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OUR JUDICIAL OLIGARCHY WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT M. LAFOLLETTE

Roe, Gilbert E.; LaFollette, Robert M.


Item #: 64341

Pages: xiv, 239 pp.
Published: OE; J. Sewell and J. Debrett; Reprinted in 2008.

Subjects: JUDICIAL ADMINISTRATION, JURISPRUDENCE

Infused with the spirit of the Progressive movement, Roeasserts that the judicial power has become obstructive andanti-democratic, and out to be kept within bounds. Roe seeksto restrain the bench through a program of "initiative,referendum and recall." Robert M. "Fighting Bob" LaFollettewas a Wisconsin Progressive who served in the U.S. House andSenate and was the state's 20th governor. He ran forPresident as the nominee of his own Progressive Party in1924. Roe, an attorney and champion of progressive causes,practiced law with LaFollette in Madison, WI. He moved toNew York City and established a practice there whenLaFollette entered politics.Reprinted by The Lawbook Exchange, Ltd.Distributed by William S. Hein & Co., Inc.

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