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MANDATORY RETIREMENT OF JUDGES

NCJ Number
16522
Journal
Judicature Volume: 54 Issue: 10 Dated: (MAY 1971) Pages: 424-427
Author(s)
R W CALVERT
Date Published
1971
Length
4 pages
Annotation
ARGUMENTS FOR COMPULSORY RETIREMENT OF STATE, FEDERAL, TRIAL AND APPELLATE JUDGES AT A SPECIFIC AGE, USUALLY BETWEEN 70 AND 75.
Abstract
THE AUTHOR CONTENDS THAT, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE MANY SELF-INTEREST EXCUSES, THERE IS NO VALID REASON WHY A JUDGE SHOULD NOT VOLUNTARILY RETIRE WHEN ELIGIBLE.

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