The empirical gap in jurisprudence : a comprehensive study of the Supreme Court of Canada /

The empirical gap in jurisprudence : a comprehensive study of the Supreme Court of Canada / Daved Muttart.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Muttart, Daved, 1955-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, [2007]
Subjects:	Canada. > Supreme Court. Canada. > Cour supreme. Judicial process > Canada. Judgments > Canada. Processus judiciaire > Canada. Jugements > Canada.

Table of Contents:

SECTION I : SETTING THE STAGE: Introduction
Possible solutions : case study of the Supreme Court of Canada
Beginning to close the empirical gap
SECTION II : MEASURING THE COURT'S DECISIONS: Fact, law, and policy
Modes of legal reasoning
Changing the law
Other trends : bright lines to principles
Judicial attitudes and other interesting findings
Charter cases are different
SECTION III : TESTING THEORIES: How judges judge : testing legal theory
Is legal reasoning autonomous?
Is the Supreme Court of Canada 'too' activist?
Conclusion : the gap has been narrowed.