1st Edition
Debating Judicial Appointments in an Age of Diversity
CONTENTS
Preface
Notes on Contributors
1. Introduction: Diversity and the JAC’s First Decade
Graham Gee and Erika Rackley
2. The JAC’s First Ten Years
Christopher Stephens CBE
ReflectionSir Thomas Legg KCB
3. Power and Judicial Appointment: Squaring the Impossible Circle
Alan Paterson OBE
4. ‘Opening up’ Commonwealth Judicial Appointments to Diversity? The Growing Role of
Commissions in Judicial Selection
Jan van Zyl Smit
5. The Judicial Service Commission: Lessons from South Africa
Cora Hoexter
6. Diversity without a Judicial Appointments Commission – The Australian Experience
Andrew Lynch
7. Diversity, Transparency & Inclusion in Canada’s Judiciary
Samreen Beg and Lorne Sossin
ReflectionFrances Kirkham CBE
Reflection
Noel Lloyd CBE
8. Judging the JAC: How Much Judicial Influence Over Judicial Appointments Is Too Much?
Graham Gee
9. Judicial Diversity and Mandatory Retirement: Obstacle or Route to Diversity?
Alysia Blackham
Reflection
Karon Monaghan
10. Judicial Diversity: Complexity, Continuity and Change
Hilary Sommerlad
11. Beyond Merit: The New Challenge for Judicial Appointments
John Morison
12. Problems of Scale in Achieving Judicial Diversity
Rosemary Hunter
ReflectionCordella Bart Stewart
13. The Disruptive Potential of Ceiling Quotas in Addressing Over-Representation in the Judiciary
Kate Malleson
14. Three Models of Diversity
Erika Rackley and Charlie Webb
ReflectionJenny Rowe CB
15. Appointments to the Supreme Court
Lady Hale DBE
Appendix I|: The JAC’s Selection Exercise Activity (2006-2016)
Appendix II: Key Officeholders During the JAC’s First Decade
Appendix III: Outline of JAC Selection Processes
Appendix IV: About the Cover Image
Biography
Graham Gee is Professor of Public Law at the University of Sheffield, UK.
Erika Rackley is Professor of Law at the University of Birmingham, UK.
"In this excellent book on judicial appointments, the subject-matter is given the Routledge treatment by these two leading professors, Graham Gee and Erika Rackley... Depending on what you are researching, the 22 highly qualified experts cover these topics: a review of 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. So, you should find what you are looking for!"
Phillip Taylor MBE, reviews editor, "The Barrister"
