In this article, we describe and consider the impetus for the reforms to federal judicial appointments that were initiated by Attorney-General Robert McClelland in 2008 and applied during the life of the Labor Government until 2013. We then proceed to evaluate those reforms by reference to the central idea of transparency. Looking first at the role of the express criteria in identifying a candidate and then at the way in which particular appointments were publicly justified by the Attorney-General, we assess how adequately all the factors leading to an individual's selection were acknowledged under the reformed process. This takes us to a fairly familiar controversy - the relationship between 'merit' (whether expressed as a one-word concept...
This paper outlines the present system of judicial appointments in NSW and other Australian jurisdic...
Parity in gender representation on the bench is crucial if the judiciary is to reflect the populatio...
Dr Kate Malleson (Department of Law, London School of Economics) assesses the need and tasks involve...
What should be the primary goals of a judicial appointments system, and how much weight should be pl...
This paper examines the apparent disregard of diversity in appointments by the federal government to...
This paper analyzes the Supreme Court appointment process over the 10-year period from 2004 through...
The purpose of this paper is to provide a high level overview of some of the issues and stumbling bl...
This paper examines the apparent disregard of diversity in appointments by the federal government to...
This is an age of diversity. In a pluralistic polity such as the UK, diversity often serves as short...
This paper examines the apparent disregard of diversity in appointments by the federal government to...
The case for greater judicial diversity has generally been constructed in terms of the need to appoi...
Policy makers appear to be recognising that the lack of representativeness of both Parliament and th...
This is an age of diversity. In a pluralistic polity such as the UK, diversity often serves as short...
This paper analyzes the Supreme Court appointment process over the 10-year period from 2004 through...
The authors review the current structures for judicial appointments in Canada and provide statistica...
This paper outlines the present system of judicial appointments in NSW and other Australian jurisdic...
Parity in gender representation on the bench is crucial if the judiciary is to reflect the populatio...
Dr Kate Malleson (Department of Law, London School of Economics) assesses the need and tasks involve...
What should be the primary goals of a judicial appointments system, and how much weight should be pl...
This paper examines the apparent disregard of diversity in appointments by the federal government to...
This paper analyzes the Supreme Court appointment process over the 10-year period from 2004 through...
The purpose of this paper is to provide a high level overview of some of the issues and stumbling bl...
This paper examines the apparent disregard of diversity in appointments by the federal government to...
This is an age of diversity. In a pluralistic polity such as the UK, diversity often serves as short...
This paper examines the apparent disregard of diversity in appointments by the federal government to...
The case for greater judicial diversity has generally been constructed in terms of the need to appoi...
Policy makers appear to be recognising that the lack of representativeness of both Parliament and th...
This is an age of diversity. In a pluralistic polity such as the UK, diversity often serves as short...
This paper analyzes the Supreme Court appointment process over the 10-year period from 2004 through...
The authors review the current structures for judicial appointments in Canada and provide statistica...
This paper outlines the present system of judicial appointments in NSW and other Australian jurisdic...
Parity in gender representation on the bench is crucial if the judiciary is to reflect the populatio...
Dr Kate Malleson (Department of Law, London School of Economics) assesses the need and tasks involve...