POL337Y1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Atlantic Canada, René Lévesque, Victoria Charter
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Conclude the chapter of the course in 2 weeks time. Several aspects of judicial independence are written in law. Some : can"t kick you out until 75, you have a defined salary. Want our judges to be independent from politics, but want them to recognize democracy there is a very delicate balance b/t the two. There are informal aspects of independence, they all represent the same class, come from the a similar school - attitudinal approach to decision making. Judges follow their ideological persuasions they call the shot based on both the law and their ideologies. Strategic approach to judicial decision making judges take into the account the would be reaction of political actors. There are not consistent ideological patterns for supreme court judges within canada. It is very difficult in a statistically conclusive to see the difference in the supreme court.
