The democratic dilemma : reforming Canada's Supreme Court

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Label

The democratic dilemma : reforming Canada's Supreme Court

Title remainder

reforming Canada's Supreme Court

Statement of responsibility

edited by Nadia Verrelli

Title variation

Reforming Canada's Supreme Court

Contributor

• Queen's University (Kingston, Ont.), Institute of Intergovernmental Relations
• Verrelli, Nadia, 1975-

Editor

• Verrelli, Nadia, 1975-

Subject

• Canada, Supreme Court
• Canada, Supreme Court -- Officials and employees | Selection and appointment
• Courts of last resort -- Canada
• Judges -- Selection and appointment -- Canada
• Judicial process -- Canada

Language

• eng
• fre
• eng

Summary

The process used to select judges of the Supreme Court of Canada has provoked criticism from the start. Some observers argue the process - where the prime minister has unfettered discretion - suffers from a democratic deficit, but there is also disagreement regarding alternative methods of selection. This book explores the institutional features of the Court, whether the existing process used to select judges ought to be reformed, the overall legitimacy of the Court, as well as the selection and appointment processes of Supreme Court justices in other liberal democracies

Member of

• Queen's policy studies

Cataloging source

NLC

Index

no index present

Language note

Text in English; abstracts in French

LC call number

KE8244

LC item number

.D46 2013

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

bibliography