Neil Fligstein (1951) American sociologist
Source: The transformation of corporate control, 1993, p. 177
“In its Morgentaler decision of January 1988, the Supreme Court of Canada struck down the centrepiece of Canada's abortion law, section 251 of the Criminal Code. The court held that it conflicted with section 7 of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, which guarantees the 'security of the person'. This ruling radically changed the legal status quo; it was as if Parliament had repealed that section of the Criminal Code without passing a replacement amendment.”
Source: Game Theory and Canadian Politics (1998), Chapter 8, Staying Power of the Status Quo, p. 120.
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