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Title: Abbott's thoughts on bench reform are ill-judged
Related: The Canberra times, 22 November 2010, p.9-9
Related: http://ussc.edu.au/news-room/Abbott-s-thoughts-on-bench-reform-are-ill-judged
Publisher: The Canberra Times
Date: 2010
Author/Creator: Weisbrot, David
Description: An analysis of Federal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's floated idea that electing judges -- as happens in the US -- might be a way to improve judicial accountability, especially with respect to sentencing practices.
Subject Keyword: judicial appointments
Subject Keyword: comparative law
Subject Keyword: sentencing
Subject Keyword: US judges
Subject Keyword: Australian judges
Resource Type: newspaper article
Organisation: Macquarie University. Macquarie Law School

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