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Record Nr.

UNINA9910816445303321

Autore

Ostberg C. L (Cynthia L.), <1963->

Titolo

Attitudinal decision making in the Supreme Court of Canada / / C.L. Ostberg and Matthew E. Wetstein

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Vancouver, : UBC Press, c2007

ISBN

1-282-59356-0

9786612593567

0-7748-5584-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (289 pages)

Collana

Law and society

Altri autori (Persone)

WetsteinMatthew E. <1963->

Disciplina

347.71/035

Soggetti

Judicial process - Canada

Courts of last resort - Canada

Judges - Canada - Attitudes

Political questions and judicial power - Canada

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-251) and index.

Nota di contenuto

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

Sommario/riassunto

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.