A number of studies has shown that productivity declines with age in a wide range of activities. Based on United States experience, it has been argued that one profession that might be an exception to this phenomenon is the judiciary. This study explores the relationship between aging and...

This paper uses judicial citation practice to investigate the determinants of judicial influence in the High Court of Australia. First, we construct measures of influence based on the number of times a judge is cited by name in a sample of High Court decisions. The raw citation counts are...

This article examines judicial citations to analyze the determinants of judicial prestige in the Federal Court of Australia. First we construct two alternative measures of judicial prestige for all current and retired judges of the Federal Court. Second, we regress these measures of judicial...