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Judicial Interaction on the Latham Court: A Quantitative Study of Voting Patterns on the High Court 1935‐1950

Judicial Interaction on the Latham Court: A Quantitative Study of Voting Patterns on the High... This article examines voting patterns in two sub‐periods of the Latham Court (1935‐1940 and 1940‐1950), where voting is defined as a decision (and associated judgements) by the Justices participating in the disposition of a particular case. There are two main findings. First, from 1935 to 1940 there was a clear four‐Justice core consisting of Justices Sir George Rich, Sir Owen Dixon, Herbert Vere Evatt and Sir Edward McTiernan. Over this period, both Chief Justice Sir John Latham and Justice Sir Hayden Starke were outside the core. Second, with the retirement of Justice Evatt, and appointment of Justice Sir Dudley Williams in 1940, the decision‐making structure of the Court changed. From 1940 to 1950 there was a loose five‐Justice core consisting of Chief Justice Latham, Justices Rich, Dixon, McTiernan and Williams with Justice Starke on the outside. The article argues that observed voting patterns can be explained in terms of personal relationships and ideological differences between the Justices. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Australian Journal of Politics and History Wiley

Judicial Interaction on the Latham Court: A Quantitative Study of Voting Patterns on the High Court 1935‐1950

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Wiley
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Department of History, School of Political Science and International Relations, The University of Queensland and Blackwell Publishers 2001
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0004-9522
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1467-8497
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10.1111/1467-8497.00232
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This article examines voting patterns in two sub‐periods of the Latham Court (1935‐1940 and 1940‐1950), where voting is defined as a decision (and associated judgements) by the Justices participating in the disposition of a particular case. There are two main findings. First, from 1935 to 1940 there was a clear four‐Justice core consisting of Justices Sir George Rich, Sir Owen Dixon, Herbert Vere Evatt and Sir Edward McTiernan. Over this period, both Chief Justice Sir John Latham and Justice Sir Hayden Starke were outside the core. Second, with the retirement of Justice Evatt, and appointment of Justice Sir Dudley Williams in 1940, the decision‐making structure of the Court changed. From 1940 to 1950 there was a loose five‐Justice core consisting of Chief Justice Latham, Justices Rich, Dixon, McTiernan and Williams with Justice Starke on the outside. The article argues that observed voting patterns can be explained in terms of personal relationships and ideological differences between the Justices.

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Australian Journal of Politics and History – Wiley

Published: Sep 1, 2001

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