Appointing Attorneys-General to the High Court: A case for reform

Bai, J; Hobbs, H

Appointing Attorneys-General to the High Court: A case for reform

Bai, J Hobbs, H

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Citation:: Alternative Law Journal, 2017, 42 (4), pp. 286 - 291
Issue Date:: 2017-12-01

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dc.contributor.author	Bai, J	en_US
dc.contributor.author	Hobbs, H https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9903-6908	en_US
dc.date.issued	2017-12-01	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Alternative Law Journal, 2017, 42 (4), pp. 286 - 291	en_US
dc.identifier.issn	1037-969X	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/130436
dc.description.abstract	© 2017, © The Author(s) 2017. Throughout 2016, Attorney-General George Brandis QC repeatedly denied he intended to leave the Federal Parliament and take up a position on the High Court of Australia. In this article we explore the experiences of the two most recent politicians-cum-High Court Justices: Garfield Barwick and Lionel Murphy; and note that Australia’s current judicial appointment process would have permitted Brandis to make a similar transition. We argue that this process should be revamped to enhance transparency and accountability in the appointments process, to the benefit of our judicial system and its public perception.	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Alternative Law Journal	en_US
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.1177/1037969X17732707	en_US
dc.title	Appointing Attorneys-General to the High Court: A case for reform	en_US
dc.type	Journal Article
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utslib.for	2201 Applied Ethics	en_US
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pubs.organisational-group	/University of Technology Sydney
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© 2017, © The Author(s) 2017. Throughout 2016, Attorney-General George Brandis QC repeatedly denied he intended to leave the Federal Parliament and take up a position on the High Court of Australia. In this article we explore the experiences of the two most recent politicians-cum-High Court Justices: Garfield Barwick and Lionel Murphy; and note that Australia’s current judicial appointment process would have permitted Brandis to make a similar transition. We argue that this process should be revamped to enhance transparency and accountability in the appointments process, to the benefit of our judicial system and its public perception.

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