Foreword by Emeritus Professor Tony Blackshield AOPreface and AcknowledgementsTable of CasesTable of StatutesIntroductionPART I1 The Context of Judicial Change and Less-Adversarial Practice Introduction 1.1 Less-Adversarial Reform 1.2 The Catalysts for Less-Adversarial Processes Conclusion2 Neo-Institutionalism, Constitutionalism and the Nature of Institutional Change Introduction 2.1 Neo-Institutionalism and Change 2.2 Less-Adversarial Change and Neo-Institutionalism 2.3 Less-Adversarial Change and Constitutional Legitimacy Conclusion3 Constitutional Foundations and Chapter III Precepts Introduction 3.1 Federal Constitutional Principles 3.2 State Constitutional Precepts ConclusionPART II4 Judicial Case Management and the Commonwealth Constitution Introduction 4.

1 The Rise of the 'Sophisticated Art' of Case Management 4.2 The Case Management Tightrope 4.3 Judicial Case Management in the Federal Sphere 4.4 Federal Constitutional Landscape and Judicial Case Management 4.5 Refocusing the Federal Constitutional Approach? Conclusion5 The Constitutionality of Judicial Mediation Introduction 5.1 Judicial Mediation on the Agenda 5.2 What does Judicial Mediation Mean? 5.3 Judicial Mediation and the Constitutional Law Paradigm 5.

4 Limitations and Safeguards for Judicial Mediation - A Constitutional Necessity? Conclusion6 Australian Drug Courts and their Constitutional Treatment Introduction 6.1 The Drug Court Setting 6.2 Drug Courts and the State Constitutional Context 6.3 Difficulties with the State Constitutional Approach ConclusionPART III7 Constitutional Reform Introduction 7.1 The Problem with Boilermakers' 7.2 Why It Might 'Not Matter Much Any More' 7.3 Conventional Scope of Judicial Power Conclusion8 Contextual Incompatibility - A New Approach Introduction 8.1 Incompatibility? 8.

2 Contextual Incompatibility - The Reformulation 8.3 Constitutional Acceptability of Contextual Incompatibility? 8.4 Appraising a Contextual Incompatibility Approach ConclusionConclusion Less-Adversarial Practice and the Constitutional Future of Contextual IncompatibilityAppendix Less-Adversarial Justice Select Bibliography - Extended BibliographyIndex.