Judges of the Supreme Court of Canada are responsible for much of Canada's recent constitutional evolution, whether it be through their interpretation of the division of legislative powers or through that of the new Charter of Rights and Freedoms of 1982. Political science in Québec, however, has traditionally stressed intergovernmental negotiations for the reform of the Canadian Constitution and, until very recently, there were no political analyses of the judges' influence on the legislative power of the National Assembly and on political values in Québec. However, the few persons doing research on judicial power have brought a new perspective to the political role of a high court in a bi-national federal régime. This Québec approach highlights the dependence of the Supreme Court of Canada on the federal government and characterizes its jurisprudence as centralizing and nationalist—in short, the reflection of the political will of Canada's anglophone majority. The Court is no longer perceived as a neutral arbitrator of conflicts. Nevertheless, in Québec, the juridical paradigm continues to pervade political analysis and public discourse.