Handbook

This course looks at the institutional and individual role of the judge in the justice sytem. The aim of the course is to examine the constitutional position of the judiciary, the role of the judge in securing access to justice for the Australian public, including the important development of case management, the process of hearing and deciding cases and judicial accountability.  The course will cover the following topics:

• Role of the judge in the justice system
• Constraints on the exercise of judicial power
• Judicial ethics
• Access to justice and case management
• Fact finding
• Judgment writing
• Judicial appointments
• The judiciary and the media