DOUGLAS, James W. <br/><br/>
State court budgeting and judicial independence :  clues from Oklahoma and Virginia 

 - Thousand Oaks :  SAGE,  March 2001 
<br/><br/> 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