The High Court of Australia and political science

A revised historiography and new research agenda

Dados Bibliográficos

ID6234986
AutoresRyan Turner (0009-0004-1044-5828), Ryan James Turner (Film Independent, autor correspondente)
Ano2015
Volume50
Fascículo2
Páginas347-364
Data de publicação2015-04-03
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoAustralian Journal of Political Science (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1036-1146 • E-ISSN: 1363-030X
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10361146.2015.1006165
OpenAlexW2114391171
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas2
Referências citadas48

The judiciary has not been the subject of sustained scrutiny within the political science discipline. The High Court plays a central role in the Australian political system, however, and the exercise of judicial power has far reaching consequences for the legislative and executive branches of government. This \narticle presents a historiography of the study of the High Court by political scientists, using Helen Irving’s ‘The Constitution and the judiciary’ as a foil. In order to foster cross-disciplinary study and research within the political science discipline, this article concludes by setting out a new research agenda for the future study of the High Court and the law by political scientists. This research agenda provides new insights into (among other topics) how judges exercise power and the changing relationship between the judiciary and the legislative and executive branches

Constitution · Discipline · Historiography · Legislature · Political science · Politics · Power (physics · Presidency · Scrutiny · Subject (documents · Commonwealth, Australian Politics and Federalism · Judicial and Constitutional Studies · Law · Law in Society and Culture · Public Administration