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‘Writing separately’
- University of Toronto Law Journal
- University of Toronto Press
- Volume 67, Number 2, Spring 2017
- pp. 149-155
- Article
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This article examines the practical side of writing dissents and concurring reasons. The author, the chief justice of an appellate court, offers his thoughts about a variety of issues including why dissents are so uncommon, how a judge decides whether to write a dissent or concurrence, the differences between dissents and concurrences, and what makes a compelling dissent.