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Social & Legal Studies | 2007

`Getting Through the List': Judgecraft and Legitimacy in the Lower Courts:

Kathleen Margaret Mack; Sharyn Roach Anleu

This article examines the judgecraft required when judicial officers actively manage the time pressures created by long and unpredictable case lists. It considers the implications of this time management for the legitimate exercise of judicial authority. In particular, we focus on the strategy of altering the temporal sequence of the list by standing matters down and recalling them later in the list. This strategy, especially when initiated by the judicial officer, is analysed in light of the temporal goals of getting through the list on the day and moving cases along towards final resolution, and the ideological and practical requirements of legitimate judicial authority within the adversary system. The article is based on a court observation study of the general criminal list, concentrating on the role of the presiding judicial officer — the magistrate — in the lower courts of Australia. The research demonstrates that magistrates exercise considerable judgecraft which achieves temporal goals and can create space for a more engaged and therefore more legitimate decision-making process; however, their capacity to do so is limited by the judicial role and the roles allocated to others by conventional adversarial norms and practices.


Qualitative Research | 2016

Observing judicial work and emotions: using two researchers

Sharyn Roach Anleu; Stina Bergman Blix; Kathleen Margaret Mack; Åsa Wettergren

Observation is an important component of research to examine complex social settings and is well-established for studying courtroom dynamics and judicial behaviour. However, the many activities occurring at once and the multiple participants, lay and professional, make it impossible for a sole researcher to observe and understand everything occurring in the courtroom. This article reports on the use of two researchers to undertake court observations, in two different studies, each nested in a different research design. The social nature of data collection and the value of dialogue between the two researchers in interpreting observed events, especially when studying emotion, are readily apparent in both studies.


Law and Social Inquiry-journal of The American Bar Foundation | 2010

Performing Impartiality: Judicial Demeanor and Legitimacy

Kathleen Margaret Mack; Sharyn Roach Anleu


Journal of Sociology | 2008

The professionalization of Australian magistrates: autonomy, credentials and prestige

Sharyn Roach Anleu; Kathleen Margaret Mack


Archive | 2008

The National Survey of Australian Judges: An Overview of Findings

Kathleen Margaret Mack; Sharyn Roach Anleu


Archive | 2005

Judicial Appointment and the Skills for Judicial Office

Sharyn Roach Anleu; Kathleen Margaret Mack


Archive | 2010

Trial Courts and Adjudication

Sharyn Roach Anleu; Kathleen Margaret Mack


Archive | 2003

Magistrates Survey: Preliminary Findings on Job Satisfaction, Workload and Stress

Kathleen Margaret Mack; Sharyn Roach Anleu


Archive | 2010

Women in the Australian Judiciary

Kathleen Margaret Mack; Sharyn Roach Anleu


Archive | 2007

Australian Magistrates, Therapeutic Jurisprudence and Social Change

Sharyn Roach Anleu; Kathleen Margaret Mack

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