Debating Judicial Appointments in an Age of Diversity

ISBN-13: 9781138225350 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 320 str.

Graham Gee; Erika Rackley

Opis

What should be the primary goals of a judicial appointments system? When will the judiciary be sufficiently diverse? Why is it taking so long? Is it time for positive action? Who does (and should) appoint our judges? There is broad agreement that diversity raises important questions for a legal system and its officials, but there is much less agreement about the full implications of recognising diversity as an important goal of the judicial appointments regime and differences of opinion as to the method, form, timing and motivations for diversity. On the tenth anniversary of the creation of the Judicial Appointments Commission (JAC) in the UK, this collection brings together academics from England and Wales, Northern Ireland, Scotland, Australia, Canada and South Africa as well as judges, officials, practitioner and current and former members of the JAC, the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland and the Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission. Together they provide a timely and authoritative insight onto past, current and future debates in judicial appointments. Topics discussed include the role and responsibility of appointments commissions; assessments of the JAC's first ten years; appointments to the UK Supreme Court; the pace of change; definitions of 'merit' and 'diversity'; mandatory retirement ages; the use of ceiling quotas; and the appropriate role of judges and politicians in the appointments process.