Tables Acknowledgements Introduction 1. Judicial Discretion and Democracy 2. Personality and the Appellate Judge 3. The Appellate Process 4. The Process of Collegial Decision-making 5. Cour d"Appel du Quebec 6. The Supreme Court of Canada 7. The Judicial Decision: Reasons and Citations 8. The Performance of Canadian Appellate Courts 9. The Courts and Democracy 10. The Human Elements of Judicial Decision-making Appendix Notes References Index