Introduction - Paul Daly Part I: Decision Making by Common Law Apex Courts 1. The Role of the Supreme Court of Canada in Shaping the Common Law - Beverley McLachlin 2. Apex Courts and the Development of the Common Law - Brice Dickson 3. The Common Law, the High Court of Australia and the United States Supreme Court - Peter Cane 4. Against All Odds: Numbers Sitting in the UK Supreme Court and Really, Really Important Cases - James Lee 5. The Reference Jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of Canada - Carissima Mathen Part II: Public Law Issues 6. Judicial Review in the American States - Robert Williams 7. The Common Law, the Constitution and the Alien - Audrey Macklin 8.

Administrative Law and Rights in the UK House of Lords and Supreme Court - Jason Varuhas 9. The Continuing Significance of Dr. Bonham's Case - Han-Ru Zhou Part III: Common Law Concepts 10. The Development of an Obligation to Perform in Good Faith -Angela Swan and Jakub Adamski 11. Cause and Courts - Sandy Steel 12. What is happening to the law of unjust enrichment? - Steve Hedley 13. The Supreme Court, Fundamental Principles of Property Law, and the Shaping of Aboriginal Title - Bruce Ziff Afterword - William B. Ewald.