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The Alchemy of Equality Rights

“…They raise the "fundamental concern" of Justice Abella's failure in defining substantive equality "except by refer-ence to what it is not. " 284 But as Williams writes, such analysis simply reflects critical theory, which infuses Justice Abella's contextual framework. To quote Williams, critical theory: … is often attributed to a "nihilistic" interpretive stance ("I don't know what it is, but I do know what it isn't").…”