POL214Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Charter Of The French Language, Justin Trudeau, Southwest Ohio Regional Transit Authority
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Ideological bias less evident on supreme court of canada than in us. Judges" gender does play a role you do see differences, but they tend not to be on ideological grounds, tend to be more so in terms of gender. 2. female judges rule differently than male judges they tend to side with more marginalized communities not partisan difference like you see in the states: these are ideal types, canada doesn"t fit clearly into any of these models. But supreme court has said it will not be bound by strict wording of. Slide: judicial independence these are questions about the independence of the judiciary- means how separated are the courts from political institutions and actors. judicial independence is really this. Security of tenure; serve on good behaviour this means that judges, as long as they maintain good behaviour (don"t abuse expenses, etc), can"t be fired.
