| Description |
xviii, 167 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Part One: The Problem and the Procedures. Ch. 1. An overview of the problem -- Ch. 2. The procedures - traditional and modern. Part Two: Removal and Discipline for Misconduct. Ch. 3. Three cases in Missouri -- Ch. 4. Disbarment of judges in New Jersey -- Ch. 5. New York -- Ch. 6. California's Commission on Judicial Qualifications -- Ch. 7. The Illinois Courts Commission. Part Three: Retirement for Disability. Ch. 8. An introductory note -- Ch. 9. The principal case: Missouri's Committee on Retirement of Judges and Magistrates -- Ch. 10. Comparison cases: New Jersey, California, and Illinois. Part Four: Which Procedure is Best? Ch. 11. Some observations |
| Summary |
"This monograph is the product of a research project which had the objective of learning how in actual practice five selected jurisdictions deal with the problems of judicial incompetence, disability, and misconduct...As eventually developed, the plan of research called for field studies in five states - Missouri, New Jersey, New York, Illinois, and California. These states were selected because of marked differences in the formal characteristics of their procedures for removal and retirement of judges. The immediate objective of the research was to learn how these procedures actually operate. A more general objective was to identify the functional similarities and differences among the procedures, with a view to suggesting which features recommend themselves for imitation and which for eschewal. The method of the study was to develop "case histories" of situations involving judges who had been removed or retired for incompetence, disability, or misconduct." -- from the Preface, pp. xv-xvi |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Judges -- United States -- Discipline.
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| LC no. |
72179947 |
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