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Article
Judges, Judging and Otherwise: Do We Ask Too Much of State Court Judges - Or Not Enough?
Judicature
Publication Date
7-1-2022
Abstract
Ask the average person to imagine what a judge does, and the answer will most likely be something right out of a courtroom from Law & Order — or Legally Blonde, Just Mercy, My Cousin Vinny, Kramer vs. Kramer, or any of the myriad law-themed movies and television shows. A judge is faced with a dispute brought by some parties and their lawyers and is charged with resolving it, whether it be a breach of contract, a tort action, a competing claim over property, a disagreement about the meaning of a statute, some accusation that someone has committed a crime, and so on.
Publisher
Bolch Judicial Institute of Duke Law School
Keywords
- courts,
- judges,
- state courts
Disciplines
Citation Information
Michael C. Pollack. "Judges, Judging and Otherwise: Do We Ask Too Much of State Court Judges - Or Not Enough?" Judicature Vol. 106 Iss. 2 (2022) p. 26 - 33 Available at: http://works.bepress.com/michael-pollack/23/