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Augustus Noble Hand / Charles Merrill Hough, Roger J. Miner '56 Jan 2009

Augustus Noble Hand / Charles Merrill Hough, Roger J. Miner '56

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Regulating Discourtesy On The Bench: A Study In The Evolution Of Judicial Independence, Bruce Green, Rebecca Roiphe Jan 2009

Regulating Discourtesy On The Bench: A Study In The Evolution Of Judicial Independence, Bruce Green, Rebecca Roiphe

Articles & Chapters

In this paper, we argue that the myth of the detached, rational judge, free from emotion runs the risk of undermining the quality of judging, obscuring the transparency of judicial decisions, and deterring the development of diverse judicial styles. We explore the history of the myth of the detached judge and how it made its way into rules of judicial conduct. By contextualizing this image of the judiciary, the article concludes that the rules of judicial conduct have come to embody an antiquated understanding of judicial independence and ought to be revised to reflect a more modern concept of the …


Free From Decree, David Schoenbrod, Ross Sandler Jan 2009

Free From Decree, David Schoenbrod, Ross Sandler

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