Overview

This edited collection combines state-of-the-art legal data analytics with in-depth doctrinal analysis to study the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC), Canada’s top court. A data analytics perspective adds new dimensions to the study of courts and their case law. It renders legal analysis scalable, making it possible to investigate thousands of judicial decisions, adding new breadth and depth. It also enables researchers to combine doctrinal questions about how the law evolves with institutional questions about how courts operate, shedding new light on how law works in practice. By applying a range of methods to study the content of SCC decisions, this work bridges the gap between qualitative and quantitative research. Demonstrating how new analytical perspectives can generate new insights about the Supreme Court, an institution which is closely studied by scholars both within and outside Canada, the book will be essential reading for legal scholars and political scientists, particularly those working in public law and in empirical legal studies. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND) 4.0 license.

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Author:   Wolfgang Alschner (University of Ottawa, Canada) ,  Vanessa MacDonnell (The uOttawa Public Law Centre, Canada) ,  Carissima Mathen (University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, Canada.)
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint:   Routledge
Weight:   0.450kg
ISBN:  

9781032245256

ISBN 10:   1032245255
Pages:   150
Publication Date:   30 May 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Contents Introduction Wolfgang Alschner, Vanessa MacDonnell & Carissima Mathen Chapter 1: A Bird’s-Eye View of the Canadian Supreme Court Wolfgang Alschner & Keenan MacNeal Part One - Evolution of the Court Chapter 2: Four Stories About Canada’s Separation of Powers Doctrine Vanessa MacDonnell & Keenan MacNeal Chapter 3: Using Network Citation Analysis to Reveal Precedential Archetypes at the Supreme Court of Canada Wolfgang Alschner & Isabelle St-Hilaire Part Two: Cleavages on the Court Chapter 4: Navigating Judicial Disagreement Carissima Mathen, Keenan MacNeal, Stephen Bindman & Kelley Humber Chapter 5: Bilingualism at the Supreme Court of Canada: Quantifying Citations to English, French, and Bilingual Doctrinal Sources Terry Skolnik & Keenan MacNeal Part Three: Changing Judicial Practice Chapter 6: The Supreme Court of Canada Leave Project: A Dataset and Machine Learning Model for Predicting Leave Application Outcomes Paul-Erik Veel & Katie Glowach Chapter 7: The Supreme Court of Canada and Mainstreamed Judicial Analytics Jena McGill & Amy Salyzyn

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Wolfgang Alschner is Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa, where he leads the Legal Technology Lab. Vanessa MacDonnell is Associate Professor at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law and Co-Director of the uOttawa Public Law Centre. Carissima Mathen is a Full Professor at the University of Ottawa Faculty of Law, Canada.

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