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Empirical Gap in Jurisprudence
A Comprehensive Study of the Supreme Court of Canada
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Daved Muttart
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English
Published/Copyright:
2007
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Filling an important niche in the study of jurisprudence, The Empirical Gap in Jurisprudence demonstrates that systematic studies based on large samples of cases will yield many insights that were obfuscated by prior efforts that relied on small and self-selected samples.
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Muttart Daved :
Daved Muttart obtained his Ph.D. and conducted post-doctoral studies at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University.
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Frontmatter
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Contents
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Tables and Figures
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Preface
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Acknowledgments
xv - Section I. Setting the Stage
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1. Introduction
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2. Possible Solutions: Case Study of the Supreme Court of Canada
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3. Beginning to Close the Empirical Gap
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Section II. Measuring the Court’s Decisions
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4. Fact, Law, and Policy
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5. Modes of Legal Reasoning
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6. Changing the Law
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7. Other Trends: Bright Lines to Principles
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8. Judicial Attitudes and Other Interesting Findings
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9. Charter Cases Are Different
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10. How Judges Judge: Testing Legal Theory
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11. Is Legal Reasoning Autonomous?
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12. Is the Supreme Court of Canada ‘Too’ Activist?
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13. Conclusion: The Gap Has Been Narrowed
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Notes
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Glossary
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Bibliography
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Index
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December 31, 2007
eBook ISBN:
9781442684898
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276
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College/higher education;Professional and scholarly;
