Research Note: All But One: Solo Dissents on the Modern Supreme Court of Canada

Joseph, Christine

doi:10.60082/2817-5069.1283

Osgoode Hall Law Journal

2006

DOI: 10.60082/2817-5069.1283

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Research Note: All But One: Solo Dissents on the Modern Supreme Court of Canada

Christine Joseph¹

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Explaining Dissent on the Supreme Court of Canada

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Abstract.While there is an extensive literature on the causes of dissensus on appellate courts in the US, few empirical studies exist of the causes of dissent in Canadian Supreme Court. The current study seeks to close that gap in the literature, proposing and then testing what we call a Canadian model of dissent. We find that the likelihood of dissent is strongly related to four broad factors that appear to exert independent influence on whether the Court is consensual or divided: political conflict, institutional structure, legal ambiguity in the law and variations in the leadership style of the chief justice.Résumé.Les causes de dissension dans les cours d'appel aux États-Unis font l'objet de nombreux articles et publications, mais il existe très peu d'études empiriques sur les causes de dissidence à la Cour suprême du Canada. La présente étude vise à combler cette lacune en proposant, un modèle canadien de dissension, puis en le mettant à l'épreuve. Nous avons constaté que le risque de dissension est fortement lié à quatre facteurs genéraux qui semblent exercer une influence indépendante, que la Cour soit en accord ou divisée. Ces facteurs sont le conflit politique, la structure institutionnelle, la présence d'une ambiguité juridique dans la loi et le style de direction du juge en chef.

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Judging gender: difference and dissent at the Supreme Court of Canada

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Johnson

2008

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