Appellate Recruitment Patterns in the Higher British Judiciary: 1850 - 1990

This study seeks to advance the understanding of appellate promotion in the senior judiciary of Great Britain . It describes the population and attributes of judges who served in the British High Courts, Court of Appeal, and Appellate Committee of the House of Lords (i.e., Law Lords) from 1850 to 1990. It specifically builds upon the work of C. Neal Tate and tests his model of appellate recruitment on a larger and augmented database. The study determines that family status, previously asserted as having a large effect on recruitment to the appellate courts, is not as important as previously believed. It concludes that merit effects, professional norms, and institutional constraints offer equally satisfactory or better explanations of appellate recruitment patterns.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2004

Author dc:creator

• Thomas, Bruce K.

Contributors dc:contributor

• Booth, John A.
• Books, John W.
• Ditslear, Corey
• Brandt, Patrick
• Ruderman, Richard

• Judges -- Selection and appointment -- Great Britain.
• family status
• judges
• High Courts
• British judiciary
• appellate recruitment

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Thomas, Bruce K.
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 58652080
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc4650/
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OAI identifier oai:identifier

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