This book is an important contribution to the fields of law, politics and to comparative constitutional law more generally.

1. Judicial review, invalidation and electoral politics: a quantitative survey Russell Smyth and Vinod Mishra; 2. Judicial review and the politics of constitutional amendment Michael Coper; 3. Judicial dissent and the politics of the High Court Andrew Lynch; 4. The Griffith Court John M. Williams; 5. The Knox Court Anne Twomey; 6. The Isaacs Court Tony Blackshield; 7. The Duffy Court Gabrielle Appleby; 8. The Latham Court: law, war and politics Fiona Wheeler; 9. The Dixon Court Helen Irving; 10. The Barwick Court Brian Galligan; 11. The Gibbs Court Nicholas Aroney and Haig Patapan; 12. The Mason Court Paul Kildea and George Williams; 13. The Brennan Court Patrick Emerton and Jeffrey Goldsworthy; 14. The Gleeson Court and the Howard era: a tale of two conservatives (and isms) Rosalind Dixon and Sean Lau; 15. The French Court Anika Gauja and Katharine Gelber.