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Judicial Compensation And The Definition Of Judicial Power In The Early Republic, James E. Pfander
Judicial Compensation And The Definition Of Judicial Power In The Early Republic, James E. Pfander
Michigan Law Review
Article III's provision for the compensation of federal judges has been much celebrated for the no-diminution provision that forecloses judicial pay cuts. But other features of Article Ill's compensation provision have largely escaped notice. In particular, little attention has been paid to the framers' apparent expectation that Congress would compensate federal judges with salaries alone, payable from the treasury at stated times. Article III's presumption in favor of salary-based compensation may rule out fee-based compensation, which was a common form of judicial compensation in England and the colonies but had grown controversial by the time of the framing. Among other …
On The Early History Of Lower Federal Courts, Judges, And The Rule Of Law, Alfred S. Konefsky
On The Early History Of Lower Federal Courts, Judges, And The Rule Of Law, Alfred S. Konefsky
Michigan Law Review
A Review of The Politics of Justice: Lower Federal Judicial Selection and the Second Party System, 1829-1861 by Kermit L. Hall and Federal Courts in the Early Republic: Kentucky 1789-1816 by Mary K. Bonsteel Tachau
The Role Of Ideas In Legal History, Jay M. Feinman
The Role Of Ideas In Legal History, Jay M. Feinman
Michigan Law Review
A review of Patterns of American Legal Thought by G. Edward White