This collection engages with the issue of diversity among the judiciary. Each contributor reflects on a current debate about judicial appointments and analysing ways in which that debate is likely to develop over the next ten years.

PrefaceList of Contributors1. Introduction: Diversity and the JAC’s First DecadeGraham Gee and Erika Rackley2. The JAC’s First Ten YearsChristopher Stephens CBEReflectionSir Thomas Legg KCB QC3. Power and Judicial Appointment: Squaring the Impossible CircleAlan Paterson OBE4. ‘Opening up’ Commonwealth Judicial Appointments to Diversity? The Growing Role of Commissions in Judicial Selection Jan van Zyl Smit5. The Judicial Service Commission: Lessons from South AfricaCora Hoexter6. Diversity without a Judicial Appointments Commission – The Australian ExperienceAndrew Lynch7. Diversity, Transparency and Inclusion in Canada’s JudiciarySamreen Beg and Lorne SossinReflectionFrances Kirkham CBEReflectionNoel Lloyd CBE8. Judging the JAC: How Much Judicial Influence Over Judicial Appointments Is Too Much?Graham Gee9. Judicial Diversity and Mandatory Retirement: Obstacle or Route to Diversity?Alysia BlackhamReflectionKaron Monaghan QC10. Judicial Diversity: Complexity, Continuity and ChangeHilary Sommerlad11. Beyond Merit: The New Challenge for Judicial Appointments John Morison12. Problems of Scale in Achieving Judicial Diversity Rosemary HunterReflectionCordella Bart-Stewart 13. The Disruptive Potential of Ceiling Quotas in Addressing Over-Representation in the JudiciaryKate Malleson14. Three Models of DiversityErika Rackley and Charlie WebbReflectionJenny Rowe CB15. Appointments to the Supreme CourtLady Hale DBEAppendix I: The JAC’s Selection Exercise Activity (2006–2016)Appendix II: Key Officeholders During the JAC’s First DecadeAppendix III: Outline of JAC Selection ProcessesAppendix IV: About the Cover ImageIndex

"In this excellent book on judicial appointments, the subject-matter is given the Routledge treatment by these two leading professors, Graham Gee and Erika Rackley... Depending on what you are researching, the 22 highly qualified experts cover these topics: a review of the role and responsibility of appointments commissions; assessments of the JAC’s first ten years; appointments to the UK Supreme Court; the pace of change; definitions of ‘merit’ and ‘diversity’; mandatory retirement ages; the use of ceiling quotas; and the appropriate role of judges and politicians in the appointments process. So, you should find what you are looking for!"Phillip Taylor MBE, reviews editor, "The Barrister"