Sorcerers' Apprentices: 100 Years of Law Clerks at the United States Supreme Court
Law clerks have been a permanent fixture in the halls of the United States Supreme Court from its founding, but the relationship between clerks and their justices has generally been cloaked in secrecy. While the role of the justice is both public and formal, particularly in terms of the decisions a justice makes and the power that he or she can wield in the American political system, the clerk has historically operated behind closed doors. Do clerks make actual decisions that they impart to justices, or are they only research assistants that carry out the instructions of the decision makers—the justices?Based on Supreme Court archives, the pe…
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Weitere Autoren: Weiden, David L.
- ISBN: 978-0-8147-9420-3
- EAN: 9780814794203
- Produktnummer: 18275998
- Verlag: New York Univ Pr
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
- Seitenangabe: 337 S.
- Masse: H23.5 cm x B14.7 cm x D2.1 cm 467 g
- Gewicht: 467
Über den Autor
Artemus Ward is assistant professor of political science at Northern Illinois University, and author of Deciding To Leave: The Politics of Retirement from the U.S. Supreme Court.
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