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"Was It Something I Said?": Losing The Majority On The Modern Supreme Court Of Canada, 1984-2011, Peter J. Mccormick Jul 2012

"Was It Something I Said?": Losing The Majority On The Modern Supreme Court Of Canada, 1984-2011, Peter J. Mccormick

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

Appeal court judges do not just vote and run; they vote and then they explain, at length, why theirs is the most reasonable position. Since the core of explanation is persuasion, this means that between the initial conference vote and the final decision, some of the judges sometimes change their minds; and this in turn means that sometimes an initial majority becomes a minority and vice versa, something which often leaves clear footprints in the written record. This paper demonstrates that this happens more often than we might think—some 255 times for the last three Chief Justiceships, or roughly once …


The Rule Of Law For Judges, Thomas M. Reavley Apr 2012

The Rule Of Law For Judges, Thomas M. Reavley

Pepperdine Law Review

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"Of A Judiciary Nature": Observations On Chief Justice's First Opinions, Diane S. Sykes Mar 2012

"Of A Judiciary Nature": Observations On Chief Justice's First Opinions, Diane S. Sykes

Pepperdine Law Review

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The Roberts Court & Executive Power, Jeffrey Rosen Mar 2012

The Roberts Court & Executive Power, Jeffrey Rosen

Pepperdine Law Review

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The Alito/O'Connor Switch, Joan Biskupic Mar 2012

The Alito/O'Connor Switch, Joan Biskupic

Pepperdine Law Review

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The Inaugural William French Smith Memorial Lecture: A Look At Supreme Court Advocacy With Justice Samuel Alito, Samuel A. Alito Jr, Douglas W. Kmiec, Carter G. Phillips, Kenneth W. Starr Mar 2012

The Inaugural William French Smith Memorial Lecture: A Look At Supreme Court Advocacy With Justice Samuel Alito, Samuel A. Alito Jr, Douglas W. Kmiec, Carter G. Phillips, Kenneth W. Starr

Pepperdine Law Review

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Law, Higher Law, And Human Making, William S. Brewbaker Iii Feb 2012

Law, Higher Law, And Human Making, William S. Brewbaker Iii

Pepperdine Law Review

This paper is a preliminary investigation of what Christian theology might teach us about the nature of human creative activity and its relationship to judging and lawmaking. Rather than attempt to survey and synthesize multiple theological accounts of human making, it focuses on just one - Dorothy Sayers' The Mind of the Maker. The foundational analogy that drives Sayers' account of human creativity is the relation between God's creative activity and that of human beings made in his image. Sayers argues that human creative activity has a Trinitarian structure, which she identifies as Idea, Energy and Power. These three elements …