Law, Ideology, and Collegiality

Judicial Behaviour in the Supreme Court of Canada

Susan Johnson author Donald R Songer author CL Ostberg author Matthew Wetstein author

Format:Paperback

Publisher:McGill-Queen's University Press

Published:11th Apr '12

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* A sweeping analysis of Canadian Supreme Court decision making using in-depth interviews and sophisticated methodology

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.

ISBN: 9780773539297

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240 pages