Calling Power to Account

Description:

"Courts today face a range of claims to redress historic injustice, including injustice perpetuated by law. In Canada, descendants of Chinese immigrants recently claimed the return of a head tax levied only on Chinese immigrants. Calling Power to Account uses the litigation around the Chinese Canadian head tax as a focal point for examining the historical, legal, and philosophical issues raised by such claims." "Calling Power to Account suggest that our legal systems can hope to play a part in responding to their own legacy of past injustice only when they recognize the full array of issues posed by the head tax case."--BOOK JACKET

subjects: Race relations,  Government policy,  Chinese,  Civil rights,  Taxation,  Legal status, laws,  History,  Taxation, law and legislation,  Law, canada,  Congresses,  Law and legislation,  Race discrimination,  Emigration and immigration law,  Canadiens d'origine chinoise,  Droit,  Histoire,  Chinese Canadians,  Government relations,  Droits,  Politique gouvernementale,  Relations avec l'État,  Relations raciales,  Reparations

Places: Canada