Order in the courts
Subtitle: a history of the federal court clerk's office
By: I. Scott Messinger.
Contributors: Federal Judicial Center.
Publisher: Federal Judicial Center
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Washington, DC (One Columbus Circle, N.E., Washington 20002-8003)
Language: eng
Number of pages: 79
Subjects: Clerks of court -- United States -- History.; Court administration -- United States -- History.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-79).
Table of contents: title: Federal court clerks in the new nation and the early republic, 1789-1839; title: Pure and honest beyond suspicion : the clerks and the emergence of Executive Branch supervision of the federal courts, 1839-1869; title: The clerks and court reform, 1870-1919; title: Toward a more efficient and independent judiciary : the Federal Court Clerks Association, the Judicial Conference, and the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, 1919-1969; title: The emergence of the court executive, 1970-1981; title: Court administration in the information age : the automated clerk's office; title: Chronology; title: A note on sources for additional research at the National Archives.