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

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

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Belleau, Marie-Claire¹ Marie-Claire.Belleau@fd.ulaval.ca
Johnson, Rebecca² rjohnson@uvic.ca

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International Journal of the Legal Profession; Mar2008, Vol. 15 Issue 1/2, p57-71, 15p, 2 charts

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Article

Subject Terms:

*SEX discrimination
*DISCRIMINATION
*APPELLATE courts
TRIAL courts

Geographic Terms:

CANADA

Abstract:

Over 25 years ago, Justice Bertha Wilson asked “Will women judges really make a difference?” Taking up her question, we consider the place of difference in gender and judging. Our focus is on those 'differences of opinion' between judges that take the form of written and published judicial dissent. We present and interrogate recent statistics about practices of dissent on the Supreme Court of Canada in relation to gender. The statistics are provocative, but do not provide straightforward answers about gender and judging. They do, however, pose new questions, and suggest the importance of better theorizing and exploring the space of dissent. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

 

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Author Affiliations:

¹Faculty of Law, Universite Laval, Canada
²Faculty of Law, University of Victoria, Canada

ISSN:

09695958

DOI:

10.1080/09695950802439700

Accession Number:

35163315

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