The politics of judicial selection in Ireland
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
1846825970
ISBN 13
9781846825972
LCCN
KDK 1652 .M3
Category
Ireland
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Publication Year
2016
Publisher
Pages
xii, 253 pages
Subject
Ireland
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Abstract
This book provides an unprecedented analysis of the politics underlying the appointment of judges in Ireland, enlivened by a wealth of interview material, and putting the Irish experience into a broad comparative framework. It tells the inside story of the process by which judges are chosen both in cabinet and in the Judicial Appointments Advisory Board over the past three decades and charts a path for future reform of judicial appointment processes in Ireland. The research is based on a large number of interviews with senior judges, current and former politicians, Attorneys-General and members of the Judicial Appointments AdvisoryBoard. The circumstances surrounding decisions about institutional design and institutional change are reconstructed in meticulous detail, giving us an excellent insight into the significance of a complex series of events that govern the way in which judges in Ireland are chosen today.
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Content:
Introduction -- Institutional changes to judicial selection systems -- Judicial selection reform in Ireland : the trigger for reform and the instrument of reform -- The operation and impact of the new judicial selection model in Ireland -- Reforming politically sensitive elements of the administration of justice : independent prosecutions office in Ireland and judicial selection in Scotland -- Prospects for further reform in Ireland -- Conclusions: Implications for institutional change.
Introduction -- Institutional changes to judicial selection systems -- Judicial selection reform in Ireland : the trigger for reform and the instrument of reform -- The operation and impact of the new judicial selection model in Ireland -- Reforming politically sensitive elements of the administration of justice : independent prosecutions office in Ireland and judicial selection in Scotland -- Prospects for further reform in Ireland -- Conclusions: Implications for institutional change.
Biblio Notes
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-251) and index.
Item donated by Graham Price.
Categorized by publisher, then author, then date.
Item donated by Graham Price.
Categorized by publisher, then author, then date.
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