Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : new approaches to fundamental freedom in Canada / Avigail Eisenberg -- Reconciling struggles over the recognition of minorities : towards a dialogical approach / James Tully -- Reasoning about identity : Canada's distinctive culture test / Avigail Eisenberg -- The imperative of "culture" in a colonial and de facto polity / Shauna McRanor -- Culture as a basic human right / Cindy Holder -- The misuse of "culture" by the Supreme Court of Canada / Neil Vallance -- Gender, difference, and anti-essentialism : towards a feminist response to cultural claims in law / Maneesha Deckha -- Interpreting the identity claims of young children / Colin Macleod -- Protecting confessions of faith and securing equality of treatment for religious minorities in education / John McLaren -- The irreducibly religious content of freedom of religion / Jeremy Webber.

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