Exit Stage Left: Modelling Judicial Exits inCanada and Australia

Andrew Banfield; Matthew Kerby

Exit Stage Left: Modelling Judicial Exits inCanada and Australia

Andrew Banfield, Matthew Kerby

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Abstract

Given the prestige and job security attached to the position of supreme court justice, it is puzzling that these judges ever choose to vacate their seats on a voluntary basis. Using career data drawn from the Canadian Supreme and Australian High Courts, we examine which factors: personal, institutional, and political, are the most influential when determining voluntary judicial resignations at the highest level. We estimate a competing risks Cox proportional hazards model of judicial tenure to test hypotheses that personal factors (health, family) and institutional factors (satisfaction, workload) are the strongest determinants of various forms of voluntary exit in these two Westminster systems.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference 2012
Place of Publication	USA
Publisher	Conference Organising Committee
Pages	1-18
Edition	Peer Reviewed
Publication status	Published - 2012
Event	Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference 2012 - Chicago, United States Duration: 1 Jan 2012 → …

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Conference	Midwest Political Science Association Annual Conference 2012
Country/Territory	United States
Period	1/01/12 → …
Other	April 11-14 2012

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