Impact of Judicial Impact Statements (From Symposium on Judicial Reform, Philip L Dubois, ed. - See NCJ-84719)

• NCJ Number: 84726
• Journal: Policy Studies Journal Volume: 10 Issue: 4 Dated: (June 1982) Pages: 767-779
• Author(s): G Gallas
• Date Published: 1982
• Length: 13 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: *This document is currently unavailable from NCJRS.

Annotation

Two such issues are addressed here; the behavioral assumptions and power relations that underlie judicial reform.

Abstract

Judicial impact statements, if used indiscriminately, can do little either to protect federal and state judiciaries or assist legislatures. This conclusion emerges clearly from well documented case material available with respect to federal executive experience, the California experience with impact statements, as well as independent interview data which is summarized here. As a result, the broader issue of the reasons and the possible meaning of the currency of such a strategy emerges. (Author abstract)