NCJ Number
15020
Date Published
1973
Length
150 pages
Annotation
THIS BOOK OF SELECTED READINGS OUTLINES AND EXPLORES THE PROBLEMS IN HANDLING CASES OF JUDICIAL UNFITNESS, EITHER FROM AGE, ILLNESS, OR MALFEASANCE.
Abstract
THE OPENING SELECTION, ESSAY NUMBER 70 FROM ALEXANDER HAMILTON'S 'FEDERALIST PAPERS', PUTS THE PROBLEM IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE. THE NEXT FOUR SELECTIONS DEBATE THE NEED FOR INTERNAL VERSUS EXTERNAL CONTROL OF THE JUDICIARY. THREE SELECTIONS DISCUSS THE PROBLEMS OF OLD AGE AND FAILING HEALTH AND THE NEED FOR RETIREMENT PROVISIONS. A SERIES OF SELECTIONS WHICH INVESTIGATE INDIVIDUAL JURISDICTIONS THAT HAVE ATTEMPTED FULL OR PARTIAL SOLUTIONS TO THE PROBLEM IS ALSO PRESENTED, AND THE AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION CODE OF JUDICIAL ETHICS IS APPENDED. (AUTHOR ABSTRACT MODIFIED) (SNI ABSTRACT)