Inside the Mason Court revolution: the High Court of Australia transformed / by Jason Louis Pierce.

Durham, NC : Carolina Academic Press, 2006.

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Australia. -- High Court. -- History.

Judicial power -- Australia.

1. Introduction

2. A sketch of Australia's legal history and judiciary

3. The High Court's orthodox role

4. The Mason Court supplants the orthodoxy

5. Legal reasoning in the Mason Court

6. The causes and timing of the transformation

7. Recent retreats from the politicized role

8. Conclusions.

This book examines the Australian High Court's enormously controversial and politically explosive transformation during the 1990s. Led by Chief Justice Anthony Mason, the Court embarked on a concerted effort to recast its role within Australia's legal and political systems. Securing unprecedented access to Australia's High Court and senior appellate judges, Pierce describes how the transformation unfolded, identifies the conditions that encouraged it, and explores how the Mason Court reforms have attenuated in recent years.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

9781594600616

x, 344 p.