Since the 1970s, the appointment of trial judges in Canada has generally involved an arms-length committee of professionals, although the structure of these committees and their role in the process has varied from province to province, as well as evolving over time. Yet these “new” structures and “new” processes did not prevent a major judicial appointment scandal in the province of Quebec in 2010, culminating in the formation of the Bastarache Committee to recommend changes. This paper summarizes the forty-year history of Canadian judicial appointment committees, identifies the major challenges that face those committees, and suggests the basic values toward which reforms to the appointment process might be directed.Depuis les années 1970,...
L’un des grands défis de l’ère moderne consiste à concilier le pouvoir judiciaire avec une reddition...
The presence of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in the Constitution of Canada has transformed the...
Since 2017, the Canadian government has published excerpts from questionnaires that prospective judg...
The appointment of a judge, regardless of the process followed, is a political act. With the global ...
This paper outlines the present system of judicial appointments in NSW and other Australian jurisdic...
The federal government\u27s power to appoint judges has come under increased scrutiny in recent year...
The article investigates whether the new screening system introduced by the federal government in 19...
Studies of federal judicial appointments made before 1988 discovered significant partisan ties betwe...
The authors review the current structures for judicial appointments in Canada and provide statistica...
Canadian prime ministers appoint judges to the Supreme Court of Canada at their own discretion. This...
The issue of judicial compensation is fundamentally marked by the challenge of balancing two constit...
Over the last number of years, a significant number of Canadian judges have joined the American Judg...
Over the past 25 years, the justices of the Supreme Court of Canada have not exhibited the divergent...
In recent decades, the Supreme Court of Canada has developed a distinctive and unusual way of organi...
Unlike its US counterpart, the Supreme Court of Canada does not always sit en banc. While the Canadi...
L’un des grands défis de l’ère moderne consiste à concilier le pouvoir judiciaire avec une reddition...
The presence of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in the Constitution of Canada has transformed the...
Since 2017, the Canadian government has published excerpts from questionnaires that prospective judg...
The appointment of a judge, regardless of the process followed, is a political act. With the global ...
This paper outlines the present system of judicial appointments in NSW and other Australian jurisdic...
The federal government\u27s power to appoint judges has come under increased scrutiny in recent year...
The article investigates whether the new screening system introduced by the federal government in 19...
Studies of federal judicial appointments made before 1988 discovered significant partisan ties betwe...
The authors review the current structures for judicial appointments in Canada and provide statistica...
Canadian prime ministers appoint judges to the Supreme Court of Canada at their own discretion. This...
The issue of judicial compensation is fundamentally marked by the challenge of balancing two constit...
Over the last number of years, a significant number of Canadian judges have joined the American Judg...
Over the past 25 years, the justices of the Supreme Court of Canada have not exhibited the divergent...
In recent decades, the Supreme Court of Canada has developed a distinctive and unusual way of organi...
Unlike its US counterpart, the Supreme Court of Canada does not always sit en banc. While the Canadi...
L’un des grands défis de l’ère moderne consiste à concilier le pouvoir judiciaire avec une reddition...
The presence of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms in the Constitution of Canada has transformed the...
Since 2017, the Canadian government has published excerpts from questionnaires that prospective judg...