Debating Judicial Appointments in an Age of Diversity

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.

• PrefaceList of Contributors1. Introduction: Diversity and the JAC’s First DecadeGraham Gee and Erika Rackley2. The JAC’s First Ten YearsChristopher Stephens CBEReflectionSir Thomas Legg KCB QC3. Power and Judicial Appointment: Squaring the Impossible CircleAlan Paterson OBE4. ‘Opening up’ Commonwealth Judicial Appointments to Diversity? The Growing Role of Commissions in Judicial Selection Jan van Zyl Smit5. The Judicial Service Commission: Lessons from South AfricaCora Hoexter6. Diversity without a Judicial Appointments Commission – The Australian ExperienceAndrew Lynch7. Diversity, Transparency and Inclusion in Canada’s JudiciarySamreen Beg and Lorne SossinReflectionFrances Kirkham CBEReflectionNoel Lloyd CBE8. Judging the JAC: How Much Judicial Influence Over Judicial Appointments Is Too Much?Graham Gee9. Judicial Diversity and Mandatory Retirement: Obstacle or Route to Diversity?Alysia BlackhamReflectionKaron Monaghan QC10. Judicial Diversity: Complexity, Continuity and ChangeHilary Sommerlad11. Beyond Merit: The New Challenge for Judicial Appointments John Morison12. Problems of Scale in Achieving Judicial Diversity Rosemary HunterReflectionCordella Bart-Stewart 13. The Disruptive Potential of Ceiling Quotas in Addressing Over-Representation in the JudiciaryKate Malleson14. Three Models of DiversityErika Rackley and Charlie WebbReflectionJenny Rowe CB15. Appointments to the Supreme CourtLady Hale DBEAppendix I: The JAC’s Selection Exercise Activity (2006–2016)Appendix II: Key Officeholders During the JAC’s First DecadeAppendix III: Outline of JAC Selection ProcessesAppendix IV: About the Cover ImageIndex

"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"