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Contents=v
List of Tables and Figures=vii
Acknowledgments=ix
Chapter One Introduction=3
Overview of the Chapters=7
High Court Data Base and the Authors=8
Chapter Two The Evolution of the High Court=11
The Evolution of the Court=12
The Modern Court=17
Constitutional Interpretation on the High Court=22
Chapter Three History, Legal Doctrine, and Justice Backgrounds=31
The History of the High Court=31
Establishing an Identity(1903―1919)=31
Growing Pains(1919―1950)=35
Time to Regroup(1950―1964)=40
The Modern High Court=42
The Barwick Court(1964―1981)=42
The Gibbs Court(1981―1987)=47
The Mason Court(1987―1995)=50
The Brennan Court(1995―1998)=55
The Gleeson Court(1998―2008)=59
Conclusion=59
Chapter Four Impact of Institutional Change on Agenda=63
Theory of Agenda Change=64
Agenda of the High Court Over Time=67
Empirical Evidence of a Potential Judicialization of Politics=76
Conclusions=79
Chapter Five Litigants, Barristers, and Party Capability=81
Litigant Participation in the High Court of Australia=82
Who Wins in High Court Litigation=91
Evolution of Party Capability Theory=92
Party Capability in the High Court=95
Empirical Results=96
Substantive Implications of Empirical Results=105
Conclusions=108
Chapter Six Policy-Making Trends on the High Court=111
Policy Making over Time=111
Case Outcomes=114
Opinion Length=117
Joint and Dissenting Opinions=120
Policy Outcomes=124
Conclusion=129
Chapter Seven Decision-Making Trends on the High Court=131
Theories of Decision Making=131
Individual Level Decision Making=138
The Barwick Court=138
The Gibbs Court=142
The Mason Court=144
The Brennan Court=147
The Gleeson Court=149
Explaining Individual Justice Votes=151
Conclusion=162
Chapter Eight Conclusion=163
The Business of the High Court of Australia=164
Judicialization of Politics in the High Court of Australia=166
Developing Comparative Judicial Theory=169
References=171
Index=191
Table 3.1. Justice Attributes on the Barwick Court=43
Table 3.2. Justice Attributes on the Gibbs Court=48
Table 3.3. Justice Attributes on the Mason Court=51
Table 3.4. Justice Attributes on the Brennan Court=56
Table 3.5. Justice Attributes on the Gleeson Court=60
Table 4.1. Proportion of Cases before the High Court by Decade=68
Table 4.2. Proportion of Criminal Cases by Decade=71
Table 4.3. Proportion of Governmental Regulation Cases by Decade=73
Table 4.4. Proportion of Private Economic Cases by Decade=74
Table 4.5. Regression Models on Agenda Setting=78
Table 5.1. Who Participates in the Australian High Court?=83
Table 5.2. Participation Rates as Appellant and Respondent=84
Table 5.3. Appellant Participation over Time=86
Table 5.4. Respondent Participation over Time=87
Table 5.5. Matching Appellants and Respondents in Criminal Cases=88
Table 5.6. Matching Appellants and Respondents in Civil Cases=88
Table 5.7. Source of Appeals to the High Court : Change in the State of Origin=89
Table 5.8. Source of Appeals to the High Court : Change in the State of Appeal=90
Table 5.9. Appellant Success Rates by Litigant Type(All Cases)=97
Table 5.10. Litigant Net Advantage(All Cases)=98
Table 5.11. Litigant Success Rates and Net Advantage over Time=99
Table 5.12. Litigant Success Rates in the High Court of Australia=101
Table 5.12. Litigant Success Rates in the High Court of Australia, continued=102
Table 6.1. Appeals Allowed by Chief Justice=115
Table 6.2. Average Judgment Length by Chief Justice=119
Table 6.3. Opinion to Vote Ratio by Chief Justice=121
Table 6.5. "Liberal" Outcomes by Chief Justice=126
Table 6.4. Dissenting Opinions per Case by Chief Justice=129
Table 7.1. Individual Decision Making on the Barwick Court=139
Table 7.2. Individual Decision Making on the Gibbs Court=143
Table 7.3. Individual Decision Making on the Mason Court=145
Table 7.4. Individual Decision Making on the Brennan Court=148
Table 7.5. Individual Decision Making on the Gleeson Court=150
Table 7.6. Random Intercept Hierarchical Logit Model of Voting Behavior=157
Table 7.7. Random Intercept Hierarchical Logit Model of Activism=159
Table 7.8. Random Intercept Hierarchical Logit Model of Activism, Pre- and Post-Mabo=161
Figure 4.1. Number of Cases Decided per Year=68
Figure 4.2. Proportion of Cases Before the High Court by Year=69
Figure 4.3. Proportion of Criminal versus Government Regulation Cases by Year=70
Figure 4.4. Criminal Cases by Category=71
Figure 4.5. Governmental Regulation Cases by Category=72
Figure 4.6. Proportion of Private Economic Cases by Category=74
Figure 4.7. Constitutional Review in the High Court=75
Figure 4.8. Proportion of National and State Action Review=76
Figure 4.9. Proportion of Cases Affirmed or Reversed=77
Figure 5.1. Likelihood of Appellant Win for Litigant Categories=106
Figure 5.2. Cumulative Success of Appellant Barristers in Prior Cases=107
Figure 5.3. Likelihood of Appellant Win for Individuals and Barrister Success=108
Figure 6.1. Percentage of Appeals Allowed over Time by Unanimity=115
Figure 6.2. Percentage of Appeals Allowed by Issue Area=116
Figure 6.3. Average Judgment Length by Unanimity=118
Figure 6.4. Average Opinion Length over Time by Unanimity=119
Figure 6.5. Average Judgment Length by Issue Area=120
Figure 6.6. Opinion to Vote Ratio over Time=121
Figure 6.7. Opinion to Vote Ratio by Issue Area=122
Figure 6.8. Dissenting Judgments per Case over Time=123
Figure 6.9. Dissenting Judgments per Case by Issue Area=124
Figure 6.10. Percentage "Liberal" Outcomes over Time=126
Figure 6.11. Percentage "Liberal" Outcomes over Time by Unanimity=127
Figure 6.12. Percentage "Liberal" Outcomes by Issue Area=128