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Judicial Role in a Nonjudicial Setting

Some Empirical Manifestations and Consequences

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 July 2024

Edward N. Beiser
Affiliation:
Brown University
Jay S. Goodman
Affiliation:
Wheaton College
Elmer E. Cornwell Jr.
Affiliation:
Brown University
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One welcome by-product of a major comparative study of recent state constitutional conventions has been a series of interviews with the judges who served as convention delegates. They are particularly interesting, not only because of the paucity of interviews with sitting judges, but because they permit us to directly compare the attitudes of judges with those of other political elites. To date, this has not been possible.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © 1971 The Law and Society Association.

Footnotes

AUTHORS' NOTE: The authors wish to thank the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the National Municipal League, whose support made this study possible.

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