Abstract: An editor of the Wall Street Journal documents problems with judges in America's legal system, and recommends reforms. Lawyers are the butt of many jokes and the target of much public distrust; what most people seldom think about is the fact that judges were lawyers first. Featured on the John Dayl show on KFYI June 20, 1998.
Keywords: book review, law, legal reform, judiciary, judicial reform corruption ethics power, judges, United States, political questions.

Title: Out of Order: Arrogance, Corruption and Incompetence on the Bench
Author: Max Boot
Foreword: Robert Bork
Publisher: Basic Books
Date Published: April 1998
ISBN: 0465054323
LOCN: KF8775.Z9B66 1998
Dewey: 347.73/14 21
Pages: 252
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Author:        Boot, Max, 1968-
Title:         Out of order : arrogance, corruption, and
                  incompetence on the bench / Max Boot ; foreword by Robert H.
                  Bork.
Published:     New York : Basic Books, c1998.
Description:   xx, 252, p. ; 25 cm.
LC Call No.:   KF8775.Z9B66 1998
Dewey No.:     347.73/14 21
ISBN:          0465054323
Notes:         Includes bibliographical references (p.
                  [219]-242) and index.
Subjects:      Judges -- United States.
               Judicial corruption -- United States.
               Judicial ethics -- United States.
               Political questions and judicial power -- United
                  States.
Control No.:   97052791 

     

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