Shouldn't the Bench be a Mirror? The Diversity of the Canadian Judiciary

Shouldn't the Bench be a Mirror? The Diversity of the Canadian Judiciary

<p>This paper assesses the diversity of the judicial bench in the Canadian metropolitan areas of Vancouver, and Montreal. Five years ago, a study by Ryerson&rsquo;s Diversity Institute confirmed that visible minorities make up only 8.3% of the judges in the most diverse city in Canada, Tor...

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Main Authors: Avner Levin, Asher Alkoby
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Oñati International Institute for the Sociology of Law 2017-12-01
Series:Oñati Socio-Legal Series
Subjects:
Diversity
Judiciary
Online Access:http://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/859
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spelling doaj-8beb2a14685b4649bf0926c52e76a7462020-11-24T22:32:27ZengOñati International Institute for the Sociology of LawOñati Socio-Legal Series2079-59712017-12-0174717751698Shouldn't the Bench be a Mirror? The Diversity of the Canadian JudiciaryAvner Levin0Asher Alkoby1Ted Rogers School of Business Management, Ryerson UniversityTed Rogers School of Business Management, Ryerson University<p>This paper assesses the diversity of the judicial bench in the Canadian metropolitan areas of Vancouver, and Montreal. Five years ago, a study by Ryerson&rsquo;s Diversity Institute confirmed that visible minorities make up only 8.3% of the judges in the most diverse city in Canada, Toronto. The paper discusses whether a representative canadian judiciary enhances (and perhaps is even a pre-requisite for) the Administration of Justice, and whether a more diverse bench, where subjective identity may play a central role, would compromise the presumed objectivity of judicial decision-making. <br /><br /> Este art&iacute;culo examina la diversidad del sector judicial de los centros urbanos m&aacute;s diversos de Canad&aacute; &ndash;Toronto, Vancouver y Montreal&ndash; y mide la brecha entre la composici&oacute;n demogr&aacute;fica del cuerpo judicial y la poblaci&oacute;n a la cual sirve. A continuaci&oacute;n, el art&iacute;culo toma en consideraci&oacute;n los factores que contribuyen a perpetuar la homogeneidad de los juzgados canadienses, y hace referencia a los argumentos de que un proceso de nombramiento que tomara en cuenta la identidad podr&iacute;a poner en entredicho la meritocracia o la presunta objetividad de la toma de decisiones judiciales. Nosotros argumentamos que unos datos p&uacute;blicos fiables sobre la composici&oacute;n de los juzgados y una visi&oacute;n y una estrategia claras por parte del Gobierno son cruciales para la administraci&oacute;n de la justicia en los juzgados canadienses.</p><p><strong>DOWNLOAD THIS PAPER FROM SSRN</strong>: <a href="https://ssrn.com/abstract=3034201" target="_blank">https://ssrn.com/abstract=3034201</a></p>http://opo.iisj.net/index.php/osls/article/view/859DiversityJudiciary
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title Shouldn't the Bench be a Mirror? The Diversity of the Canadian Judiciary
title_short Shouldn't the Bench be a Mirror? The Diversity of the Canadian Judiciary
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title_fullStr Shouldn't the Bench be a Mirror? The Diversity of the Canadian Judiciary
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publishDate 2017-12-01
description <p>This paper assesses the diversity of the judicial bench in the Canadian metropolitan areas of Vancouver, and Montreal. Five years ago, a study by Ryerson&rsquo;s Diversity Institute confirmed that visible minorities make up only 8.3% of the judges in the most diverse city in Canada, Toronto. The paper discusses whether a representative canadian judiciary enhances (and perhaps is even a pre-requisite for) the Administration of Justice, and whether a more diverse bench, where subjective identity may play a central role, would compromise the presumed objectivity of judicial decision-making. <br /><br /> Este art&iacute;culo examina la diversidad del sector judicial de los centros urbanos m&aacute;s diversos de Canad&aacute; &ndash;Toronto, Vancouver y Montreal&ndash; y mide la brecha entre la composici&oacute;n demogr&aacute;fica del cuerpo judicial y la poblaci&oacute;n a la cual sirve. A continuaci&oacute;n, el art&iacute;culo toma en consideraci&oacute;n los factores que contribuyen a perpetuar la homogeneidad de los juzgados canadienses, y hace referencia a los argumentos de que un proceso de nombramiento que tomara en cuenta la identidad podr&iacute;a poner en entredicho la meritocracia o la presunta objetividad de la toma de decisiones judiciales. Nosotros argumentamos que unos datos p&uacute;blicos fiables sobre la composici&oacute;n de los juzgados y una visi&oacute;n y una estrategia claras por parte del Gobierno son cruciales para la administraci&oacute;n de la justicia en los juzgados canadienses.</p><p><strong>DOWNLOAD THIS PAPER FROM SSRN</strong>: <a href="https://ssrn.com/abstract=3034201" target="_blank">https://ssrn.com/abstract=3034201</a></p>
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