ConleyJohn MO'BarrWilliam M, Rules Versus Relationships: The Ethnography of Legal Discourse (1990), 111.
2.
See Victorian Law Reform Commission, Review of Family Violence Laws: Consultation Paper (2004).
3.
Some classic and more recent examples include: TylerTom R, ‘The Role of Perceived Injustice in Defendants' Evaluations of their Courtroom Experience’ (1984) 21Law and Society Review51; DouglasRoger, ‘Does the Magistrate Matter? Sentencers and Sentence in the Victorian Magistrates Courts’ (1989) 22Australian and New Zealand Journal of Criminology40, 51; DalzellStewart, ‘Faces in the Courtroom’ (1998) University of Pennsylvania Law Review961; HiskeySM Garry, ‘Mutual Observation, Reflection and Discussion and Professional Development for Magistrates’ (2002) 12(1) Journal of Judicial Administration39.
4.
See, eg, PelanderA John, ‘Judicial Performance Review in Arizona: Goals, Practical Effects and Concerns’ (1998) 30Arizona State Law Journal643; ColbranStephen, ‘Temperament as a Criterion for Judicial Performance Evaluation’ (2002) 21Tasmania Law Review62.
5.
KingMichaelWilsonStephen, ‘Magistrates as Innovators’ (2002) 29(11) Brief7, 8.
6.
ConleyO'Barr, above n.1.
7.
PtacekJames, Battered Women in the Courtroom: The Power of Judicial Responses (1999).
8.
ConleyO'Barr, above n 1, 82.
9.
Ibid, 85–6.
10.
Ibid, 87–9.
11.
Ibid, 106.
12.
Ibid, 96.
13.
Ibid, 101.
14.
Ibid, 90–1.
15.
Ibid, 101–6.
16.
Ibid, 110–11.
17.
Ptacek, above n 7, 97, 187.
18.
MileskiMaureen, ‘Courtroom Encounters: An Observational Study of a Lower Criminal Court’ (1971) 5Law & Society Review527; Ptacek, ibid, 98.
19.
Mileski, ibid, 523, 526.
20.
Ptacek, above n 7, 99–100.
21.
Ibid, 101.
22.
Ibid, 102.
23.
Mileski, above n 18, 524.
24.
Ptacek, above n 7, 107.
25.
Ibid, 103–4.
26.
Mileski, above n 18, 524, 527.
27.
Ptacek, above n 7, 104.
28.
Mileski, above n 18, 523–7; Ptacek, ibid, 102.
29.
Ptacek, ibid, 105–9.
30.
Mileski, above n 18, 524–5.
31.
MackKathyAnleuSharyn Roach, ‘Job Satisfaction v Stress: How Magistrates Rate Their Job’ (2004) 78(10) Law Institute Journal32, 34. The exact proportions agreeing or strongly agreeing with the propositions were 72.5% and 51.9% respectively.
32.
Note that in only two of the cases observed was the applicant accompanied by a police officer, thus cases in which the police acted as applicant were virtually absent from the study. There have been some changes in this regard in Victoria since the study was undertaken (see Victorian Law Reform Commission, above n 2, 69, 142–3), and the situation is different in other states (see AlexanderRenata, Domestic Violence in Australia: The Legal Response (2002)).
33.
ConleyO'Barr, above n 1, 47.
34.
Ibid, 58–9.
35.
Ibid, 107–9.
36.
Ibid, 101.
37.
Ibid, 120.
38.
Ibid, 131.
39.
Ibid, 141.
40.
Susan, interviewed 19 December 1997; Carolyn, interviewed 19 December 1997; Noor, interviewed 23 December 1997 (names are fictitious to preserve anonymity).
41.
Ptacek, above n 7, 106–9.
42.
Bureaucratic to both = 16, Good Natured to both = 5, Firm/Formal to both = 4, Condescending/Patronising to both = 1, Harsh to both = 1.
43.
See, eg, SallmanPeter, ‘Towards a More Consumer-oriented Court System’ (1993) 3Journal of Judicial Administrataion47.
44.
SoloveDaniel J, ‘Postures of Judging: An Exploration of Judicial Decisionmaking’ (1997) 9Cardozo Studies in Law and Literature173, 191.
