Emmett Macfarlane is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo.

Macfarlane describes the aim of his book as being to "open the black box"; suffice it to say that he has done so masterfully by synthesizing earlier research and supplementing it with his own extensive work. He has produced not a meditation on how Supreme Court judging should work, but an empirical examination of how it does work, with important contributions from the point of view of the participants themselves ... Governing from the Bench is a gem of a book for anyone seeking to understand how power is exercised by the judiciary — an audience that should include everyone. - Bob Tarantino (Literary Review of Canada, January-February 2014) Macfarlane has made an original foray into the intricacies of Supreme Court decision making. Governing from the Bench has gone to considerable lengths towards opening the Supreme Court's "black box," and in doing so has brought historical institutionalism into the mainstream of the study of Canadian law and politics. I highly recommend it.- Dave Snow, University of Calgary (Canadian Journal of Political Science)

• Introduction1 Studying Judicial Behaviour2 The Evolution of the Court and Its Justices3 Setting the Stage: Exploring Court Processes Leading to Decisions4 The Decision: Collegiality, Conflict, and Consensus5 A Question of Competence: Examining Judicial Policy Making6 The Court in Government and Society: Dialogue, Public Opinion, and the MediaConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

Emmett Macfarlane is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo.

Macfarlane describes the aim of his book as being to "open the black box"; suffice it to say that he has done so masterfully by synthesizing earlier research and supplementing it with his own extensive work. He has produced not a meditation on how Supreme Court judging should work, but an empirical examination of how it does work, with important contributions from the point of view of the participants themselves ... Governing from the Bench is a gem of a book for anyone seeking to understand how power is exercised by the judiciary — an audience that should include everyone. - Bob Tarantino (Literary Review of Canada, January-February 2014) Macfarlane has made an original foray into the intricacies of Supreme Court decision making. Governing from the Bench has gone to considerable lengths towards opening the Supreme Court's "black box," and in doing so has brought historical institutionalism into the mainstream of the study of Canadian law and politics. I highly recommend it.- Dave Snow, University of Calgary (Canadian Journal of Political Science)

• Introduction1 Studying Judicial Behaviour2 The Evolution of the Court and Its Justices3 Setting the Stage: Exploring Court Processes Leading to Decisions4 The Decision: Collegiality, Conflict, and Consensus5 A Question of Competence: Examining Judicial Policy Making6 The Court in Government and Society: Dialogue, Public Opinion, and the MediaConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex

Emmett Macfarlane is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Waterloo.

Macfarlane describes the aim of his book as being to "open the black box"; suffice it to say that he has done so masterfully by synthesizing earlier research and supplementing it with his own extensive work. He has produced not a meditation on how Supreme Court judging should work, but an empirical examination of how it does work, with important contributions from the point of view of the participants themselves ... Governing from the Bench is a gem of a book for anyone seeking to understand how power is exercised by the judiciary — an audience that should include everyone. - Bob Tarantino (Literary Review of Canada, January-February 2014) Macfarlane has made an original foray into the intricacies of Supreme Court decision making. Governing from the Bench has gone to considerable lengths towards opening the Supreme Court's "black box," and in doing so has brought historical institutionalism into the mainstream of the study of Canadian law and politics. I highly recommend it.- Dave Snow, University of Calgary (Canadian Journal of Political Science)

• Introduction1 Studying Judicial Behaviour2 The Evolution of the Court and Its Justices3 Setting the Stage: Exploring Court Processes Leading to Decisions4 The Decision: Collegiality, Conflict, and Consensus5 A Question of Competence: Examining Judicial Policy Making6 The Court in Government and Society: Dialogue, Public Opinion, and the MediaConclusionNotesBibliographyIndex