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Fordham Urban Law Journal

1996

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Temper In The Court: A Forum On Judicial Civility, Norman Greene, Robert Tembeckjian, Ellen Carni, Ron Kuby Jan 1996

Temper In The Court: A Forum On Judicial Civility, Norman Greene, Robert Tembeckjian, Ellen Carni, Ron Kuby

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Transcript of a panel discussion concerning the need for judges to be more civil to litigants. What is the floor below which judicial intemperance is not acceptable and the ceiling, that is, what judges should aspire to.


A Perspecive On "Temper In The Court: A Forum On Judicial Civility", Norman L. Greene Jan 1996

A Perspecive On "Temper In The Court: A Forum On Judicial Civility", Norman L. Greene

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This Essay focuses on the issue of judicial civility, which is not about the merits of any particular decision or an improvement in decision-making, but an aim to improve the tone of justice in the courts. Despite the fact that the Code of Judicial Conduct mandates temperance as part of a judge's job, abusive judge behavior has become too common.