ATTITUDINAL DECISION MAKING IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA by C. L. Ostberg, Matthew E. Wetstein ( 9780774813129 )

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ATTITUDINAL DECISION MAKING IN THE SUPREME COURT OF CANADA

By:

C. L. Ostberg, Matthew E. Wetstein

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ISBN 10:

0774813121

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9780774813129

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Publisher:

UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA PRESS

Pub. date:

1 January, 2008

Series:

Law and Society

Pages:

288

Description:

Relying on a database of Canadian Supreme Court rulings between 1984 and 2003, this book presents a discussion of the attitudinal model of decision making. Suitable for a wide range of legal scholars and court watchers, it tests the assumption that conflict in the courts is due in large part to ideological divisions among the members.

Synopsis:

This book provides a comprehensive exploration of ideological patternsof judicial behaviour in the Supreme Court of Canada. Relying on anexpansive database of Canadian Supreme Court rulings between 1984 and2003, the authors present the most systematic discussion of theattitudinal model of decision making ever conducted outside the settingof the US Supreme Court. They test the assumption, accepted by manypolitical scientists, that conflict in the courts is due in large partto ideological divisions among the members. The groundbreakingdiscussion of the viability of the attitudinal model as a unifyingtheory of judicial behaviour in high courts around the world will beessential reading for a wide range of legal scholars and courtwatchers.

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5 b&w illustrations, 40 tables

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Canada

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University of British Columbia Press

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