In Search of Canadian Political Culture - UBC Press

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Tournament of Appeals
Granting Judicial Review in Canada
Roy B. Flemming
Gendering Government
Feminist Engagement with the State
in Australia and Canada
Louise A. Chappell
The fact that the Supreme
Court decides
for itself what cases it
hears is an extremely
important dimension of
its strategic capacity...
This book does an excellent
job of examining
the issue and makes a
significant original contribution
to its field.
– Peter McCormick,
author of Supreme at
Last: The Evolution of
the Supreme Court of Canada
Tournament of Appeals investigates how and why
certain cases “win” a place on the Supreme Court’s
agenda. Drawing from systematically collected
information that has never before been used in studies
of Canada’s Supreme Court, Flemming offers both a
qualitatively and quantitatively-based explanation of
how Canada’s justices grant judicial review.
Contents
1 Judicial Review and Agenda Setting: American Accounts
and the Canadian Setting
2 Tournaments and Stratification of Canada’s Supreme
Court Bar
3 Litigants, Lawyers, and the Tournament of Appeals
4 Tournament Rules and the Consequences of Institutional
Choices
5 The Court Game: Strategy and Consensus among the
Tournament’s Judges
6 Conclusion: Canadian Variations of American Themes
Notes; References; Index
2004, 144 pages, 6 x 9”
20 tables, 6 figures
0-7748-1082-3 / 978-0-7748-1082-1 cloth $85.00
0-7748-1083-1 / 978-0-7748-1083-8 paper $32.95
LAW AND SOCIETY SERIES
Winner of the 2003
Victoria Schuck
Award, awarded by the
American Political Science
Association.
Gendering Government
compares feminist
engagement with political
institutions in Australia
and Canada. Chappell
considers what effect
political institutions
have had on shaping feminist claims, and in turn,
to what extent these claims shape the nature of
these institutions. She adds a new dimension to
our understanding of the relationship between
gender interests and government, showing how
the interaction is dynamic and mutually defining.
Chappell further extends existing comparative
studies in the field of women and politics by
examining the full range of such institutions,
including the electoral, parliamentary, legal/
constitutional, and bureaucratic arenas.
Contents
1 Gender and Political Institutions in Australia and Canada
2 Feminists in Australia and Canada: Identities, Ideas,
Strategies, and Structures
3 The Feminist Electoral Project: Working against the Grain
4 The Femocrat Strategy: Challenging Bureaucratic Norms
and Structures
5 Feminists and the Constitutional and Legal Realms:
Creating New Spaces
6 Feminists and Federalism: Playing the Multilevel Game
7 Feminists and Institutions: A Two-Way Street
References; Index
2003, 224 pages, 6 x 9”
0-7748-0966-3 / 978-0-7748-0966-5 paper $32.95
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