Made in Court

The Supreme Court of Canada was created in 1875 by an act of the Canadian Parliament. Because the Canadian constitution was a statute enacted by the British Parliament, (the British North America Act, 1867) and because Canada remained a Dominion, the Court's decisions could be appealed to the United Kingdom's Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.

Today, the Supreme Court is Canada's final Court of Appeal, reviewing decisions from the provincial and territorial appellate courts, as well as from certain federal courts.

This book presents more than fifty of the Supreme Court's most influential decisions, each with an analysis of how these judgments have shaped Canadian values and society, for today, in the past, and in future.