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Governing from the Bench
Emmett Macfarlane
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Description for Governing from the Bench
Paperback. Governing from the Bench is a comprehensive and illuminating examination of the Supreme Court of Canada that draws on in-depth interviews to reveal the inner workings of this often-misunderstood institution at the heart of Canada's justice system. Series: Law and Society. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: LNDM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
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. 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 processes. Challenging dominant theoretical and methodological approaches that fail to examine individual or structural forces that affect the court’s decisions, he explores the complex role of the Supreme Court as an institution; exposes the rules, conventions, and norms that ... Read more
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. 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 processes. Challenging dominant theoretical and methodological approaches that fail to examine individual or structural forces that affect the court’s decisions, he explores the complex role of the Supreme Court as an institution; exposes the rules, conventions, and norms that ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
Series
Law and Society
Number of Pages
264
Place of Publication
Vancouver, Canada
ISBN
9780774823517
SKU
V9780774823517
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About Emmett Macfarlane
Emmett Macfarlane is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo.
Reviews for Governing from the Bench
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 ... Read more