ABSTRACT Australia has recently experienced what many regard as its greatest judicial crisis. The appointment of Timothy Carmody QC as Chief Justice of Queensland in 2014 emerged from a process that was tainted by the state government’s willingness to break confidences gained in the course of consultation for the appointment. Equally, a strongly negative and heterodox reaction to the appointment by the whole Queensland Supreme Court bench meant that, together, politicians and judges brought on a collapse of the traditional ethics surrounding judicial appointments. Nevertheless, the extreme circumstances of the Carmody affair suggest that, where judges have a legitimate concern that a judicial appointment might put a fundamental constitutional value like judicial independence at risk, a court may be justified in publically expressing concern about the appointment.

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有多少首席大法官？昆士兰州的司法任命和道德规范

摘要 澳大利亚最近经历了许多人认为是其最大的司法危机。Timothy Carmody QC 于 2014 年被任命为昆士兰州首席大法官，这一过程受到了州政府愿意打破在任命协商过程中获得的信任的影响。同样，对昆士兰州最高法院全体法官任命的强烈否定和异端反应意味着，政治家和法官共同导致围绕司法任命的传统道德规范崩溃。尽管如此，卡莫迪事件的极端情况表明，如果法官有合理的担忧，即司法任命可能会使司法独立等基本宪法价值受到威胁，