 1994, p.7 (version française); The Citizen (Ottawa), June 5, 1994, p.A9 (English version)
  
  
• HATE PROPAGANDA IN CANADA
  Waluchow (ed.), Free Expression: Essays in Law and Philosophy, Oxford University Press, 1994, pp. 223-250.
  
  
• METIS LAND RIGHTS IN CANADA
  Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, 1993, 96 pp.
  
  
• THE ENGLISH ONLY QUESTION
  (1992), 37 McGill L.J. 1158-1163
  
  
• SHAPING CANADA'S FUTURE: THE ESSENTIAL BENEFITS OF RECREATION
  Canadian Parks and Recreation Association, 1992, 40 pp.
  
  
• OBSERVATIONS ON THE CURRENT CONSTITUTIONAL IMPASSE
  (1991), 3 Constitutional Forum 12-13
  
  
• LANGUAGE RIGHTS AS COLLECTIVE RIGHTS
  Adams and Brink, eds. Perspectives on Official English. Mouton, 1990, pp. 293-299.
  
  
• QUEBEC SIGNS; TWO VIEWS
  (1989), 13 Canadian Law Newsletter (American Bar Association) 1-4.
  
  
• COLLECTIVE RIGHTS, PROCEEDINGS, EQUALITY RIGHTS IN THE NORTHWEST TERRITORIES
  Yellowknife, 1985, pp.117-128.
  
  
• MULTICULTURALISM AND COLLECTIVE RIGHTS
  Ratushny and Beaudoin (eds.), the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (2nd ed., 1989) pp.739-780.

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