Gender Diversity in the Intermediate Appellate Courts of Canada
| Autor: | Donald R. Songer, Miroslava Radieva, Rebecca Reid |
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| Rok vydání: | 2015 |
| Předmět: |
Government
Gender diversity 05 social sciences Appeal social sciences Judicial independence Diversification (marketing strategy) Civil liberties humanities 0506 political science Supreme court Large sample Law Political science 050602 political science & public administration 050501 criminology health care economics and organizations 0505 law |
| Zdroj: | Justice System Journal. 37:4-19 |
| ISSN: | 2327-7556 0098-261X |
| DOI: | 10.1080/0098261x.2015.1083816 |
| Popis: | A large sample of cases from the courts of appeal in five large Canadian provinces are examined to assess the impact of gender diversification on appellate courts. The findings are that there are significant gender differences on the courts of appeal that parallel those on the Supreme Court of Canada. Women are significantly more likely than men are to support the government in criminal cases and to support the individual in civil liberties cases. Moreover, strong panel effects are discovered. As the number of female judges increases, the more male judges tend to adopt the typical female approach to judicial outcomes; no evidence is found that supports critical mass theory. |
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