SOC323H5 Chapter Notes -Toronto Star
Document Summary
Judge"s gender, political ties influence rulings; study; charter challenges, family law cases most likely to reflect jurist"s politics, gender. According to a study, judge"s political stripe and gender have impact on their rulings in certain types of cases in ontario court of appeal. Study found that judges differed in opinion on charter challenges, depending on whether liberals or conservatives appointed them: also found different opinions in judge"s gender in family law cases. Greater impact when appeal panel (almost always made up of 3 judges) was homogeneous ; when judges were either all conservative or all liberal. Political appointment of judges mattered most when cases were of a political nature (i. e. charter challenges) People bring some aspect of their personal backgrounds into their work: some male judges might hold stereotypes about traditional family roles.
