The Canadian Senate in Bicameral Perspective
David E. Smith - University of Toronto Press, 2003
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| Anteprima |
The Canadian Senate in Bicameral Perspective
is the first book-length scholarly study of the Senate in over a
quarter century and the first such analysis of the upper house as one
chamber of a bicameral legislature. David E. Smith's aim is to
demonstrate the inter-relationship of the two chambers and the
constraint this poses for Senate reform. He analyzes past literature on
the Senate and current proposals for reform such as Triple-E Senate
drawing detailed comparisons between Canada's upper chamber and the
upper chambers of Australia, the United States, Germany, and the United
Kingdom.
There is a revival of interest and literature abroad in
upper chambers and also in bicameralism. Using Parliamentary debates and
committee reports, as well as a broad reading of comparative
literature, The Canadian Senate in Bicameral Perspective sets the
Canadian Senate into this international milieu, contextualizing the
debate and arguing for a renewed investigation into its future.
