State court budgeting and judicial independence : clues from Oklahoma and Virginia
By: DOUGLAS, James W
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Contributor(s): HARTLEY, Roger E.
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ArticlePublisher: Thousand Oaks : SAGE, March 2001Administration & Society 33 , 1, p. 54-78Abstract: Perceived assaults on the independence of the judiciary have called new attention to how courts obtain their founding. Little scholarly activity has examined the question of how courts negotiate the politics of budgeting in state arenas. Expanding our knowledge in this area is necessary if we are to understand fully how budgeting affects the ability of the judiciary to effectively play its vital role as an independet branch in American government. Through the use of elite intervies with sate court administrators, executive budget officers, and legislative budget analysts in Oklahoma and Virginia, this artcle examines whether the independence of state courts is underassaut by budgetary politics. The evidence questions whther state executive and legislative powers of the purse pose serious threats to the independence of courts
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Perceived assaults on the independence of the judiciary have called new attention to how courts obtain their founding. Little scholarly activity has examined the question of how courts negotiate the politics of budgeting in state arenas. Expanding our knowledge in this area is necessary if we are to understand fully how budgeting affects the ability of the judiciary to effectively play its vital role as an independet branch in American government. Through the use of elite intervies with sate court administrators, executive budget officers, and legislative budget analysts in Oklahoma and Virginia, this artcle examines whether the independence of state courts is underassaut by budgetary politics. The evidence questions whther state executive and legislative powers of the purse pose serious threats to the independence of courts
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