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Author Songer, Donald R

Title The transformation of the Supreme Court of Canada : an empirical examination / Donald R. Songer
Published Toronto [Ont.] : University of Toronto Press, ©2008 (Saint-Lazare, Quebec : Gibson Library Connections, 2010)

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 290 pages)
Contents 1. Introduction: The Changing Role of the Supreme Court in Canadian Politics -- 2. Changing Profile of Justices on the Supreme Court -- 3. Setting the Agenda -- 4. Look at the Players: Who Participates and Who Wins? -- 5. Understanding the Decision-Making Process -- 6. Policy-Making Trends on the Supreme Court -- 7. Decision-Making Models of Individual Voting -- 8. Unanimous Decisions of the Supreme Court of Canada -- 9. Conclusions
Summary The first book on the Supreme Court to incorporate extensive in-depth interviews with former justices, this study provides both insiders' accounts of how decisions are made and an empirical analysis of more than 3,000 Court decisions
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-283) and index
Notes English
Subject Canada. Supreme Court
SUBJECT Canada. Supreme Court fast
Kanada Supreme Court gnd
Subject Judicial review -- Canada
Political questions and judicial power -- Canada
LAW -- Legal History.
LAW -- Civil Procedure.
LAW -- Legal Services.
POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- Judicial Branch.
Judicial review
Political questions and judicial power
Canada
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781442689473
1442689471
9781442692244
1442692243