Introduction / Jonathan Crowe and Rebecca Ananian-Welsh
Judicial independence in Australia : contemporary challenges, future directions / The Hon Sir Anthony Mason
The two theses of the philosophy of separating powers : who exercises power and how? / Suri Ratnapala
Human, all too human : human fallibility and the separation of powers / Jonathan Crowe
The advancement of judicial independence as a universal value : a comparative perspective / HP Lee
Is talk of the quality of judging sometimes strained, feigned or not sustained? / James Allan
Practice and persuasion : women, feminism and judicial diversity / Heather Douglas and Francesca Bartlett
Judicial exits : the tenure of judges in three apex courts / Brian Opeskin
Comparative constitutional law and the Kable doctrine / Rosalind Dixon and Melissa Vogt
Constitutional silences and institutional integrity / Constance Youngwon Lee
Institutional costs of judicial independence / Gabrielle Appleby
Keep your distance : independence, individualism and decision-making on multi-member courts / Andrew Lynch
The judicial scholar and the scholarly judge : extra-curial writing and intellectual independence on the high court / David Tomkins and Katherine Lindsay
Extra-judicial activities and judicial independence / The Hon Justice Martin Daubney
State judges as lieutenant-governors / Rebecca Ananian-Welsh and George Williams
Of "fragile bastions", "political judges" and "robust debates" : judges and their critics / John M. Williams
Social media and the judiciary : a challenge to judicial independence? / Alysia Blackham and George Williams
Judicial independence in an age of terror / Rebecca Ananian-Welsh.