03356nam 2200649Ia 450 991078550930332120230801224408.00-7735-3929-810.1515/9780773587496(CKB)2670000000241414(EBL)3282162(SSID)ssj0000802218(PQKBManifestationID)11488872(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000802218(PQKBWorkID)10796275(PQKB)10683068(CEL)444303(OCoLC)811411359(CaBNVSL)slc00230706(MiAaPQ)EBC3332483(Au-PeEL)EBL3332483(CaPaEBR)ebr10595591(OCoLC)923237909(DE-B1597)655430(DE-B1597)9780773587496(EXLCZ)99267000000024141420111017d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrLaw, ideology, and collegiality[electronic resource] judicial behaviour in the Supreme Court of Canada /Donald R. Songer ... [et al.]Montreal ;Ithaca McGill-Queen's University Press20121 online resource (236 p.)0-7735-3928-X 0-7735-8749-7 Includes bibliographical references (p. [187]-211) and index.The Supreme Court's evolving role -- Theories of Supreme Courts' decision making -- The process of decision making -- The dimensionality of voting -- Measuring ideology and justices' votes -- The socio-political bases of attitudinal voting -- The attitudinal model and the puzzle of unanimity -- Conclusions. Attitudinal decision making and the Supreme Court."In a ground-breaking study on the nature of judicial behaviour in the Supreme Court of Canada, Donald Songer, Susan Johnson, C.L. Ostberg, and Matthew Wetstein use three specific research strategies to consider the ways in which justices seek to make decisions grounded in "good law" and to show how these decisions are shaped within a collegial court. The authors use confidential interviews with Supreme Court justices, analysis of their rulings from 1970 to 2005, and measures that tap their perceived ideological tendencies to provide a critical examination of the ideological roots of judicial decision making, uncovering the complexity of contemporary judicial behaviour. Examining judicial behaviour through the lens of three different research strategies grounded in qualitative and quantitative methodologies, Law, Ideology, and Collegiality presents compelling evidence that political ideology is a key factor in decision making and a prominent source of conflict in the Supreme Court of Canada."--Back cover.JudgesCanadaAttitudesJudicial processCanadaPolitical questions and judicial powerCanadaCanadaJudgesAttitudes.Judicial processPolitical questions and judicial power347.7Songer Donald R.1089506Songer Donald R1089506MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785509303321Law, ideology, and collegiality3737422UNINA