Governing From The Bench

In governing from the bench emmett macfarlane draws on interviews with current and former justices law clerks and other staff members of the court to shed light on the institution s internal environment and decision making processes. Professor macfarlane publishes new book governing from the bench wednesday december 5 2012. Yet for much of its almost 140 year history the highest court in the land dwelled in relative obscurity.

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Governing from the bench. In governing from the bench emmett macfarlane demystifies the inner workings of the supreme court of canada. In governing from the bench emmett macfarlane draws on interviews with current and former justices law clerks and other staff members of the court to shed light on the institution s internal environment and decision making processes. Exposes the rules conventions and norms that shape and constrain its justices. Read this book using google play books app on your pc android ios devices.

Read in conjunction with songer et al. Governing from the bench. In governing from the bench emmett macfarlane draws on interviews with current and former justices former law clerks and other staff members of the court to shed light on the institution s internal environment and decision making. Sometimes a judge will create a law simply because he believes it should be a law.

In the end governing from the bench both satisfies a need while offering a dissatisfying tone. Law and society series vancouver b c imprint. Governing from the bench. While appealing specifically to legal academics and political and social scientists governing from the bench is accessible to anyone interested in the inner workings of the supreme court of canada.

As canada s final court of appeal the supreme court is a crucial component of the country s legal system. At once enlightening and engaging governing from the bench is a much needed and comprehensive exploration of an institution that touches the lives of all canadians. The supreme court of canada and the judicial role. Despite the supreme court of canada s crucial role in the country s legal system many canadians are in the dark about the inner workings of this institution.

Download for offline reading highlight bookmark or take notes while you read governing from the bench. He explores the complex role of the supreme court as an institution. Law and society series title. By legislating from the bench based on their progressive ideology at the federal state and local levels good laws are overturned just because a judge disagrees with them.

Drawing on interviews with current and former justices law clerks and other staff members of the court macfarlane sheds light on the institution s internal environment and decision making processes. 2012 or ostberg and wetstein 2007 the book might form a nice graduate seminar on the process of decision making in the supreme court of canada. The supreme court of canada and the judicial role ebook written by emmett macfarlane. The supreme court of canada and the judicial role emmett macfarlane.