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Author Fraser, David, 1953- author.

Title "Honorary Protestants" : the Jewish school question in Montreal, 1867-1997 / David Fraser.

Publication Info. Toronto : Published for the Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History by University of Toronto Press, [2015]
©2015

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Description 1 online resource (x, 514 pages).
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History
Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History series.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "When the Constitution Act of 1867 was enacted, section 93 guaranteed certain educational rights to Catholics and Protestants in Quebec, but not to any others. Over the course of the next century, the Jewish community in Montreal carved out an often tenuous arrangement for public schooling as "honorary Protestants," based on complex negotiations with the Protestant and Catholic school boards, the provincial government, and individual municipalities. In the face of the constitution's exclusionary language, all parties gave their compromise a legal form which was frankly unconstitutional, but unavoidable if Jewish children were to have access to public schools. Bargaining in the shadow of the law, they made their own constitution long before the formal constitutional amendment of 1997 finally put an end to the issue. In Honorary Protestants, David Fraser presents the first legal history of the Jewish school question in Montreal. Based on extensive archival research, it highlights the complex evolution of concepts of rights, citizenship, and identity, negotiated outside the strict legal boundaries of the constitution."-- From publisher's website.
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Subject Jews -- Education -- Law and legislation -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- History -- 19th century.
Jews -- Education -- Law and legislation -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- History -- 20th century.
Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- History -- 19th century.
Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc.
History.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Jews -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term 20th century
Subject Educational law and legislation -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- History -- 19th century.
Educational law and legislation.
Educational law and legislation -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- History -- 20th century.
Education and state -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- History -- 19th century.
Education and state.
Education and state -- Québec (Province) -- Montréal -- History -- 20th century.
Chronological Term 1800-1999
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Other Form: Print version: Fraser, David, 1953- "Honorary Protestants" 9781442630482 (OCoLC)907661787
ISBN 9781442630499 (electronic book)
1442630493 (electronic book)
9781442630482
1442630485