The last word : media coverage of the Supreme Court of Canada / by Florian Sauvageau, David Schneiderman, David Taras ; with Ruth Klinkhammer and Pierre Trudel.

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Vancouver : University of British Columbia Press, 2006.

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25859

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Law and society series (Vancouver, B.C.).

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Canada. -- Supreme Court.

Law reporting -- Canada.

Journalists -- Canada.

Courts -- Canada.

Contents:

Judgment day : a vignette

Introduction : the Supreme Court under the media lens

1. A year in the life of the Supreme Court

2. Equal in Alberta : the Vriend case

3. Court and spin country : the Quebec secession reference

4. "Sea of confusion" : R. v. Marshall

5. "Parents can sleep soundly" : the Queen v. John Robin Sharpe

6. Judges and journalists

Conclusion : reporting the Supreme Court through a political prism.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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0774812435

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vii, 260 p. : ill.