Court Administration and Democratic Governance

1
Court Administration and Democratic Governance 

• Selected Issues in Judicial Administration
• GS/Law 6720 3.0
• November 17, 2008

2
Topics Tonight

• Ian Greene, The Courts (Vancouver UBC Press,
  2006)
• The Canadian Democratic Audit -- comments on the
  project by Ian Greene
• The benchmarks participation, inclusiveness and
  responsiveness
• Books in the Canadian Democratic Audit series
• Citizens, by Elisabeth Gidengil, Andre Blais,
  Neil Nevitte and Richard Nadeau.
• Elections, by John Courtney
• Political Parties, by William Cross
• Advocacy Groups, by Lisa Young and Joanna Everitt
• Federalism, by Jennifer Smith
• Legislatures, by David Docherty
• Cabinets and First Ministers, by Graham White
• Courts, by Ian Greene
• Communication Technology, by Darin Barney

3
Presentations

• Introduction and Chapter 1, Canadas Courts in
  Context Robyn Ryan Bell
• Chapter 2, Public Participation in the Justice
  System Fatima Ul-Haq
• Chapter 3, Inclusiveness JoAnn Riddell
•  
• Chapter 4, Responsiveness of Courts to
  Expectations Independence, Behaviour and
  Administration Ashley Smith
•  
• Chapter 6, The Courts and Democracy Guy
  Brownlee
•