Tournament of Appeals: Granting Judicial Review in Canada (Law & Society S)
By Unknown Author.
Description
Canada's Supreme Court decides cases with far-reaching effects on Canadian politics and public policies. When the Supreme Court sets cases on its agenda, it exercises nearly unrestrained discretion and considerable public authority. But how does the Court choose these cases in the first place? From the several hundred requests for judicial review filed every year, how and why do the justices pick some cases but not others for review?Tournament of Appeals investigates the leave to appeal process in Canada and explores how and why certain cases "win" a place on the Court's...
ISBN(s)
0774810831, 9780774810838
