Reforming the Court : term limits for supreme court justices /

Both editors of this reader are well qualified to assemble this collection of essays on reform of the Supreme Court. Cramton is former dean of Cornell Law School and author of many manuscripts about the legal profession, while Carrington served as dean of the law school at Duke University and is also a much-published scholar in the realm of civil procedure. Most of the essays in this text focus on term limits for justices on the Supreme Court. Most are in favor of this idea, but the editors include some essays by those opposed. Several articles focus on the constitutionality of term limits for members of the High Court. At the end, several essays address other propositions for judicial reform, such as restricting the jurisdiction of federal district courts. The book has some common themes with The Federal Courts: Challenge and Reform by Richard A. Posner (1996) and The Tempting of America: The Political Seduction of the Law by Robert H. Bork (CH, May'90, 27-5390). The essays are carefully edited and the index is comprehensive and useful. ^BSumming Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through practitioners. R. A. Carp University of Houston