Pride and prejudice: a case for reform of judicial recusal procedure

dc.contributor.authorAppleby, G.
dc.contributor.authorMcDonald, S.
dc.date.issued2017
dc.descriptionPublished Online: 7 December 2016
dc.description.abstractJustice must both be done and be seen to be done. A legal principle designed to give effect to this fundamental proposition is that a judge must not sit to determine a dispute if he or she is biased, or if there exists a reasonable perception that he or she is biased. Across many common law jurisdictions – including the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and many jurisdictions in the United States – the judge in question himself or herself is required to undertake the assessment of whether bias, or an apprehension of bias, exists. Drawing on insights from behavioural psychology and a series of case studies from across these jurisdictions, this paper offers an extended analysis of this practice and identifies and evaluates alternative proposals.
dc.description.statementofresponsibilityGabrielle Appleby and Stephen McDonaldc
dc.identifier.citationLegal Ethics, 2017; 20(1):89-114
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/1460728x.2017.1261521
dc.identifier.issn1460-728X
dc.identifier.issn1757-8450
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/2440/109549
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.rights© 2016 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group
dc.source.urihttps://doi.org/10.1080/1460728x.2017.1261521
dc.subjectJudicial ethics; recusal; bias
dc.titlePride and prejudice: a case for reform of judicial recusal procedure
dc.typeJournal article
pubs.publication-statusPublished

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