Court Review: Volume 41, Issue 2 - Judicial Independence in the Municipal Court: Preliminary Observations from Missouri

Authors

Lawrence G. Myers, Joplin, Missouri

Date of this Version

July 2004

Document Type

Article

Comments

Published in Court Review: The Journal of the American Judges Association, 41:2 (2004), pp. 26-31. Copyright © 2004 National Center for State Courts. Used by permission. Online at http://aja.ncsc.dni.us/htdocs/publications.htm.

Abstract

Preliminary results from a recent survey of the municipal courts in Missouri show significant structural and attitudinal barriers to judicial independence. The results are preliminary in light of the deadline for this issue: only a relatively short time was available to analyze the responses before submitting this article. Even the early returns suggest real problems, however.