Andrew Banfield
Biographic Data
| ID | 4413079 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Andrew Banfield |
| GIVEN NAMES | Andrew |
| FAMILY NAME | Banfield |
| SIGNATURE | BANFIELD A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Australian National University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 3 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The determinants of voluntary judicial resignation in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand
This article compares supreme and high court judicial turnover with respect to voluntary exits and retirements in three Westminster parliamentary democracies, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, for the period 1970-2012. The findings of an event history model indicate that judges who author large numbers of opinions in a given year are likely to stay longer, while those who dissent from their colleagues frequently are more likely to exit early. I…
Activism or Democracy? Judicial Review of Prerogative Powers and Executive Action
There is ongoing concern over the appropriateness of judicial supervison over legislative and executive action in Westminster democracies. This article addresses these concerns through consideration of the judicialisation of the exercise of prerogative powers. It examines all of the judicial decisions reviewing the exercise of prerogative powers after 2001 and finds that Canadian courts have expanded their scope of review through both Charter of …
Legislative Versus Judicial Checks and Balances: Comparing Rights Policies Across Regimes
There is a longstanding debate in liberal constitutionalism over which method of rights protection – legislative or judicial – best achieves the moderate policy outcomes envisioned by democratic theorists. This article examines this question by comparing two Commonwealth countries, Canada and Australia, which explicitly placed themselves on opposite sides of the debate. After outlining the historical debate, a case study design compares the polic…
Legislative Versus Judicial Checks and Balances: Comparing Rights Policies Across Regimes
There is a longstanding debate in liberal constitutionalism over which method of rights protection – legislative or judicial – best achieves the moderate policy outcomes envisioned by democratic theorists. This article examines this question by comparing two Commonwealth countries, Canada and Australia, which explicitly placed themselves on opposite sides of the debate. After outlining the historical debate, a case study design compares the polic…
The determinants of voluntary judicial resignation in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand
This article compares supreme and high court judicial turnover with respect to voluntary exits and retirements in three Westminster parliamentary democracies, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, for the period 1970-2012. The findings of an event history model indicate that judges who author large numbers of opinions in a given year are likely to stay longer, while those who dissent from their colleagues frequently are more likely to exit early. I…
Activism or Democracy? Judicial Review of Prerogative Powers and Executive Action
There is ongoing concern over the appropriateness of judicial supervison over legislative and executive action in Westminster democracies. This article addresses these concerns through consideration of the judicialisation of the exercise of prerogative powers. It examines all of the judicial decisions reviewing the exercise of prerogative powers after 2001 and finds that Canadian courts have expanded their scope of review through both Charter of …
Legislative Versus Judicial Checks and Balances: Comparing Rights Policies Across Regimes
There is a longstanding debate in liberal constitutionalism over which method of rights protection – legislative or judicial – best achieves the moderate policy outcomes envisioned by democratic theorists. This article examines this question by comparing two Commonwealth countries, Canada and Australia, which explicitly placed themselves on opposite sides of the debate. After outlining the historical debate, a case study design compares the polic…
Activism or Democracy? Judicial Review of Prerogative Powers and Executive Action
There is ongoing concern over the appropriateness of judicial supervison over legislative and executive action in Westminster democracies. This article addresses these concerns through consideration of the judicialisation of the exercise of prerogative powers. It examines all of the judicial decisions reviewing the exercise of prerogative powers after 2001 and finds that Canadian courts have expanded their scope of review through both Charter of …
The determinants of voluntary judicial resignation in Australia, Canada, and New Zealand
This article compares supreme and high court judicial turnover with respect to voluntary exits and retirements in three Westminster parliamentary democracies, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand, for the period 1970-2012. The findings of an event history model indicate that judges who author large numbers of opinions in a given year are likely to stay longer, while those who dissent from their colleagues frequently are more likely to exit early. I…
Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism (2 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Judicial and Constitutional Studies (2 works) · Judicial review (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Action (physics (1 works) · Commonwealth (1 works)