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Studies constitutional law in context of the balance between judicial and political power in Canada today; 8 articles. Summaries in English. The rule of law and interests it promotes as issues in postponement of the question of secession by Quebec Province, the Court Challenge Program and role of the Executive in transformation of power, how the Supreme Court of Canada attempted to harmonize 1982 constitutional reforms with its basic principles, legitimacy of judicial review and the role of a constitutional judge, why payment of indemnities by a government for injustices perpetrated by previous governments are addressed mainly by political actors, and the close link between law and politics in the debate over self-government by Canada's native races.

The theme of the conference, "Language, Law and the Multilingual State", was determined to investigate the state-juridical challenges facing multilingual societies. Several related issues were addressed, such as minority and indigenous languages, globalisation and diversity, language rights, language ideology and language legislation.