The courts and same-sex marriage: a test of dialogue theory

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2005
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Dialogue theory emerged prominently, and not without controversy, in Canadian academic literature in the 1990s with a view to explaining the paradoxical relationship between Charter-based judicial review and liberal democratic theory. This thesis uses the ongoing litigation over same-sex relationships as a vehicle to assess the debate about dialogue theory. The thesis focuses on the part of the debate concerning the fate of policy compromises. Are reasonable compromises -- in this case, registered domestic partnerships or civil unions -- aided or undermined by Charter-based judicial intervention in the policy process?
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Bibliography: p. 107-116
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Schmidt, R. K. (2005). The courts and same-sex marriage: a test of dialogue theory (Master's thesis, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada). Retrieved from https://prism.ucalgary.ca. doi:10.11575/PRISM/17077
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