Since 2017, the Canadian government has published excerpts from questionnaires that prospective judges completed as part of the judicial selection process, subjecting newly appointed superior and federal court judges to a degree of scrutiny that is unprecedented in Canadian history. Using this novel source material, this article explores what a sample of 16 judges’ questionnaires do and do not say about the individuals behind the robes. This review suggests that those appointed to the bench in 2017 generally demonstrate insight into the judicial role in Canada. However, some provide only superficial responses, others parrot back normative values that the government has already prescribed, and many offer substantially similar answers. This s...
The authors review the current structures for judicial appointments in Canada and provide statistica...
In 2021 the Canadian Judicial Council completed a multi-year review and update of Ethical Principles...
The American Judges Association recently completed its annual conference in Toronto, Canada, from Se...
Since 2017, the Canadian government has published excerpts from questionnaires that prospective judg...
This paper examines the apparent disregard of diversity in appointments by the federal government to...
This paper assesses the diversity of the judicial bench in the Canadian metropolitan areas of Vancou...
In the 1997 RDS case, the Supreme Court of Canada deliberated on the concept of judicial race bias. ...
This article calls for a renewed commitment to judicial education on the roles that gender, race, cl...
In recent years it has been recognized that the Canadian judiciary has been drawn from only a relati...
The article deals with the issue of the reflective judiciary in Canada. It especially looks at the c...
In recent years it has been recognized that the Canadian judiciary has been drawn from only a relati...
This commentary describes our experiences in trying to undertake a judicial performance evaluation o...
In the Canadian context, judicial independence - the “cornerstone of democracy” - is described as de...
Recent reforms to Canada’s system of federal judicial appointments have sought to make the process m...
Appeal court judges do not just vote and run; they vote and then they explain, at length, why theirs...
The authors review the current structures for judicial appointments in Canada and provide statistica...
In 2021 the Canadian Judicial Council completed a multi-year review and update of Ethical Principles...
The American Judges Association recently completed its annual conference in Toronto, Canada, from Se...
Since 2017, the Canadian government has published excerpts from questionnaires that prospective judg...
This paper examines the apparent disregard of diversity in appointments by the federal government to...
This paper assesses the diversity of the judicial bench in the Canadian metropolitan areas of Vancou...
In the 1997 RDS case, the Supreme Court of Canada deliberated on the concept of judicial race bias. ...
This article calls for a renewed commitment to judicial education on the roles that gender, race, cl...
In recent years it has been recognized that the Canadian judiciary has been drawn from only a relati...
The article deals with the issue of the reflective judiciary in Canada. It especially looks at the c...
In recent years it has been recognized that the Canadian judiciary has been drawn from only a relati...
This commentary describes our experiences in trying to undertake a judicial performance evaluation o...
In the Canadian context, judicial independence - the “cornerstone of democracy” - is described as de...
Recent reforms to Canada’s system of federal judicial appointments have sought to make the process m...
Appeal court judges do not just vote and run; they vote and then they explain, at length, why theirs...
The authors review the current structures for judicial appointments in Canada and provide statistica...
In 2021 the Canadian Judicial Council completed a multi-year review and update of Ethical Principles...
The American Judges Association recently completed its annual conference in Toronto, Canada, from Se...