Order in the courts : a history of the federal court clerk's office / I. Scott Messinger, associate historian, Federal Judicial History Office.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Messinger, I. Scott

Contributor:

Federal Judicial Center

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Clerks of court--United States--History.

Clerks of court.

Court administration--United States--History.

Court administration.

United States.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource (v, 79 pages)

Place of Publication:

[Washington, D.C.] : Federal Judicial Center, 2002.

System Details:

Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212

Contents:

Federal court clerks in the new nation and the early republic, 1789-1839

Pure and honest beyond suspicion : the clerks and the emergence of Executive Branch supervision of the federal courts, 1839-1869

The clerks and court reform, 1870-1919

Toward a more efficient and independent judiciary : the Federal Court Clerks Association, the Judicial Conference, and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, 1919-1969

The emergence of the court executive, 1970-1981

Court administration in the information age : the automated clerk's office

Chronology

A note on sources for additional research at the National Archives.

Notes:

Title from title screen (viewed Oct. 21, 2003).

Distributed to depository libraries in paper (v, 79 p. ; 23 cm.), shipping list no.: 2002-0236-P.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 78-79).

Electronic reproduction. [Place of reproduction not identified] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2010.

Other Format:

Print version: Messinger, I. Scott. Order in the courts.

OCLC:

53246064

Access Restriction:

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