The Judicial Method: Essentials and Inessentials (2009)

In the attached edited version of a paper delivered to the District and County Court Judges’ Conference on 25 June 2009 in Sydney, the Honourable Murray Gleeson AC KC distinguishes between the bureaucratic and judicial junctions, identifying a number of essential characteristics of the judicial method, including: the institutional independence of courts, the personal independence of judges, certain standards of fairness and openness in decision making, and an apolitical process.

The Judicial Method: Essentials and Inessentials