Creation and Beginnings of the Court
About the Court
SCC Bibliography
Articles
Pre-Charter (1982):
Adams, G. & P.J. Cavaluzzo,"The Supreme Court of Canada: A Biographical Study" (1969) 7 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 61.
Bader, M., "The Supreme Court of Canada, 1892-1902: A Study of the Men and the Times" (1970) 8 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 503.
Beaudoin, G-A., "La Cour suprême et la protection des droits fondamentaux" (1975) 53 Canadian Bar Review 675.
Cassels, R., "The Supreme Court of Canada" (1890) 2 Green Bag 241.
Cavarzan, J., "The Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Canada: Its Development and Effect on the Role of the Court" (1965) 3 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 431.
Cheffins, R.I., "The Supreme Court of Canada: The Quiet Court in an Unquiet Country" (1965-66) 4 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 259.
Crane, B.A., "The Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Canada" (1968) 11 Canadian Bar Journal 377.
Crane, B.A., "Law Clerks for Canadian Judges" (1966) 9 Canadian Bar Journal 373.
Gibson, D., "And One Step Backward: The Supreme Court and Constitutional Law in the Sixties" (1975) 53 Canadian Bar Review 621.
Herman, M.J., "Law Clerking at the Supreme Court of Canada" (1975) 13 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 279.
Herman, M.J., "Introduction: The Supreme Court of Canada 1875-1975" (1976) 8 Ottawa Law Review 1.
Herman, M.J., "The Founding of the Supreme Court of Canada and the Abolition of Appeal to the Privy Council" (1976) 8 Ottawa Law Review 7.
How, W.G., "The Too Limited Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Canada" (1947) 25 Canadian Bar Review 573.
Laskin, B., "The Supreme Court of Canada: a Final Court of Appeal of and for Canadians" (1951) 29 Canadian Bar Review 1038.
Laskin, B., "Our Civil Liberties: the Role of the Supreme Court" (1954-55) 61 Queen's Quarterly 455.
Laskin, B., "The Supreme Court of Canada, the First One Hundred Years: A Capsule Institutional History" (1975) 53 Canadian Bar Review 459.
Laskin, B., "The Role and Functions of Final Appellate Courts: The Supreme Court of Canada" (1975) 53 Canadian Bar Review 469.
Laskin, B., "The Supreme Court and the Protection of Civil Liberties: Commentary" (1976) 14 Alberta Law Review 135.
MacGuigan, M., "The Privy Council and the Supreme Court: a Jurisprudential Analysis" (1966) 4 Alberta Law Review 419.
McRuer, J.C., "The Supreme Court as a National Institution" (1980) 1 Supreme Court Law Review 467.
O'Driscoll, J.G.J., "The Presentation of an Appeal to the Court of Appeal and to the Supreme Court of Canada in a Criminal Case" (1969) Law Society of Upper Canada. Special Lectures. Defending a Criminal Case 203.
Patenaude, P., "Le Québec et la Cour suprême" (1976) Alberta Law Review 138.
Robinette, J.J., "A Counsel Looks at the Court" (1975) 53 Canadian Bar Review 558.
Russell, P.H., "The Supreme Court’s Interpretation of the Constitution since 1949", in P.W. Fox, Politics: Canada (Toronto: McGraw-Hill, 1963) 64.
Russell, P.H., "The Political Role of the Supreme Court of Canada in its First Century" (1975) 53 Canadian Bar Review 576.
Shumiatcher, M.C., "The Supreme Court and the Oral Tradition" (1980) 1 Supreme Court Law Review 479.
Tarnopolsky, W.S., "The Supreme Court and the Canadian Bill of Rights" (1975) 53 Canadian Bar Review 649.
Tarnopolsky, W.S., "The Supreme Court and Civil Liberties" (1976) 14 Alberta Law Review 58.
Weiller, P.C., "Legal Values and Judicial Decision-Making" (1970) 48 Canadian Bar Review 1.
Weiller, P.C., "Of Judges and Scholars: Reflections in a Centennial Year" (1975) 53 Canadian Bar Review 563.
Post-Charter (1982):
(**See also articles under Statistics)
Alexander E.R., "The Supreme Court of Canada and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms" (1990) 40 University of Toronto Law Journal 1.
Babinski, B., "Backstage at the Supreme Court of Canada" (April 1993) 17(3) Canadian Lawyer 11.
Baker, D., "Changing Norms of Equality in the Supreme Court of Canada" (1987) 9 Supreme Court Law Review 497.
Barron, S., "Supreme Life. (What's it Like Working with some of the Country's Most Brilliant Legal Minds? A Look Behind the Scenes at the Supreme Court of Canada)" (October 1988) 12(7) Canadian Lawyer 20.
Batten, J., "The Power and the Glory" (1983) 67 The Review 2.
Beaulac, S., "Recent Developments at the Supreme Court of Canada on the Use of Parliamentary Debates" (2000) 63 Saskatchewan Law Review 581.
Blache, P., "Le droit à l’égalité: interface entre droits individuels et droits collectifs" (2000) 79 Canadian Bar Review 1.
Bushnell, S.I., "Leave to Appeal Applications to the Supreme Court of Canada: A Matter of Public Importance" (1982) 3 Supreme Court Law Review 479.
Bzdera, A., "Perspectives québécoises sur la Cour suprême du Canada" (1992) 7(2) Canadian Journal of Law and Society 1.
Des Rosiers, N., "From Québec Veto to Québec Secession: the Evolution of the Supreme Court of Canada on Québec-Canada Disputes." (2000) 13 Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence 171.
Dickson, B., "The Role of the Supreme Court of Canada" (1984) 3(4) Advocates’ Society Journal 3.
Elliot, R.M., "Scope of the Charter's Application" (1993) 15 The Advocates' Quarterly 204.
Elliot, R.M., "The Supreme Court of Canada and Section 1: the Erosion of the Common Front" (1987) 12 Queen's Law Journal 277.
Galloway, J.D.C., "Three Models of (In)Equality:[the Supreme Court of Canada's Interpretation of s.15(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms]" (1993) 38 McGill Law Journal 64.
Glenn, H.P., "La Cour suprême du Canada et la tradition du droit civil" (2001) 80 Canadian Bar Review 151.
Gonthier, C.D., "L'influence d'une Cour suprême nationale sur la tradition civiliste québécoise" (1990) 24 La Revue juridique Thémis 413.
Goulard, G.Y., "A Look at the Supreme Court of Canada" (1989) 10 Advocates' Quarterly 222.
Harvie, R. & H. Foster., "Different Drummers, Different Drums: the Supreme Court of Canada, American Jurisprudence and the Continuing Revision of Criminal Law under the Charter" (1992) 24 Ottawa Law Review 39.
Heard, A.D., "The Charter in the Supreme Court of Canada: the Importance of which Judges Hear an Appeal" (1991) 24 Canadian Journal of Political Science 289.
Hogg, P.W. and A.A. Thorton, "The Charter Dialogue Between Courts and Legislatures" (1999) Policy Options politiques 19 ; longer version in (1997) 35 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 75.
Hogg, P.W., "The Law-Making Role of the Supreme Court of Canada: Rapporteurs’s Synthesis" (2001) 80 Canadian Bar Review 17.
Hudon, E.G., "Growing Pains and Other Things: the Supreme Court of Canada and the Supreme Court of the United States" (1986) 17 Revue Générale de Droit 753.
Huffman, J.L. and M. Saathoff, "Advisory Opinions and Canadian Constitutional Development: The Supreme Court's Reference Jurisdiction" (1990) 74 Minnesota Law Review 1251.
Hughes, P., "Judicial Independence: Contemporary Pressures and Appropriate Responses" (2001) 80 Canadian Bar Review 181.
Huot, F., "La Cour suprême simplement" (1987) 9(8) Justice 35.
Iacobucci, F., "The Supreme Court of Canada: Its History, Powers and Responsibilities" (2002) 4 Journal of Appellate Practice and Process 27.
Kelly, J.B. & M. Murphy, "Confronting Judicial Supremacy: A Defence of Judicial Activism and the Supreme Court of Canada’s Legal Rights Jurisprudence" (2001) 16(1) Canadian Journal of Law and Society 3.
La Forest, G.V., "The Use of International and Foreign Material in the Supreme Court of Canada" (1988) 17 Canadian Council on International Law. Proceedings 230.
La Forest, G.V., "The Expanding Role of the Supreme Court of Canada in International Law Issues" (1996) 34 The Canadian Yearbook of International Law 89.
Lamer, A., "A Brief History of the Court." In The Supreme Court of Canada and Its Justices 1875-2000: A Commemorative Book, Toronto, Dundurn Group, 2000, 11.
L'Heureux-Dubé, C., "The Length and Plurality of Supreme Court of Canada Decisions" (1990) 28 Alberta Law Review 551.
L'Heureux-Dubé, C., "Nomination of Supreme Court Judges: Some Issues for Canada" (1991) 20 Manitoba Law Journal 600.
L'Heureux-Dubé, C., "Bijuralism: A Supreme Court of Canada's Justice's Perspective" (2002) 62 Louisiana Law Review 449.
L'Heureux-Dubé, C., "Realizing Equality in the Twentieth Century: The Role of the Supreme Court of Canada in Comparative Perspective" (2003) 1(1) International Journal of Constitutional Law 35.
MacKay, A.W., "The Supreme Court of Canada and Federalism: Does \ Should Anyone Care Anymore?" (2001) 80 Canadian Bar Review 241.
Major, J.C., "Interveners and the Supreme Court of Canada" (1999) 8(3) National (A.B.C.) 27.
Manfredi, C.P., "The Use of United States Decisions by the Supreme Court of Canada under the Charter of Rights and Freedoms" (1990) 23 Canadian Journal of Political Science 499.
Martin, R., "Ideology and Judging in the Supreme Court of Canada" (1988) 26 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 797.
McCormick, P., "Assessing Leadership on the Supreme Court of Canada: Towards a Typology of Chief Justice Performance" (1993) 4 Supreme Court Law Review 409.
McCormick, P., "Birds of a Feather: Alliances and Influences on the Lamer Court 1990-1997" (1998) 36 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 339.
McCormick, P., "Follow the Leader: Judicial Power and Judicial Leadership on the Laskin Court, 1973-1984" (1998) 24 Queen's Law Journal 237.
McCormick, P., "Second Thoughts: Supreme Court Citation of Dissents & Separate Concurrences, 1949-1996" (2002) 81 Canadian Bar Review 369.
McInnes, M., J. Bolton, & N. Derzko, "Clerking at the Supreme Court of Canada" (1994) 33 Alberta Law Review 58. (also available in french. See: Dagenais Blackburn)
McLachlin, B., "The Role of the Courts in the Post-Charter Era: Policy-Maker or Adjudicator?" (1990) 39 University of New Brunswick Law Journal 43.
McLachlin, B., "The Supreme Court and the Public Interest" The Heald Lecture, College of Law, 26 February 2001 (2001) 64 Saskatchewan Law Review 309.
McLachlin, B., "Equality: The Most Difficult Right" (2001) 14 Supreme Court Law Review, 2d 17.
McLachlin, B., "Le rôle du juge en chef" (2002) 32(2) Revue générale de droit. Université d’Ottawa 403.
Monahan, P.J. & M.J. Bryant, "The Supreme Court of Canada's 1996 Constitutional Cases: the End of Charter Activism?" (1997) 5 Canada Watch 41.
Monahan, P.J., "The Supreme Court of Canada in the 21st Century" (2001) 80 Canadian Bar Review 374.
Moskoff, F.R. "The Role of the Supreme Court of Canada in the 1990s and Beyond" (1989) 8 Advocates' Society Journal 5.
Ostberg, C.L., M.E. Wetstein, & C.R. Ducat, "Attitudinal Dimensions of Supreme Court Decision Making in Canada: The Lamer Court, 1991-1995" (2002) 55(1) Political Research Quarterly 235.
Rand, I.C., "The Role of the Supreme Court in Society" (1991) 40 University of New Brunswick Law Journal 173.
Reid, M.R. "All You Ever Wanted to Know About the Supreme Court But Didn't Have the Opportunity to Ask" (1988) 12(2) Provincial Judges 6.
Roach, K., "Constitutional and Common Law Dialogues Between the Supreme Court and Canadian Legislatures" (2001) 80 Canadian Bar Review 481.
Scassa, T., "The Language of Judgment and the Supreme Court of Canada" (1994) 43 University of New Brunswick Law Journal 169.
Schabas, W.A., "Twenty-five Years of Public International Law at the Supreme Court of Canada" (2000) 79 Canadian Bar Review 174.
Sharpe, R.J., "The Role of a Media Spokesperson for the Courts: the Supreme Court of Canada Experience" (1991) 1 Media & Communications Law Review 271.
Sopinka, J., "Advocacy in the Top Court" (May 1995) 4(4) National (C.B.A.) 38,40,42.
Sossin, L., "The Sounds of Silence: Law Clerks, Policy Making and the Supreme Court of Canada" (1996) 30 UBC Law Review 279.
"The Supreme Court of Canada" in P.H. Russell, The Judiciary in Canada: The Third Branch of Government. Toronto: McGraw-Hill Ryerson, 1987, 333.
Teeple, D., "The History and Role of the Supreme Court of Canada" (2002) 10 Australian Law Librarian 216.
Toope, S.J., "The Uses of Metaphor: International Law and the Supreme Court of Canada" (2001) 80 Canadian Bar Review 534.
Trebilcock, M.J., "The Supreme Court and Strengthening the Conditions for Effective Competition in the Canadian Economy" (2001) 80 Canadian Bar Review 542.
Vastel, M., "Comment fonctionne la Cour suprême [du Canada]" (septembre 1988) L' Actualité 31.
Waters, D.W.M., "The Reception of Equity in the Supreme Court of Canada (1875-2000)" (2001) 80 Canadian Bar Review 620.
Weinrib, L.E., "The Supreme Court of Canada and Section One of the Charter" (1988) 10 Supreme Court Law Review 469.
Weinrib, L.E., "The Supreme Court of Canada in the Age of Rights: Constitutional Democracy, the Rule of Law and Fundamental Rights Under Canada's Constitution" (2001) 80 Canadian Bar Review 699.
Wilson, B., "Decision-making in the Supreme Court" (1986) 36 University of Toronto Law Journal 227.
Ziegel, J.S., "Appointments to the Supreme Court of Canada" (1994) 5 Constitutional Forum constitutionnel 10.
Texts:
Anderson, E. M., Judging Bertha Wilson : Law as Large as Life. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2001.
Balcome, R.P.H., Supreme Court of Canada Decision-Making : The Benchmarks of Rand, Kerwin and Martland. Toronto : Carswell, 1990.
Beatty, D.M., Talking Heads and the Supremes : The Canadian Production of Constitutional Review. Toronto : Carswell, 1990.
Belleau, M-C. ed., Claire L’Heureux-Dubé à la Cour suprême du Canada. 1987-2002 = Claire L’Heureux-Dubé at the Supreme Court of Canada. 1987-2002. Montréal: Wilson & Lafleur, 2004.
Bevilacqua, F.M., The Supreme Court of Canada : a Politically Legal Role : a Study of the Policy-making Role of the Courts and the Impact of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Kingston, Ont. : Queen's University, 1990.
Bernier, I. & A. Lajoie, The Supreme Court of Canada as an instrument of Political Change. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 1986. (also available in French)
Beaudoin, G.-A., The Supreme Court of Canada: Proceedings of the October 1985 Conference. Cowansville, P.Q.: Éditions Yvon Blais, 1986.
Brodie, I., Friends of the Court. The Privileging of Interest Group Litigants in Canada. Albany, N.Y.: State University of New York Press, 2002.
Brossard, J., La Cour suprême et la Constitution : le forum constitutionnel au Canada. Montréal : Presses de l'Université de Montréal, 1968.
Bushnell, I., The Captive Court : A Study of the Supreme Court of Canada. Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1992.
Canadian Bar Association. Committee on the Supreme Court of Canada, Report of the Canadian Bar Association Committee on the Supreme Court of Canada. Ottawa : The Association, 1987.
Carson, B., The Supreme Court of Canada in the Political Process. Ottawa : Library of Parliament, 1982.
Celebration of the Centenary of the Supreme Court of Canada (1875-1975) : The Role and Functions of the Final Appellate Courts : proceedings of the symposium held on September 26 and 27, 1975 in the Lester B. Pearson Building, Ottawa. Ottawa : Supreme Court, 1976. (also available in French)
Charter Equality Rights: Interpretation of Section15 in Supreme Court of Canada Decisions. [Ottawa] : Library of Parliament, Research Branch, 1995-
Décary, R., Cour suprême. Montreal : Wilson & Lafleur, 1988.
Flemming, R.B., Tournament of appeals : granting judicial review in Canada, Vancouver: UBC Press, 2004.
Greene, I. et al., Final Appeal : Decision-making in Canadian Courts of Appeal. Toronto : J. Lorimer, 1998.
Guillemard, S., 1982-2001 : Vingt ans de grands arrêts de la Cour suprême du Canada Montréal : Wilson & Lafleur, 2002.
Guth, D.J., ed., Brian Dickson at the Supreme Court of Canada, 1973-1990. Winnipeg : Canadian Legal History Project, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba, 1998.
Johnson, R. et al., Gérard V. La Forest at the Supreme Court of Canada 1985-1997, Winnipeg: Canadian Legal History Project, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba, 2000.
Lang, O.E., Constitutional Reform : The Supreme Court of Canada. [Ottawa] : Govt. of Canada, Canadian Unity Information Office, 1978. (also available in French)
MacDonald, V.C., Legislative Power and the Supreme Court in the Fifties. Toronto : Butterworths, 1961.
Macpherson, D.I., The Supreme Court of Canada : Caricatures. Scarborough, Ont. : Butterworths, 1988.
Manfredi, C., Judicial Power and the Charter : Canada and the Paradox of Liberal Constitutionalism. 2nd Edition. Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press, 2001; Toronto : M & S, c1993.
Martin, R., The Most Dangerous Branch : How the Supreme Court of Canada Has Undermined Our Law and Our Democracy , Montreal: McGill-Queen's University Press, 2003.
McCormick, P., Supreme At Last. The Evolution of the Supreme Court of Canada. Toronto: James Lorimer & Company Ltd., 2000.
Monahan, P., Politics and the Constitution : The Charter, Federalism, and the Supreme Court of Canada. Toronto : Carswell, 1987.
Monahan, P. J.and S.A. Forbes, Peter Cory at the Supreme Court of Canada, 1989-1999. Winnipeg : Canadian Legal History Project, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba, c2001.
Morton, F.L. & R. Knopff, eds., The Charter Revolution & the Court Party. Peterborough, Ontario: Broadview Press, Ltd., 2000.
Rosen, P., Major Proposals for Reform of the Senate and the Supreme Court of Canada since the 1971 Victoria Charter. Ottawa : Library of Parliament, 1980. (also available in French)
Russell, P.H., The Supreme Court of Canada as a Bilingual and Bicultural Institution. Ottawa : [Queen's Printer], 1969.
Sharpe, R. J. and K. Roach., Brian Dickson. A Judge's Journey. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2003.
Snell, J.G. and F. Vaughan, The Supreme Court of Canada : History of the Institution. Toronto : University of Toronto Press, 1985.
The Supreme Court of Canada and Its Justices. 1875 - 2000: A Commemorative Book. Toronto: Dundurn Press, 2000. (also available in french)
The Supreme Court of Canada: Legacy and Challenges: Commemorative Edition on the 125th Anniversary of the Supreme Court of Canada. [Ottawa: Canadian Bar Association, 2001]. (Reprint of volumes 79(1) 2000 and 80(2) 2001 Canadian Bar Review.) (also available in French)
Swinton, K., The Supreme Court and Canadian Federalism : The Laskin-Dickson Years. Toronto: Carswell, 1990.
Vaughan, F., Aggressive in Pursuit : The Life of Justice Emmett Hall. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2004.
Walker, J. St. G., Race, Rights and the Law in the Supreme Court of Canada : Historical Case Studies. [Waterloo, Ont. ] : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, 1997.
Weiler, P.C., In the Last Resort : A Critical Study of the Supreme Court of Canada. Toronto: Carswell Methuen, 1974.
Women's Legal Education and Action Fund. Equality and the Charter : Ten years of Feminist Advocacy before the Supreme Court of Canada. Toronto : Emond Montgomery, 1996.
Bibliographies
" A Selection of Useful Sources on the Court and Its Justices", in The Supreme Court of Canada and Its Justices 1875 - 2000: A Commemorative Book. Toronto, Dundurn Group, 2000, 213.
Herman, M.J., "Bibliography of Material on the Supreme Court of Canada" (1976) 8 Ottawa Law Review 102.
Logan, G.R., "Annotated Bibliography of Works Written on the Supreme Court of Canada" (1965) 3 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 173.
Trethewey, P., "A Bibliography of the Supreme Court of Canada" (1976) 14 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 425.
Periodical
The Supreme Court Law Review, v1, 1980 - v11, 1989,- 2d ser. v1, 1990-. Toronto: Butterworths, 1980.
Rules of Practice
Crane, B.A. & Brown, H.S. Supreme Court of Canada Practice. Scarborough, Ont.: Carswell, Annual.
Meehan, E., et al. Supreme Court of Canada Manual : Practice and Advocacy. Aurora, Ont. : Canada Law Book, 1996-.
Porter, L. Supreme Court of Canada Practice Guide. Vancouver : Western Legal Publications, 1996-.
Statistics
Bulletin of the Supreme Court
The Court releases annually a Bulletin of Proceedings. Special Edition,
containing a general overview on the work of the Supreme Court. Most
recent edition available on the Court's Internet site.
Osgoode Hall Law Journal
Annual report entitled: "(Year) S.C.R. Statistical Analysis"
Supreme Court Law Review
Annual report entitled, "Leave to Appeal Applications: the (year) term"
compiled by H.S. Brown and B.A. Crane.
Bale, G., "W.R. Lederman and the Citation of Legal Periodicals by the Supreme Court of Canada" (1993) 19 Queen's Law Journal 36.
Black, V. & N. Richter, "Did She Mention my Name?: Citation of Academic Authority by the Supreme Court of Canada, 1985-1990" (1993) 16 Dalhousie Law Journal 377.
McCormick, P., "The Supervisory Role of the Supreme Court of Canada: Analysis of Appeals from Provincial Courts of Appeal, 1949-1990" (1992) 3 Supreme Court Law Review 1.
McCormick, P., "Party Capability Theory and Appellate Success in the Supreme court of Canada, 1949-1992" (1993) 26 Canadian Journal of Political Science 523.
McCormick, P., "Judicial Career Patterns and the Delivery of Reasons for Judgment in the Supreme Court of Canada, 1949-1993" (1994) 5 Supreme Court Law Review 499.
McCormick, P., "The Supreme Court Cites the Supreme Court: Follow-up Citation on the Supreme Court of Canada, 1989-1993" (1995) 33 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 453.
McCormick, P., "What Supreme Court Cases Does the Supreme Court Cite?: Follow-up Citations on the Supreme Court of Canada, 1989-1993" (1996) 7 Supreme Court Law Review (2d) 451.
McCormick, P., "The Supreme Court of Canada and American Citations 1945-1994: a Statistical Overview" (1997) 8 Supreme Court Law Review 527.
McCormick, P., "Do Judges Read Books, Too?: Academic Citations by the Lamer Court 1991-96" (1998) 9 Supreme Court Law Review (2d) 463.
McCormick, P. "Second Thoughts: Supreme Court Citation of Dissents & Separate Concurrences" (2002) 81 Canadian Bar Review 369.
Morton, F.L., P. Russell & M. Withey, "The Supreme Court's First One Hundred Charter of Rights Decisions: a Statistical Analysis" (1992) 30 Osgoode Hall Law Journal 2.
Russell, P.H., "The Supreme Court and the Charter: Quantitative Trends - Continuities and Discontinuities" (1998) 6 Canada Watch 61.
