Governing from the Bench
The Supreme Court of Canada and the Judicial Role
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Macfarlane has made an original foray into the intricacies of Supreme Court decision making. Governing from the Bench has gone to considerable lengths towards opening the Supreme Court’s “black box,” and in doing so has brought historical institutionalism into the mainstream of the study of Canadian law and politics. I highly recommend it.
» Dave Snow, University of Calgary, Canadian Journal of Political Science
Governing from the Bench is the first volume fully dedicated to examining the contents of the Supreme Court of Canada's "black box," drawing on personal accounts of justices, law clerks, and other staff members to reveal the inner workings of this often-misunderstood institution at the heart of Canada's justice system. Les mer
Governing from the Bench is the first volume fully dedicated to examining the contents of the Supreme Court of Canada's "black box," drawing on personal accounts of justices, law clerks, and other staff members to reveal the inner workings of this often-misunderstood institution at the heart of Canada's justice system.
Detaljer
- Forlag
- University of British Columbia Press
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- ISBN
- 9780774823517
- Utgivelsesår
- 2013
- Format
- 23 x 15 cm
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«
Macfarlane has made an original foray into the intricacies of Supreme Court decision making. Governing from the Bench has gone to considerable lengths towards opening the Supreme Court’s “black box,” and in doing so has brought historical institutionalism into the mainstream of the study of Canadian law and politics. I highly recommend it.
» Dave Snow, University of Calgary, Canadian Journal of Political Science
«Macfarlane describes the aim of his book as being to “open the black box”; suffice it to say that he has done so masterfully by synthesizing earlier research and supplementing it with his own extensive work. He has produced not a meditation on how Supreme Court judging should work, but an empirical examination of how it does work, with important contributions from the point of view of the participants themselves ... Governing from the Bench is a gem of a book for anyone seeking to understand how power is exercised by the judiciary — an audience that should include everyone.»
Bob Tarantino, Literary Review of Canada, January-February 2014