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Title

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

Author

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

Publication

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2007.

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Additional Authors

Wetstein, Matthew E., 1963-

Description

xv, 266 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Summary

"C. L. Ostberg and E. Wetstein provide 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, they present the most systematic discussion of the attitudinal model of decision making ever conducted outside the setting of the US Supreme Court. This thorough examination tests the assumption, accepted by many political scientists, that conflict in the courts is due in large part to ideological divisions among the members. The groundbreaking discussion of the viability of the attitudinal 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."--BOOK JACKET.

Series Statement

Law and society series

Uniform Title

Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.)

Subject

• Canada. Supreme Court
• Judicial process > Canada
• Conflict of judicial decisions > Canada
• Political questions and judicial power > Canada
• Judges > Canada > Attitudes
• Courts of last resort > Canada

Bibliography (note)

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

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Models of judicial behaviour and the Canadian Supreme Court -- The viability of the attitudinal model in the Canadian context -- Measuring judicial ideology -- Attitudinal conflict in criminal cases -- Attitudinal conflicts in civil rights and liberties cases -- Attitudinal conflict in economic cases -- Attitudinal consistency in the post-Charter Supreme Court -- The political and social implications of post-Charter judicial behaviour.

ISBN

0774813113

OCLC

• 75811386
• SCSB-10061356

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Harvard Library