The judge, the judiciary, and the court : individual, collegial, and institutional judicial dynamics in Australia / edited by Gabrielle Appleby, Andrew Lynch.

Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2021.

1st edition

199069

Criminal justice, Administration of -- Australia.

Judges -- Australia.

Courts -- Australia.

Part I: The Judge, the Judiciary and the Court:

1. The judge, the judiciary and the court: the individual, the collective and the institution

2. Re-examining the judicial function in Australia

3. The Chief Justice: under relational and institutional pressure

Part II: Debates and Challenges to the Judicial Role

4. Dismantling the diversity deficit: towards a more inclusive Australian Judiciary

5. Technology and the judicial role

6. Emotion work as judicial work

7. The persistent pejorative: judicial activism

Part III: The Judiciary as a Collective

8. Judicial collegiality

9. Individual judicial style and institutional norms

10. Values and judicial difference in the High Court

Part IV: Perceptions

11. Judges and the media

12. The Good judge in Australian popular television culture. Part I The judge, the judiciary and the court

1. The judge, the judiciary and the court: the individual, the collective and the institution

2. Re-examining the judicial function in Australia

3. The chief justice: under relational and institutional pressure

Part II

4. Dismantling the diversity deficit towards more inclusive Australian judiciary

5. Technology and the judicial role

6. Emotion work as judicial work

7. The persistent pejorative: judicial activism

Part III

8. Judicial collegiality

9. Individual judicial style and institutional norms

10. Values and judicial different in the High Court

Part IV Perceptions

11. Judges and the Media

12. The good judge in Australia popular television culture.

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. - Publisher's website.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781108494618

xviii, 321 pages ; 24 cm