This week on Secondary Rules, Joshua Neoh and Ryan Goss talk panopticon and the pandemic, how we get our High Court judges, and offer some generalisations about French philosophers and the US Senate.

• Ethics Explainer: The Panopticon
• Port Arthur ‘Separate Prison’ panopticon
• Prof Andrew Lynch on judicial appointments reform (AusPubLaw)
• English Judicial Appointments Commission
• Keane laments exit after ‘wonderful’ innings on High Court (AFR)

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