02728oam 22006014a 450 991047888220332120170815164356.00-8147-9474-20-8147-8464-X(CKB)2670000000155548(EBL)866206(OCoLC)779828475(SSID)ssj0000607721(PQKBManifestationID)11422973(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000607721(PQKBWorkID)10584401(PQKB)10185628(OCoLC)794701144(MdBmJHUP)muse10361(MiAaPQ)EBC866206(EXLCZ)99267000000015554820051222d2006 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSorcerers' Apprentices[electronic resource] 100 Years of Law Clerks at the United States Supreme Court /Artemus Ward and David L. WeidenNew York ;London :New York University Press,[2006]©20061 online resource (351 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8147-9420-3 0-8147-9404-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-320) and index.The institutionalization of the Supreme Court law clerk -- A great ordeal : selecting Supreme Court law clerks -- The junior court : deciding to decide -- Decision making : mission-inspired crusaders? -- Opinion writing : from research assistants to junior justices -- Sorcerers' apprentices.Law clerks have been a permanent fixture in the halls of the United States Supreme Court from its founding, but the relationship between clerks and their justices has generally been cloaked in secrecy. While the role of the justice is both public and formal, particularly in terms of the decisions a justice makes and the power that he or she can wield in the American political system, the clerk has historically operated behind closed doors. Do clerks make actual decisions that they impart to justices, or are they only research assistants that carry out the instructions of the decision makers-thJudicial processUnited StatesLaw clerksUnited StatesHistoryLaw clerksUnited StatesElectronic books. Judicial processLaw clerksHistory.Law clerks347.73/16Ward Artemus1971-892574Weiden David L1041061MdBmJHUPMdBmJHUPBOOK9910478882203321Sorcerers' Apprentices2464340UNINA