The Tenth Justice: Judicial Appointments, Marc Nadon, and the Supreme Court ACT Reference

by Carissima Mathen

The process by which Supreme Court judges are appointed is traditionally a quiet affair, but this certainly wasn't the case when Prime Minister Stephen Harper selected Justice Marc Nadon for appointment to Canada's highest court. Here, for the first time, is the complete story of "the Nadon Reference" - one of the strangest sagas in Canadian legal history.
Following the Prime Minister's announcement, controversy swirled and debate raged: as a...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0774864281
• ISBN13: 9780774864282
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: University of British Columbia Press
• Length: 205 Pages