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THE INTEGRITY OF COURTS: POLITICAL CULTURE AND A CULTURE OF POLITICS

Michelle A. C. Gordon

Melbourne University Law Review2021article
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Abstract

Institutions are under increasing scrutiny - not only in what they do but, in some cases, their very existence. Courts are not, and should not be, immune from this scrutiny. In the case of the High Court of Australia, we must pause and ask: what gives a court institutional integrity, and what gives the High Court its integrity? This piece considers factors which may influence the Court's integrity in light of two broad categories: internal factors, aspects of the way in which the Court operates and is administered;and external factors, aspects of the wider political and legal framework into which the Court was born and continues to live. Overall, the Court's institutional integrity relies on a balanced constitutional structure, maintenance of which depends on both a political culture and a culture of politics.

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@article{michelle2021,
  title        = {{THE INTEGRITY OF COURTS: POLITICAL CULTURE AND A CULTURE OF POLITICS}},
  author       = {Michelle A. C. Gordon},
  journal      = {Melbourne University Law Review},
  year         = {2021},
}

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