Different courts take different approaches to the law. While the extent to which varying judicial perspectives on the interpretation of the law lead to dissimilar substantive results is difficult to quantify, the task of analyzing patterns in judgements offers the promise of a deeper understanding of judicial decision-making. In the US, the Ninth Circuit Court [...]

On September 24 the Supreme Court of Canada released its decision in United States of America v. Anekwu, 2009 SCC 41. The case concerned the rules of evidence with regards to the Canadian extradition process: specifically, the admissibility of Canadian-gathered evidence that is presented in summarized form, which would not comply with the hearsay rule [...]

The Supreme Court of Canada recently granted leave to appeal to United States of America v. Anekwu, [2008] B.C.J. No. 536, a decision of the the British Columbia Court of Appeal. The issue before the Supreme Court in Anewkwu is whether or not the Court of Appeal erred in finding that heasay evidence that is [...]