The Judge, the Judiciary and the Court
The Judge, the Judiciary and the Court
Andrew Lynch, University of New South Wales, Sydney
The Judge, the Judiciary and the Court is aimed at anyone interested in the Australian judiciary today. It examines the impact of the individual on the judicial role, while exploring the collegiate environment in which judges must operate. This professional community can provide support but may also present its own challenges within the context of a particular court's relational dynamic and culture. The judge and the judiciary form the 'court', an institution grounded in a set of constitutional values that will influence how judges and the judiciary perform their functions. This collection brings together analysis of the judicial role that highlights these unique aspects, particularly in the Australian setting. Through the lenses of judicial leadership, diversity, collegiality, dissent, style, technology, the media and popular culture, it analyses how judges work individually and as a collective to protect and promote the institutional values of the court.
- An exploration of how individual judges must operate within the collegial and institutional dynamics of the court
- Focuses on the Australian judiciary, drawing on comparative experiences and literature, particularly the UK
- Examines contemporary challenges facing the Australian judiciary, including judicial leadership, diversity, collegiality, dissent, style, technology, the media and popular culture
Reviews & endorsements
'This is a major and important work of legal scholarship and social analysis.' The Hon RI Barrett AO, Australian Law Journal
'This work brings together in one volume a rich talent of thoughtful discussions of the long-term foundation of our liberal democracy, the judges and their courts … the book is well bound and excellently presented.' Dr Andrew Cannon
Product details
April 2021Hardback
9781108494618
278 pages
150 × 230 × 20 mm
0.64kg
Available
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Table of Contents
- Part I: The Judge, the Judiciary and the Court:
- 1. The judge, the judiciary and the court: the individual, the collective and the institution Gabrielle Appleby and Andrew Lynch
- 2. Re-examining the judicial function in Australia Joe McIntyre
- 3. The Chief Justice: under relational and institutional pressure Gabrielle Appleby and Heather Roberts
- Part II: Debates and Challenges to the Judicial Role:
- 4. Dismantling the diversity deficit: towards a more inclusive Australian Judiciary Brian Opeskin
- 5. Technology and the judicial role Monika Zalnieriute and Felicity Bell
- 6. Emotion work as judicial work Sharyn Roach Anleu and Kathy Mack
- 7. The persistent pejorative: judicial activism Tanya Josev
- Part III: The Judiciary as a Collective:
- 8. Judicial collegiality Sarah Murray
- 9. Individual judicial style and institutional norms Andrew Lynch
- 10. Values and judicial difference in the High Court Rachel Cahill-O'Callaghan
- Part IV: Perceptions:
- 11. Judges and the media Matthew Groves
- 12. The 'good judge' in Australian popular television culture Penny Crofts.
