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Governing from the bench : the Supreme Court of Canada and the judicial role /

"As Canada's final court of appeal, the Supreme Court is a crucial component of the country's legal system. Yet, for much of its almost 140-year history, the highest court in the land dwelled in relative obscurity. More than thirty years since the advent of the Charter of Rights and F...

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Cote:Libro Electrónico
Auteur principal: Macfarlane, Emmett
Format: Électronique eBook
Langue:Inglés
Publié: Vancouver [B.C.] : UBC Press, ©2013.
Collection:Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.),
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Accès en ligne:Texto completo
Table des matières:
  • Studying Judicial Behaviour
  • The Evolution of the Court and Its Justices
  • Setting the Stage: Exploring Court Processes Leading to Decisions
  • The Decision: Collegiality, Conflict, and Consensus
  • A Question of Competence: Examining Judicial Policy Making
  • The Court in Government and Society: Dialogue, Public Opinion, and the Media.