Judge Gender, Critical Mass, and Decision Making in the Appellate Courts of Canada
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6409301 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan W Johnson (0000-0002-1899-4379, University of North Carolina at Greensboro), Donald R Songer (University of South Carolina), Nadia A Jilani (University of South Carolina) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 237-260 |
| Publication date | 2011-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Women & Politics (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0195-7732 • E-ISSN: 1540-9473 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/1554477x.2011.589293 |
| OpenAlex | W2030960569 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 10 |
| References cited | 36 |
According to Justice Bertha Wilson, there is “overwhelming evidence that gender-based stereotypes are deeply embedded in the attitudes of many male judges ” and that “gender difference has been a significant factor in judicial decision-making”. Unfortunately, Justice Wilson’s observation has been subjected to few empirical tests. At the same time, scholarship suggests that in other contexts (e.g., legislatures), the presence of a “critical mass ” of women may be necessary before substantive gender based differences emerge. It is important to know whether these gender differences do exist and whether they only appear after a “critical mass ” of women have been appointed because an implicit premise in the argument for affirmative diversification in elite appointments is that gender matters substantively. We seek to explore the validity of these assumptions by analyzing the votes of judges in the Supreme Court and the provincial appellate courts of Canada. Canada provides an ideal setting to explore these questions because since the early 1980s female representation on appellate courts has gone from virtually non-existent to 44% on the Supreme Court and over 50 % on some appellate courts. We propose to test whether there are gendered patterns of voting, and if so, whether such patterns appear only after a critical mass
Critical mass (sociodynamics · Logistic regression · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Supreme court · Supreme Court Decisions · Voting · Voting behavior · Gender Politics and Representation · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Legal Education and Practice Innovations
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| Unique citing works | 10 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,77 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2022 (10) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |