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The Supreme Court Cites The Supreme Court: Follow-Up Citation On The Supreme Court Of Canada, 1989-1993, Peter Mccormick
The Supreme Court Cites The Supreme Court: Follow-Up Citation On The Supreme Court Of Canada, 1989-1993, Peter Mccormick
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
Judges do not simply declare outcomes but also give reasons; in Canada, these reasons are typically organized around citations of judicial authority. Each citation acknowledges a contribution to the immediate decision; therefore, a statistical analysis of citation patterns is also a measure of judicial influence. This study considers follow-up citations of the Supreme Court of Canada over a five-year period to assess the influence of past and current members of the Court, developing appropriate discounts for the recency of the citation and for its nature and extent. The sui generis impact of the Charter suggests that these inferences cannot be …
Standing In Charter Declaratory Actions, June M. Ross
Standing In Charter Declaratory Actions, June M. Ross
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
Standing rules applicable to Charter declaratory actions are examined. It is argued that, in Charter cases, Supreme Court has taken a restrictive approach to public interest standing that is inconsistent with prior case law and does not forward the purposes of standing law. Alternative forms of standing are also examined. The use of the traditional form of private standing has been severely and, it is suggested, unnecessarily restricted in Charter actions. However, there is a potential for a new form of private standing in the "section 24" plaintiff. The implications of both of these developments are considered.
Criminal Fault As Per The Lamer Court And The Ghost Of William Mcintyre, Michael J. Bryant
Criminal Fault As Per The Lamer Court And The Ghost Of William Mcintyre, Michael J. Bryant
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
Contrary to recent criticisms to the effect that the Supreme Court of Canada favours the rights of criminal defendants and shuns the interests of the community, the Lamer Court has in fact championed the moral requisites of the community in its constitutional jurisprudence on criminal fault. By viewing rights and responsibilities as inextricably linked, the Lamer Court implicitly borrows from natural law traditions espoused by the Dickson Court's most conspicuous dissenter on criminal fault issues-Mr. Justice William McIntyre. This article argues that the tradition or philosophy underlying criminal fault as per the Lamer Court contrasts with the individualist, rights-oriented tendency …
Les Représentations De «Société Libre Et Démocratique» A La Cour Dickson : La Rhétorique Dans Le Discours Judiciaire Canadien, Andree Lajoie, Regine Robin, Sebastien Grammond, Henry Quillinan, Louise Rolland, Stéphane Perrault, Armelle Chitrit
Les Représentations De «Société Libre Et Démocratique» A La Cour Dickson : La Rhétorique Dans Le Discours Judiciaire Canadien, Andree Lajoie, Regine Robin, Sebastien Grammond, Henry Quillinan, Louise Rolland, Stéphane Perrault, Armelle Chitrit
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
The expression "free and democratic society" is the focus of our research, which sheds light on the contribution of the Supreme Court to the constitutionalization of this concept. Leaving aside the institutional and psycho-social factors, the study confirms the hypothesis that the interpretation of this expression will vary (1) according to the conceptions formerly held by the individual judges and (2) with respect to the factors favoured by a rhetorical Perelman-like analysis, which considers the factual and judicial context and the expectations of both the universal and specific audiences. At the Supreme Court level, the expectations of the latter should …
Police Implementation Of Supreme Court Of Canada Charter Decisions: An Empirical Study, Kathryn Moore
Police Implementation Of Supreme Court Of Canada Charter Decisions: An Empirical Study, Kathryn Moore
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
Little empirical research has been done on the Charter's impact on the public policy process. This paper presents the results of an empirical research study designed to fill that gap. The study examined the manner in which a municipal police force and the RCMP implemented changes to procedures following two Supreme Court of Canada Charter decisions. The paper concludes that, while steps have been taken to develop a process by which Supreme Court decisions are implemented, the process would be improved if one body were allocated responsibility for the provision of interim information to the police.
Diagnostic Adjudication In Appellate Courts: The Supreme Court Of Canada And The Charter Of Rights, Carl Baar, Ellen Baar
Diagnostic Adjudication In Appellate Courts: The Supreme Court Of Canada And The Charter Of Rights, Carl Baar, Ellen Baar
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
Three distinct adjudicatory processes are found in appellate courts: decisional adjudication (applying principles), procedural adjudication (choosing among principles), and diagnostic adjudication (defining and developing principles). The Supreme Court of Canada has traditionally used procedural adjudication, in which the adversary process frames issues and generates supporting material. However, the Court's decreased caseload, its increased discretion to select cases, and the arrival of a new wave of issues under the Charter of Rights has shifted the Court's work to diagnostic adjudication. As judgment becomes less a choice problem and more a creative exercise, both the degree and kind of judicial involvement changes. …