There are two widely shared views of Frank lacobucci as a justice of the Supreme Court of
Canada. The first is that he was a liberally inclined justice, particularly in the area of criminal
law.'That he has conventionally been regarded as a liberal despite being appointed in 1991
by the Progressive Conservative prime minister Brian Mulroney raises a number of
questions. Is this conventional view ofJustice lacobucci actually correct? That is, is it borne
out by his voting record over his more than thirteen years on the Court? If so, does this' left of …