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LawIdeologyandCollegialityTheTransformationoftheSupremeCourtofCanadaAnEmpiricalExaminationAttitudinalDecisionMakingintheSupremeCourtofCanadaAttitudinalDecisionMakingintheSupremeCourtofCanadaPHILOSOPHYPOLITICALTHEORYLAWSPECIFICATIONSSPECIFICATIONS19702005rebeccakingstondonaldr.songersusanw.johnsonc.l.ostbergandmatthewe.wetsteinPublicPassionPublicPassionPublicPassionOctober2011January2012322011MQUPFALLAdefenceoftheroleofpublicemotioninpolitics.AsweepinganalysisofCanadianSupremeCourtdecisionmakingusingin-depthinterviewsandsophisticatedmethodology.McGill-QueensStudiesintheHistoryofIdeas978-0-7735-3926-632.95ACDN32.95AUS21.99paper978-0-7735-3878-895.00SCDN95.00SUS71.00cloth6x9256pp978-0-7735-3929-729.95ACDN29.95AUS19.99paper978-0-7735-3928-095.00SCDN95.00SUS71.00cloth6x9240pp22tables4diagramsWhetherinthereceptionofrousingpoliticaloratorylikethatofdeGaulleorMartinLutherKingorinthemotivationsofdemonstratorsinpopularuprisingslikethoseinTunisiaandEgyptthereisnodenyingthatemotionandpoliticsareconnected.Nonethelesscriticismofpoliticaldebateanddiscourseasemotionallyratherthanrationallybasedisubiquitousandemotionisoftenpresentedasanegativefactorinpolitics.showsthatreasonandemotionarenotmutuallyexclusiveandrestoresthelegitimacyofsharedemotioninpoliticallife.tracestheroleofemotioninpoliticalthoughtfromitspro-minenceinclassicalsourcesthroughitsresuscitationbyMontesquieutothepresentmoment.CombiningintellectualhistoryphilosophyandpoliticaltheoryRebeccaKingstondevelopsasophisticatedaccountofcollectiveemotionthatdemonstrateshowpopularsentimentiscompatiblewithdebatepluralismandindividualagencyandshowshowemotionshapesthetoneofinteractionsamongcitizens.Shealsoanalyzesthewaysinwhichemotionsaresharedandtransmittedamongcitizensofaparticularregimepayingparticularattentiontotheconnectionbetweenpoliticalinstitutionsandthepsychologicaldispositionsthattheyfoster.presentsilluminatingnewwaystoappreciatetheformsofpopularwillandrevealsthatemotionalunderstandingbycitizensmayinfactbetheverybasisthroughwhichacommitmenttoprinciplesofjusticecanbesustained.isassociateprofessorofpoliticalscienceattheUniversityofToronto.Inaground-breakingstudyonthenatureofjudicialbehaviourintheSupremeCourtofCanadaDonaldSongerSusanJohnsonC.L.OstbergandMatthewWetsteinusethreespecicresearchstrategiestoconsiderthewaysinwhichjusticesseektomakedecisionsgroundedingoodlawandtoshowhowthesedecisionsareshapedwithinacollegialcourt.TheauthorsusecondentialinterviewswithSupremeCourtjusticesanaly-sisoftheirrulingsfromtoandmeasuresthattaptheirperceivedideologicaltendencestoprovideacriticalexaminationoftheideologicalrootsofjudicialdecisionmakinguncoveringthecomplexityofcontemporaryjudicialbehaviour.Examiningjudicialbehaviourthroughthelensofthreedifferentresearchstrategiesgroundedinqualitativeandquantitativemethod-ologiespresentscompellingevidencethatpoliticalideologyisakeyfactorindecisionmakingandaprominentsourceofconictintheSupremeCourtofCanada.professorofpoliticalscienceattheUniversityofSouthCarolinaistheauthorof.isassistantprofessorofpoliticalscienceUniversityofNorthCarolinaatGreensboro.isprofessorofpoliticalsciencedirectoroftheLegalScholarsProgramUniver-sityofthePacicStocktonCaliforniaandco-authorof.isdeanofPlanningResearchandInstitutionalEffectivenessSanJoaquinDeltaCollegeStocktonCaliforniaandco-authorof.PublicPassionRethinkingtheGroundsforPoliticalJusticeLawIdeologyandCollegialityJudicialBehaviourintheSupremeCourtofCanadaRebeccaKingstonDonaldR.SongerSusanW.JohnsonC.L.OstbergMatthewE.Wetstein