Tenth Justice

Judicial Appointments, Marc Nadon, and the Supreme Court Act Reference

AvCarissima Mathen,Michael Plaxton

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

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The process by which Supreme Court judges are appointed is traditionally a quiet affair, but this certainly wasn't the case when Prime Minister Stephen Harper selected Justice Marc Nadon for appointment to Canada's highest court. Here, for the first time, is the complete story of "the Nadon Reference" – one of the strangest sagas in Canadian legal history.Following the Prime Minister's announcement, controversy swirled and debate raged: as a federal court judge, was Marc Nadon eligible for one of the three seats traditionally reserved for Quebec? Then, in March 2014, the Supreme Court of Canada broke new ground in statutory interpretation and constitutional law when it released the Reference re Supreme Court Act, ss 5 and 6.With detailed historical and legal analysis, including never-before-published interviews, The Tenth Justice explains how the Nadon Reference came to be a case at all, the issues at stake, and its legacy.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2020-09-19
Mått:140 x 216 x undefined mm
Vikt:460 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Landmark Cases in Canadian Law
Antal sidor:280
Förlag:University of British Columbia Press
ISBN:9780774864275

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Statsskick och politiska processer inom Samhälle och politik
Rättsordning inom Juridik
Rättshistoria inom Juridik

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Carissima Mathen is a professor of law at the University of Ottawa and a former director of litigation for the Women's Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF). She is the author of Courts Without Cases: The Law and Politics of Advisory Opinions, the first legal monograph on the reference function of Canadian courts, and the recipient of numerous awards including the Law Society Medal (Law Society of Ontario) and the University of Ottawa Excellence in Media Relations Award. Michael Plaxton is a professor of law at the University of Saskatchewan. His teaching and research focuses on criminal law, evidence, philosophy of law, statutory interpretation, and constitutional theory. He is the author of Implied Consent and Sexual Assault: Intimate Relationships, Autonomy, and Voice, and Sovereignty, Restraint, and Guidance: Canadian Criminal Law in the 21st Century.

Innehållsförteckning

Introduction1 What's So Bad About Marc Nadon? 2 The Prime Minister's Prerogative3 Memos4 Asking and Telling5 The Legal Showdown6 The Opinion and Its Critics7 The Aftermath8 Judicial Appointments Law9 A Court Frozen in AmberConclusionAppendixNotes; Selected Bibliography; Index of Cases; Index