1. Yet gender diversity is without doubt a valuable asset in a final court of appeal. As a former member of the South African Constitutional Court has noted, "diversity in a court of final appeal is in my view a good in itself;See B Wilson;Will Women Judges Really Make a Difference,1990
2. The claim that women judges present a "different voice" has been influenced especially by differences identified by Carol Gilligan in how males and females understand themselves and solve moral problems. See C. Gilligan;L J Cambridge;a Different Voice: Psychological Theory and Women's Development,1986
3. Do Women Judges Speak 'In a Different Voice'? Carol Gilligan, Feminist Legal Theory, and the Ninth Circuit" (1993) 8 Wis. Women's LJ 143. A statistical review of Charter of Rights decision-making by the first three women judges in the Supreme Court of Canada (Wilson, L'Heureux-Dub�, and McLachlin) concluded that the evidence "suggests that gender alone is not a reliable predictor of a Judge's Charter voting record. Just as there is no evidence of a 'typical male' Judge, so there is no evidence of a 'typical woman' Judge;S D See;The Majesty of the Law: Reflections of a Supreme Court Justice,2003
4. Do Women Judges Make a Difference? An Analysis by Appeal Court Data