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Despite the disappointing results of fifty years of judicial reform, evidence from Asia suggests that a shift in justice reform efforts could result in important progress being made. Livingston Armytage argues that reform should focus on promoting fairness and equity, as opposed to economic growth and good governance. Justice is constitutive to human wellbeing and cannot be trumped by economics. Finding a balance between utility and aggregate wellbeing on the one hand and equity and individual wellbeing on the other is at the crux of this important book.

What the experts said about 'Educating Judges' - 'A comprehensive review of judicial education ... an extremely valuable work.' Sir Anthony Mason, Chief Justice of Australia - 'Truly a seminal work which sets the best practice for the field.' Dr Charles Ericksen, Vice-President, NCSC, USA - 'A most masterly survey of the field.' Professor Martin Partington, Judicial Studies Board, England - 'Thorough, well argued and comprehensive; offers substantial insight at many points.' Professor John K. Hudzik, Director, JERITT, USA - 'A substantial piece of work ... and a significant contribution.'...

Despite the disappointing results of fifty years of judicial reform, evidence from Asia suggests that a shift in justice reform efforts could result in important progress being made. Livingston Armytage argues that reform should focus on promoting fairness and equity, as opposed to economic growth and good governance. Justice is constitutive to human wellbeing and cannot be trumped by economics. Finding a balance between utility and aggregate wellbeing on the one hand and equity and individual wellbeing on the other is at the crux of this important book.

This volume provides the first comprehensive study of judicial education. Judicial education is new to the common law tradition of judging. During the past twenty years, the education of judges has become a matter of considerable prominence and debate in the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia, most recently prompted by media complaints of gender and racial bias. This work researches the underlying issues through a comparative analysis of experience across the common law world. The author explores the need for judicial education and how it should be provided. He argues that judicial...