Challenging exile : Japanese Canadians and the wartime constitution /

"In September 1945, Canada proposed exiling Japanese Canadians to Japan, a country devastated by war. Thousands who had experienced internment and dispossession were now at risk of banishment. In Challenging Exile, Eric M. Adams and Jordan Stanger-Ross detail the circumstances and personalities...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Adams, Eric M. (Author), Stanger-Ross, Jordan (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Vancouver : UBC Press, [2025]
Series:	Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)
Subjects:	Japanese > Legal status, laws, etc. > Canada > History > 20th century. Japanese > Canada > Forced removal and internment, 1942-1945. Japanese Canadians > Legal status, laws, etc. > History > 20th century. Canadiens d'origine japonaise > Droit > Canada > Histoire > 20e siècle. Canadiens d'origine japonaise > Relogement et internement forcés, 1941-1949.

Table of Contents:

Making home
Contested citizenship
The cascade of injustice
Choosing wrongs
Fighting dispossession
Conceiving exile
Signing day
Ordering exile
At the Supreme Court of Canada
Shifting ground
Experiencing exile
Traditions in the twilight
At the judicial committee of the Privy Council
Exile and the Constitution.