In the last half-century, the Supreme Court of Canada has undergone major upheaval. The
most drastic change occurred with the adoption of the Charter of Rights in 1982, which …

In a ground-breaking study on the nature of judicial behaviour in the Supreme Court of
Canada, Donald Songer, Susan Johnson, CL Ostberg, and Matthew Wetstein use three …

Two important perspectives on courts highlight fundamentally different elements of
adjudication and yield distinct predictions about judicial outcomes. The Attitudinal Model of …

According to the Attitudinal Model, justices on the United States Supreme Court decide
cases based solely on their political preferences. Law and precedent, these advocates say …

This article examines the voting behavior of justices of the Supreme Court of Canada during
two important periods of institutional change: the end of appeals to the Judicial Committee of …

Empirical scholars of the United States Supreme Court, Jeffrey Segal and Harold Spaeth,
have long contended that Supreme Court decisions are based primarily upon the …

According to the most prominent proponents of the Attitudinal Model, justices on the United
States Supreme Court decide cases based solely on their political preferences and …

My dissertation will seek to explain the voting behavior of judges in state courts of last resort
in death penalty appeals cases. To do this, I have constructed a dataset that encompasses …

Two important perspectives on courts highlight fundamentally different elements of the
process of adjudication and yield distinct predictions about judicial outcomes. The Attitudinal …