Download or read book A Matter of Judgment written by Ruth Sheard and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This publication collects a series of essays, most previously unpublished, on the themes of judicial decision-making, judicial impartiality and jugment writing. These matters are interrelated and together reflect the core aspects of the judicial task. The ultimate judicial value is impartiality. It is the essence of the function performed by the judiciary in teh administration of justice. However, impartiality must not only exist, it must be manifest. The common theme of the essays is the indentification of how the process of judicial decision-making, in accordance with a 900-year-old common law tradition, leads to both the reality and the appearance of impartiality with the fact that different judges bring to the judicial task a variety of perspectives and values. The appearance of impartiality is ultimately displayed in the reasons for judgment." - from the Foreword by the Honourable JJ Spigelman AC, Chief Justice of New South Wales.