The appointment of a judge, regardless of the process followed, is a political act. With the global expansion of judicial power, the topic of judicial appointments has become one of growing political importance. However, comparative research on judicial appointments reform has so far been limited. This dissertation proposes and tests a theory for understanding the timing and nature of reforms to judicial appointments systems, the Judicial Politics Trigger Theory, by looking at the final courts of appeal in Canada, Australia, and the United States. Examining these three courts from their respective origins to the present day, the dissertation situates contemporary interest in judicial appointments reform within the larger framework of each c...
Appointment of judges in India in higher judiciary have been an issue since independence where even ...
This paper sets out ways in which the work of the High Court is political and argues that the method...
Dr Kate Malleson (Department of Law, London School of Economics) assesses the need and tasks involve...
This paper outlines the present system of judicial appointments in NSW and other Australian jurisdic...
Since the 1970s, the appointment of trial judges in Canada has generally involved an arms-length com...
The federal government\u27s power to appoint judges has come under increased scrutiny in recent year...
Studies of federal judicial appointments made before 1988 discovered significant partisan ties betwe...
The article investigates whether the new screening system introduced by the federal government in 19...
This paper analyzes the Supreme Court appointment process over the 10-year period from 2004 through...
This Article evaluates what we know about the politics of international judicial appointments and id...
This research article focuses on a critical analysis of the process by which federal Supreme Court j...
The article argues for reform in the process by which members of the Australian judiciary are select...
Over the past 25 years, the justices of the Supreme Court of Canada have not exhibited the divergent...
The authors review the current structures for judicial appointments in Canada and provide statistica...
Canadian prime ministers appoint judges to the Supreme Court of Canada at their own discretion. This...
Appointment of judges in India in higher judiciary have been an issue since independence where even ...
This paper sets out ways in which the work of the High Court is political and argues that the method...
Dr Kate Malleson (Department of Law, London School of Economics) assesses the need and tasks involve...
This paper outlines the present system of judicial appointments in NSW and other Australian jurisdic...
Since the 1970s, the appointment of trial judges in Canada has generally involved an arms-length com...
The federal government\u27s power to appoint judges has come under increased scrutiny in recent year...
Studies of federal judicial appointments made before 1988 discovered significant partisan ties betwe...
The article investigates whether the new screening system introduced by the federal government in 19...
This paper analyzes the Supreme Court appointment process over the 10-year period from 2004 through...
This Article evaluates what we know about the politics of international judicial appointments and id...
This research article focuses on a critical analysis of the process by which federal Supreme Court j...
The article argues for reform in the process by which members of the Australian judiciary are select...
Over the past 25 years, the justices of the Supreme Court of Canada have not exhibited the divergent...
The authors review the current structures for judicial appointments in Canada and provide statistica...
Canadian prime ministers appoint judges to the Supreme Court of Canada at their own discretion. This...
Appointment of judges in India in higher judiciary have been an issue since independence where even ...
This paper sets out ways in which the work of the High Court is political and argues that the method...
Dr Kate Malleson (Department of Law, London School of Economics) assesses the need and tasks involve...