Canada, General, Politics & Government, Alberta 

Contents:
Introduction : a legal and constitutional history of Alberta / Richard Connors and John M. Law -- In the mind's eye : law and British colonial expansion in Rupert's Land in the Age of Empire / Richard Connors -- Ambiguous authority : the development of criminal law in the Canadian North-West and Alberta / Desmond Brown -- Venerable rights : constitutionalizing Alberta's schools, 1869-1905 / Sandra M. Anderson -- One language and one nationality : the forcible constitution of a unilingual province in a bilingual country, 1970-2005 / Edmund A. Aunger -- Out of the west: history, memory, and the "Persons" case, 1919-2000 / Catherine Cavanaugh -- Alberta's real Constitution : the Natural Resources Transfer Agreement / Thomas Flanagan and Mark Milke -- Bible Bill and the money barons : the Social Credit Court references and their constitutional consequences / Dale Gibson -- Not like the others : the regulation of Indian hunting and fishing in Alberta / Robert Irwin -- Justices of the Peace in Alberta / Rod Macleod and Nancy Parker -- Alberta's crowning glory : the Office of Lieutenant-Governor / Kenneth Munro -- Federal-provincial tensions and the evolution of a province / Preston Manning -- Alberta Métis settlements : a brief history / Fred V. Martin -- The perfect storm : the National Energy Program and the failure of federal-provincial relations / Douglas Owram -- Premier Peter Lougheed, Alberta and the transformation of constitutionalism in Canada, 1971-1985 / Michael D. Behiels -- Equality and women's political identity in post-1970s Alberta / Lois Harder -- Uncertain future : Alberta in the Canadian community / Allan Tupper.