Innovation in the Administration of Justice, 1969-1981 - An Overview (From Symposium on Judicial Reform, Philip L Dubois, ed. - See NCJ-84719)

• NCJ Number: 84720
• Journal: Policy Studies Journal Volume: 10 Issue: 4 Dated: (June 1982) Pages: 668-679
• Author(s): M W Cannon
• Date Published: 1982
• Length: 12 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
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Annotation

Innovation in judicial administration has proceeded slowly for many reasons. The attitudes of judges not inclined by training toward management, the tradition of judicial independence, and the separation of powers are examined as contributing factors inhibiting judicial modernization.

Abstract

Federal judicial reform has depended historically upon the leadership of a Chief Justice of the United States willing to use the office to dramatize and promote the issues. The most recent period of dramatic change in judicial administration, from 1969-1981, is reviewed with a focus upon the strategies for change employed by Chief Justice Warren E. Burger. (Author abstract)