During the last thirty years, the judiciary has undergone an unprecedented expansion in its size and power. This book reviews the resultant changes to judicial training, the judicial appointments process and the scrutiny of judges' performance in the light of the expansion in size and growing political power of the judiciary.

Kate Malleson, Queen Mary University of London, UK

Contents: Introduction; Activism; Accountability and independence; Appointments; Training; Scrutiny; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.