Empirical Gap in Jurisprudence
University of Toronto Press (Verlag)
978-0-8020-9159-8 (ISBN)
Examining almost 5000 cases, Muttart analyses these Supreme Court decisions employing several important criteria including whether the decisions overruled prior precedent, the extent to which they were decided on fact, law, or policy, and the legal and extra-legal modes of reasoning utilized by the Court. Muttart uses the results of this systematic examination to test the validity of extant jurisprudential theories. Ultimately, he concludes that the Court's method of operation is evolving as it moves into a new century. While the court's reasoning is becoming less foundational, it remains a predominantly legal, as opposed to political, institution.
Filling an important niche in the study of jurisprudence, The Empirical Gap in Jurisprudence demonstrates that systematic studies based on large samples of cases will yield many insights that were obfuscated by prior efforts that relied on small and self-selected samples.
Daved Muttart obtained his Ph.D. and conducted post-doctoral studies at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.
List of Tables and FiguresPrefaceAcknowledgmentsSection I. Setting the Stage Introduction Possible Solutions: Case Study of the Supreme Court of Canada Beginning to Close the Empirical GapSection II. Measuring the Court's Decisions Fact, Law, and Policy Modes of Legal Reasoning Changing the Law Other Trends: Bright Lines to Principles Judicial Attitudes and Other Interesting Findings CharterCases Are DifferentSection III. Testing Theories How Judges Judge: Testing Legal Theory Is Legal Reasoning Autonomous? Is the Supreme Court of Canada 'Too' Activist? Conclusion: The Gap Has Been NarrowedNotesGlossaryBibliographyIndex
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 17.2.2007 |
|---|---|
| Reihe/Serie | Heritage |
| Verlagsort | Toronto |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 158 x 236 mm |
| Gewicht | 540 g |
| Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte |
| Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika | |
| Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht | |
| Recht / Steuern ► Rechtsgeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-8020-9159-8 / 0802091598 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-8020-9159-8 / 9780802091598 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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