What model of court governance would optimize the expeditious delivery of justice, judicial independence and the accountability of Queensland's court system? / by Michael William Forde.

Brinsbane : Griffith Univeristy, 2000

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Justice, Administration of -- Queensland.

Courts -- Queensland.

Conduct of court proceedings -- Queensland.

Judicial review -- Queensland.

Judicial power -- Queensland.

Part I: Introduction

1. The nature of the problem

2. Identification and expression of the key problem to be studied including an assessment of the philosophic assumptions of the study or field of research

3. Judicial independence and accountability but to whom?

Part II: Types of models

4. Background

5. A case study of the South Australian model - a critique of the seminal paper by Witham (1997)

Part III: Wriginal research

6. The nature of court governance in Queensland - a case study of the District Court

7. A comparison with other models of court governance

8. Other methods of determining efficiency and effectiveness

Part IV: Discussion and conclusions.

Dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the degree of Master of Public Sector Management. Submitted November 2000, Griffith University, Faculty of International Business and Politics.

M W Forde, What model of court governance would optimize the expeditious delivery of justice, judicial independence and the accountability of Queensland's court system? (M Public Sector Management Dissertation, Griffith University, 2000).

iii, 88, [58], vi pages ; 30 cm