ABSTRACT The Judicial Service Commission (JSC) in South Africa was established in response to a pre-democratic era appointment system rich in patronage, opaqueness, and invariably, inequality. The use of judicial appointment bodies has been recommended by the Commonwealth Latimer House Principles, as a method of preserving judicial independence. However, not much research has been conducted into whether there is an absence of patronage and power dynamics when judicial appointment bodies replace executive type of appointments. This paper suggests that the introduction of appointment bodies does not eradicate privilege and power dynamics as some might believe. Rather, it creates a different type of dynamic that can be harmful for women.

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司法服务委员会和妇女任命：不仅比目光短

摘要南非司法服务委员会（JSC）的建立是为了响应民主时代之前的任命制度，该制度存在着大量的光顾，不透明和不平等现象。联邦Latimer众议院原则已建议使用司法任命机构作为维护司法独立的一种方法。然而，关于当司法任命机构取代行政任命类型时是否缺乏赞助和权力动态的研究还很少。本文建议引入任命机构并不能消除某些人可能认为的特权和权力动态。相反，它创造了另一种可能对女性有害的动力。