By the Court

Anonymous Judgments at the Supreme Court of Canada

Peter McCormick, Marc D. Zanoni (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

268 Seiten

2019
University of British Columbia Press (Verlag)
978-0-7748-6171-7 (ISBN)

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By the Court is the first major study of unanimous and anonymous legal decisions: the unique “By the Court” format used by the Supreme Court of Canada.

Any court watcher knows that the Supreme Court of Canada delivers some of its major constitutional judgments in a “By the Court” format. The abandonment of the common law tradition of attributing decisions to individual judges in favour of an anonymous and unanimous approach is unique among Western democracies. By the Court is the first major study of these unanimous and anonymous decisions and features a complete inventory, chronology, and typology of these cases. Some significant examples include the Secession of Quebec reference and the Carter decision on assisted suicide. Peter McCormick and Marc Zanoni also ask where and why the idea emerged and whether it signals a genuinely collegial authorship or simply masks the dominance of the Chief Justice. Ultimately, By the Court explores the purposes and potential future of “By the Court,” framing this practice as the most dramatic form of a modern style that highlights the institution and downplays individual contributions.

Peter McCormick is a professor emeritus in the Department of Political Science at the University of Lethbridge. Marc D. Zanoni is a PhD candidate in political science at the University of Guelph.

Part 1: Introduction

1 What are By the Court decisions?

2 The Supreme Court of Canada Takes to the Constitutional Stage

3 Why Decision Presentation Formats Matter

Part 2: The Road to By the Court Decisions

4 Originality: Nothing to Copy

5 Uniqueness: A Global Common Law Survey

6 Early History: The “Minor Tradition”

7 Emergence: The Birth of the “Grand Tradition”

Part 3: The Modern By the Court Decisions

8 Inventory and Chronology of Decisions

9 A Typology of Decisions

10 Why These Cases?

Part 4: Conclusion

11 The Meaning and the Future of the By the Court Format

Notes; Bibliography; Index

Erscheinungsdatum	09.10.2019
Reihe/Serie	Law and Society
Zusatzinfo	14 tables, 5 charts
Verlagsort	Vancouver
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte
ISBN-10	0-7748-6171-1 / 0774861711
ISBN-13	978-0-7748-6171-7 / 9780774861717
Zustand	Neuware