POLS 3130 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Marshall Rothstein, Liberal Democracy, Peter Hogg

• School: University of Guelph
• Department: Political Science
• Course: POLS 3130
• Professor: Dennis Baker

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Lecture 5 - tuesday october 10 t h 2017: Forwards that list of candidates and their ratings to appointing government. Creates short list from which appointing government must (?) choose. Civil servants like another other (except constitutional court: go to judge school. Us (common): democratic input : ussc: president nomination and senate confirm the nomination o o. Until 1990s, most appointed by attorney general or premier. Post 19902 judicial appointment committees (jacs: usually consist of nominees from: Still appointed by ag/ minister of justice: 92 nominating committee criteria: o o o o. Professional experience ( minimum number of years at the bar) Reasons for wanting to be a judge: demographics. Ontario jaac: overcoming the under-representation of women, visible, cultural, and racial minorities . Provincial variation: ontario as leader (jaac 1988, nominating committees: 7/10 provinces. Ab has double hurdle, screening and then nominating o.