The Judge, the Judiciary and the Court: Individual, Collegial and Institutional Judicial Dynamics in Australia

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by  Gabrielle Appleby (editor), Andrew Lynch (editor)

THE JUDGE, THE JUDICIARY AND
THE COURT
TheJudge,theJudiciaryandtheCourtisaimedatanyoneinterestedinthe
Australianjudiciarytoday.Itexaminestheimpactoftheindividualonthe
judicialrole,whileexploringthecollegiateenvironmentinwhichjudges
mustoperate.Thisprofessionalcommunitycanprovidesupportbutmay
alsopresentitsownchallengeswithinthecontextofaparticularcourt’s
relational dynamic and culture. The judge and the judiciary form the
‘court’,aninstitutiongroundedinasetofconstitutionalvaluesthatwill
influence how judges and the judiciary perform their functions. This
collectionbringstogetheranalysisofthejudicialrolethathighlightsthese
uniqueaspects,particularlyintheAustraliansetting.Throughthelenses
ofjudicialleadership,diversity,collegiality,dissent,style,technology,the
mediaandpopularculture,itanalyseshowjudgesworkindividuallyand
asacollectivetoprotectandpromotetheinstitutionalvaluesofthecourt.
GabrielleApplebyisaprofessorattheFacultyofLaw&JusticeatUNSW
in Sydney, Australia. She is the Director of The Judiciary Project at the
Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law and her books include Judicial
FederalisminAustralia(2021),AustralianPublicLaw(3rded.,2018),The
Role of the Solicitor-General: Negotiating Law, Politics and the Public
Interest(2016);andTheTimCarmodyAffair(2016).
AndrewLynchisaprofessorattheFacultyofLaw&JusticeatUNSWin
Sydney, Australia. He researches constitutional law, judicial dissent and
judicial appointments. A Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law, his
books include Blackshield & Williams’ Australian Constitutional Law
and Theory (2014, 2018), Australia’s Greatest Judicial Crisis: The Tim
CarmodyAffair(2016)andGreatAustralianDissents(2016).
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THE JUDGE, THE JUDICIARY
AND THE COURT
Individual, Collegial and Institutional Judicial
Dynamics in Australia
Edited by
GABRIELLE APPLEBY
UniversityofNewSouthWales,Sydney
ANDREW LYNCH
UniversityofNewSouthWales,Sydney
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CONTENTS
List of Figures vii
List of Tables viii
List of Contributors ix
Foreword xiv
Chris Maxwell
Table of Cases xvi
 
The Judge, the Judiciary and the Court 1
1 The Judge, the Judiciary and the Court: the Individual,
the Collective and the Institution 3
    
2 Re-examining the Judicial Function in Australia 22
 
3 The Chief Justice: Under Relational and
Institutional Pressure 50
    
 
DebatesandChallengestotheJudicialRole 81
4 Dismantling the Diversity Deficit: Towards a More
Inclusive Australian Judiciary 83
 
5 Technology and the Judicial Role 116
    
6 Emotion Work as Judicial Work 143
     
7 The Persistent Pejorative: Judicial Activism 163
 
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vi 
 
The Judiciary as a Collective 187
8 Judicial Collegiality 189
 
9 Individual Judicial Style and Institutional Norms 208
 
10 Values and Judicial Difference in the High Court 233
 -’
 
Perceptions 257
11 Judges and the Media 259
 
12 The Good Judge in Australian Popular
Television Culture 283
 
Index 307
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FIGURES
2.1 Speciesofdisputeresolutionmethods 29
4.1 Medianageofjudicialofficers,bytypeandsex,Australia,1996–2016 102
4.2 Religiousaffiliationofjudicialofficers,Australia,1996–2016 104
4.3 AncestryofjudicialofficersandAustralianpopulation,2016 106
4.4 Highesteducationallevelofjudicialofficers,bytype,Australia,1996–2016 108
4.5 Sexratioofjudicialofficersbycourtlevel,Australia,2000–2019 110
10.1 ValueanalysisofHMLvTheQueen 245
10.2 ValueanalysisofBBHvTheQueen 247
10.3 ValueanalysisofLeevNewSouthWalesCrimeCommission 250
10.4 ValueanalysisofX7vAustralianCrimeCommission 251
10.5 ValueanalysisofRowevElectoralCommissioner 253
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TABLES
4.1 CompositionoftheAustralianpopulation 96
4.2 Maritalstatusofjudicialofficers,bysex,Australia,1996–2016 103
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CONTRIBUTORS
  
Dr.GabrielleApplebyisaprofessorattheFacultyofLaw&Justice,UNSW
Sydney. She researches and teaches in public law, with her areas of
expertise including the role, powers and accountability of the executive,
theroleofgovernmentlawyersandtheintegrityofthejudicialbranch.She
is the Director of The Judiciary Project at the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of
PublicLawandwasthefoundingeditorofAustralia’snationalpubliclaw
blog, AUSPUBLAW. She is currently the constitutional consultant to the
clerk of the Commonwealth House ofRepresentatives. In2016–2017, she
worked as a pro bono constitutional adviser to the Regional Dialogues
and the First Nations Constitutional Convention that led to the Uluru
Statement from the Heart. Her books include Judicial Federalism in
Australia; History, Theory, Doctrine and Practice (Federation Press,
2021), Australian Public Law (Oxford University Press, 3rd ed, 2018),
The Role of the Solicitor-General: Negotiating Law, Politics and the Public
Interest(HartPublishing,2016);andTheTimCarmodyAffair(NewSouth
Publishing, 2016). Gabrielle has also spent time working for the
Queensland Crown Solicitor and the Victorian Government Solicitor’s
Office.
.  
Felicity Bell, PhD, is the research fellow for the Future of Law and
Innovation in the Profession (FLIP) research stream at the Faculty of
Law&JusticeatUNSWSydney,supportedbytheLawSocietyofNSW.
As the principal researcher for FLIP, Felicity’s current research is
focused on change and innovation affecting the legal profession. She is
the author (with Professor Michael Legg) of Artificial Intelligence and
theLegalProfession(Hart,2020).Shehasexaminednewtechnologiesin
legalpractice, lawyers’ identities, professionalism and ethics, and family
law and children’s law and has published extensively in these areas.
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