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Reshaping the Judiciary
An issue (Volume 18 No 1) of the journal Law in Context.
168 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2001
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September 28, 2017
This work is a publication of special edition of the Law in Context journal (18(1) 2000). This stated purpose of this edition of the journal/work ‘is to explore the reshaping of the judiciary in Australia and elsewhere over the past two decades [i.e. from 1980 to 2000] and to consider what sort of impact this process may have on the role, operations, and perhaps even status of the judiciary’. After an introduction, there are 5 papers by different authors, titled:
-Citizenship Theory and the Public Confidence Rationale for the Bias Rule;
-My People’s Court as Agents of Indigenous Decolonisation?;
-Can Public Sector Approaches to Accountability be Applied to the Judiciary?;
-The Judicial Commission of NSW: Treading a Fine Line between Judicial Independence and Judicial Accountability; and
-The Magistracy: The Undervalued Work-horse of the Court System.
Each paper’s title accurately reflects the scope of the paper. In particular, I found the third and fourth papers especially interesting. The issues that those papers (and indeed all) addressed explored have only continued to be explored today, especially relating to the further thinkings, discussions, and writings on judicial complaint mechanisms, accountability, and independence (throughout the various states, territories, and federally). This work is a welcome addition to the literate in this area.
-Citizenship Theory and the Public Confidence Rationale for the Bias Rule;
-My People’s Court as Agents of Indigenous Decolonisation?;
-Can Public Sector Approaches to Accountability be Applied to the Judiciary?;
-The Judicial Commission of NSW: Treading a Fine Line between Judicial Independence and Judicial Accountability; and
-The Magistracy: The Undervalued Work-horse of the Court System.
Each paper’s title accurately reflects the scope of the paper. In particular, I found the third and fourth papers especially interesting. The issues that those papers (and indeed all) addressed explored have only continued to be explored today, especially relating to the further thinkings, discussions, and writings on judicial complaint mechanisms, accountability, and independence (throughout the various states, territories, and federally). This work is a welcome addition to the literate in this area.
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