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Attitudinal decision making in the Supreme Court of Canada / C.L. Ostberg and Matthew E. Wetstein.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ostberg, C. L. (Cynthia L.), 1963-
- Series:
- Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)
- Law and society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Canada. Supreme Court.
- Canada.
- Judicial process--Canada.
- Judicial process.
- Courts of last resort--Canada.
- Courts of last resort.
- Judges--Canada--Attitudes.
- Judges.
- Political questions and judicial power--Canada.
- Political questions and judicial power.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (289 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Vancouver : UBC Press, c2007.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This book provides a comprehensive exploration of ideological patterns of judicial behaviour in the Supreme Court of Canada. Relying on an expansive database of Canadian Supreme Court rulings between 1984 and 2003, the authors present the most systematic discussion of the attitudinal model of decision making ever conducted outside the setting of the US Supreme Court. The groundbreaking discussion of the viability of this model as a unifying theory of judicial behaviour in high courts around the world will be essential reading for a wide range of legal scholars and court watchers.
- Contents:
- Contents; Tables and Figures; Acknowledgments; 1 Models of Judicial Behaviour and the Canadian Supreme Court; 2 The Viability of the Attitudinal Model in the Canadian Context; 3 Measuring Judicial Ideology; 4 Attitudinal Conflict in Criminal Cases; 5 Attitudinal Conflict in Civil Rights and Liberties Cases; 6 Attitudinal Conflict in Economic Cases; 7 Attitudinal Consistency in the Post-Charter Supreme Court; 8 The Political and Social Implications of Post-Charter Judicial Behaviour; Notes; References; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-251) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612593567
- 9781282593565
- 1282593560
- 9780774855846
- 0774855843
- OCLC:
- 923444948
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