2016Griffith Law ReviewOpen access

Judicial decision-making and ‘outside’ extra-legal knowledge: breaking down silos

Kylie Burns, Rachel Dioso‐Villa, Zoe Rathus

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Judges apply law to facts. While this ‘umpire’ description of judicial decision-making is rhetorically (and often politically and publicly) attractive, it is of course a very incomplete account of ...

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Judges apply law to facts. While this ‘umpire’ description of judicial decision-making is rhetorically (and often politically and publicly) attractive, it is of course a very incomplete account of ...

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Judges apply law to facts. While this ‘umpire’ description of judicial decision-making is rhetorically (and often politically and publicly) attractive, it is of course a very incomplete account of ...

Key concepts: Judicial opinion, Discretion, Law, Judicial discretion, Legal profession, Jurisprudence, Political science, Sociology

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