Apex Courts and the Common Law

Contents\nAcknowledgments\nIntroduction\nPart I: Decision Making by Common Law Apex Courts\n1. The Role of the Supreme Court of Canada in Shaping the Common Law\n2. Apex Courts and the Development of the Common Law\n3. The Common Law, the High Court of Australia, and the United States Supreme Court\n4. Against All Odds: Numbers Sitting in the UK Supreme Court and Really, Really Important Cases\n5. The Reference Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Canada\nPart II: Public Law Issues\n6. Judicial Review in the American States\n7. The Common Law, the Constitution, and the Alien\n8. Administrative Law and Rights in the UK House of Lords and Supreme Court\n9. The Continuing Significance of Dr Bonham’s Case\nPart III: Common Law Concepts\n10. The Development of an Obligation to Perform in Good Faith\n11. Cause and Courts\n12. What Is Happening to the Law of Unjust Enrichment?\n13. The Supreme Court, Fundamental Principles of Property Law, and the Shaping of Aboriginal Title\nAfterword\nContributors