Byron Sheldrick

Blocking Public Participation

The Use of Strategic Litigation to Silence Political Expression

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Study of strategic litigation against public participation (SLAPPs) examines the dangers SLAPPs pose to political expression and to the quality and integrity of our democratic political institutions. Explores the need to regulate SLAPPs in Canada and assesses various regulatory proposals.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2014
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 227mm x 156mm x 12mm
• Gewicht: 268g
• ISBN-13: 9781554589296
• ISBN-10: 1554589290
• Artikelnr.: 36955403

Autorenporträt

Byron Sheldrick is chair of the Political Science Department at the University of Guelph. His research involves the intersection of law and politics and the way social movements organize around legal issues. Before joining the University of Guelph he taught at the University of Winnipeg and at Keele University in the United Kingdom.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents for
Blocking Public Participation: The Use of Strategic Litigation to Silence
Political Expression by Byron Sheldrick
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: SLAPPs: Courts, Democracy, and Participation
Chapter 2: SLAPPS: Balancing Law and Democracy
Chapter 3: SLAPPs in Canada
Chapter 4: SLAPPs Come to Parliament
Chapter 5: The Regulation of SLAPPs
Chapter 6: Resisting and Defending against SLAPPs
Chapter 7: Final Thoughts
Appendix: Legal Resources
Notes
Works Cited
Index