Book contents
- The Judge, the Judiciary and the Court
- The Judge, the Judiciary and the Court
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Cases
- Part I The Judge, the Judiciary and the Court
- 1 The Judge, the Judiciary and the Court
- 2 Re-examining the Judicial Function in Australia
- 3 The Chief Justice
- Part II Debates and Challenges to the Judicial Role
- Part III The Judiciary as a Collective
- Part IV Perceptions
- Index
1 - The Judge, the Judiciary and the Court
The Individual, the Collective and the Institution
from Part I - The Judge, the Judiciary and the Court
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 May 2021
- The Judge, the Judiciary and the Court
- The Judge, the Judiciary and the Court
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Cases
- Part I The Judge, the Judiciary and the Court
- 1 The Judge, the Judiciary and the Court
- 2 Re-examining the Judicial Function in Australia
- 3 The Chief Justice
- Part II Debates and Challenges to the Judicial Role
- Part III The Judiciary as a Collective
- Part IV Perceptions
- Index
Summary
Judicial life is perhaps one of the most individual – and lonely – of professional callings. On appointment, a judge takes an oath to ‘do right to all manner of people according to law without fear or favour, affection or ill-will.’1 At that moment, she shoulders an individual responsibility to meet the highest expectations of the law.2 This expectation, and concomitant scrutiny, will continue throughout the judge’s career. Legal, political and public commentary may welcome her on appointment, examining the appropriateness of her credentials, experience and political neutrality. There may be ongoing critique of the quality of her judicial conduct in court, her decisions and reasoning, all of which must, subject to few exceptions, be performed in the public eye. Even upon her retirement, her conduct and any transgressions it reveals, may be the subject of critical public comment. In performing her institutional role, the judge is afforded no personal anonymity.
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- The Judge, the Judiciary and the CourtIndividual, Collegial and Institutional Judicial Dynamics in Australia, pp. 3 - 21Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021